Why Somatic Experiencing?

 Our bodies hold memories of our past experiences.

The root of our anxiety, depression, stress, tension and maladaptive behaviors can’t be resolved without our body finding a way to release these memories. Sustained healing only happens when our nervous system regains a calm state.

Somatic therapy helps us move beyond the cognitive process of understanding our trauma. It’s a process that reprograms the body’s primitive survival instincts, allowing one to feel a greater sense of connection, safety, and ease in one’s body.

The therapist guides the client to track sensation and movements, helping to develop a felt sense of internal states of tension, relaxation and respiration cycles to regulate the autonomic nervous system.

When the body gains the capacity to self-regulate, it restores its sense of safety and balance, stress hormones lower and the body can produce more “feel good” hormones.