What Is Somatic Coaching?
Somatic coaching is a holistic, body-centered approach that supports healing by working with the nervous system, not just the mind. For many people with complex trauma histories, traditional talk therapy can bring awareness and insight—but still leave patterns of overwhelm, shutdown, or feeling “stuck” in the body.
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Somatic coaching recognizes that trauma is not only something we remember; it’s something our bodies learned in order to survive. Long after the threat has passed, the nervous system may remain on high alert, disconnected, or frozen. No amount of logic or self-understanding can fully shift this on its own.
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In somatic coaching, we slow things down. We listen to the language of your body—sensations, impulses, emotions, breath, and movement—and use them as guides. Rather than pushing for change or catharsis, we focus on building safety, choice, and capacity. Over time, your system learns that it no longer has to stay in survival mode.
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This work can support:
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Chronic anxiety, overwhelm, or emotional shutdown
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People-pleasing, hyper-independence, or difficulty with boundaries
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Feeling disconnected from your body, needs, or sense of self
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Repeating relational patterns that don’t shift with insight alone
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A desire for healing that feels integrated, not just intellectual
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Somatic Coaching With Me
My approach to somatic coaching is grounded in compassion, pacing, and deep respect for your lived experience. Many of the people I work with are insightful, self-aware, and have spent years in therapy or personal growth spaces. They’re not looking for “fixing”—they’re looking for relief, embodiment, and a way to feel more at home in themselves.
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In our work together, we’ll:
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Gently explore how your nervous system responds to stress, safety, and connection
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Build practical tools for regulation that actually work in real life
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Increase your capacity to stay present with emotions without overwhelm
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Reconnect you to your body as a source of wisdom rather than something to manage or override
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Support more ease, authenticity, and choice in your relationships and daily life
Sessions are collaborative and attuned. You set the pace. There is no pressure to relive trauma or “go deeper” than your system is ready for. Healing happens through small, sustainable shifts that add up over time.
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Somatic coaching with me is especially supportive if you:
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Feel like talk therapy helped you understand why, but not how to change
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Know something is stored in your body, even if you can’t fully explain it
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Want a trauma-informed, nervous-system-based approach without pathologizing
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Are ready to move from surviving to feeling more alive, connected, and grounded
You don’t have to force healing. Your body already knows the way—we simply create the conditions for it to unfold.
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Investment: $215 per session, virtual and in-person