Somatic Depth Psychotherapy

Individual Healing

Welcome to Somatic Depth Psychotherapy, where you learn to connect with your inner life by integrating the body into soul conversations. In our sessions, you will become aware of patterns you want to explore and change, while also using body awareness, breath, movement, and somatic techniques to promote insight, release, self-compassion, and healing.

To address deeper emotional issues, being present in your body is essential. Old trauma is stored in your nervous system and shows up as body tension, sleep disturbances, negative thought patterns, and emotional fatigue. While talking can offer insight, it alone isn’t enough to change these patterns.

Combining somatics and depth psychology makes a lot of sense. Both methods help you slow down, turn inward, and explore what lies beneath the surface. This process enables you to uncover and examine parts of yourself that might be hidden, even from your own awareness.

A soul-centered perspective views your body as a vital source of wisdom and healing. Sometimes, this connection to the soul shows up as feelings like sadness, regret, hurt, anger, or loss—emotions waiting to be acknowledged and expressed. It may also cause a sensation of tightness in your throat or a strong urge to let go.

This in-depth approach emphasizes your personal embodied experience. You instinctively sense when something feels right or wrong. We focus on this by paying attention to your intuition and bodily sensations. Our goal is to create a space where you can connect with what’s happening inside you.

By gradually enhancing awareness of your physical sensations, breath, posture, and movement patterns, you can learn to relax, feel more grounded, and trust your experience. Freedom is a felt sense, not just an idea; it becomes part of your lived experience.

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are”.

C.G. Jung

Healing as a Couple

Working from a soul-centered somatic perspective, we aim to identify patterns in your relationship that you wish to change. My approach is informed by EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy), Gottman, and Imago. It involves examining both you and your partner’s attachment preferences and how they manifest in your bodies and in your connection with each other.

We include the body in discussions about how both of you can improve your communication and strengthen your connection. We become interested in what makes each of you feel safe in your body when tension rises or conflict occurs. We also emphasize how you turn toward each other after a rupture, what helps you and your partner feel a sense of togetherness and mutual understanding as you navigate difficult moments.

Relationships are fertile ground for growth. They are not meant to be easy, but deep, profound, and joyful experiences for human-to-human connection.

Our goal is to provide you with tools for resilience, build trust, and help you feel a deeper sense of connection.

Approaches

is a process-oriented approach tailored to your culture, background, situation, and needs. Unlike many other types of therapy, we do not give advice, focus on superficial problems, or aim only to change your behavior. Instead, we invite you to experience a deeper, more embodied, and connected relationship with yourself.

Somatic Experiencing

Somatic Experiencing (SE), developed by Dr. Peter Levine, is a client-centered approach to healing trauma that thoughtfully respects the nervous system's wisdom. We aim to build resilience and somatic awareness, separating traumatic memories from your current body responses so that you feel more in control and present, moment by moment. In our sessions, we use dialogue, breathing, movement, and supportive touch to explore emotions and memories and invite new experiences that help regulate your nervous system. We work gradually to create a safe space where you can transform stuck areas and reconnect more fully with yourself, putting you in the driver's seat of your healing journey.

Mindfulness

Practicing deep, non-judgmental attention to the body’s sensations serves as a pathway to self-understanding. By learning to approach present-moment experiences, from breath to intense feelings, with curiosity rather than reaction, we release habitual patterns stored in the nervous system. This process enhances resilience, emotional regulation, and a deep sense of integration, making it a powerful addition to somatic depth psychotherapy.

Authentic Movement

The practice of Authentic Movement provides a way for personal healing and consciousness expansion, helping individuals connect with their inner experiences and foster growth. Developed by Janet Adler, this eyes-closed practice explores embodied presence and mystical states, allowing safe access to energetic phenomena as awareness broadens. Authentic Movement provides a subtle yet powerful therapeutic approach that supports personal growth, fostering both a grounded and expansive sense of self. It serves as valuable training for artists, therapists, dancers, somatic practitioners, educators, and others who wish to access a bridge between conscious and unconscious areas. It can serve as a source of spiritual practice for choreographic and other creative or artistic practices. It can be practiced by individuals with or without dance or movement experience, at any level of physical ability.