Somatic Therapy is a holistic approach to healing that engages present moment awareness in the body as a way of getting in touch with deeply stored memories and wounds as well as inherent resiliency, vision and wisdom. By making use of therapeutic touch within a solid relational container and engaging the deep trust, respect and listening therein, we access the material that’s often hard to reach through talk therapy alone. All parts of you are welcome in this exploration, especially the parts that feel uncomfortable being seen.

Each 90-minute session begins with an opportunity to sit and talk about what issues, symptoms and intentions are present for you on a given day. These may be physical, emotional or energetic. If you choose, we can then transition to the massage table where you will rest, fully clothed, for 45-60 minutes while I make use of gentle craniosacral contacts that help to relax the body and cue your sensory awareness. We will cycle in and out of periods of quiet stillness and verbal contact, experiencing and speaking to the thoughts, feelings and emotions that arise. We finish the session by debriefing and integrating the sensory with the verbal. This is a time to talk about what came through and make sense of what felt surprising, healing, hard or impactful. This is also a time to review your intentions and discuss how to integrate the session when you leave.

I bring a grounded, loving presence to my work, engaging a spirit of curiosity, inquiry, creativity and reverence. My work is informed by a deep conviction that all people contain multitudes, that the body is more than just its muscles and bones, and that the mind is much more than the stories we tell about ourselves. I am here to support radical transformation, embodiment, and liberation.

Somatic Therapy is especially helpful for people who:

• Have had limited success or reached a plateau in talk therapy. Are curious about getting in touch with what emobodied awareness exists underneath the stories you have about yourself.

• Experience chronic pain or chronic illness which are not responsive to traditional medical interventions and bodywork.

• Are ready to begin or continue working to transform habitual patterns that have made you feel stuck in the way you relate to your self, your life and your relationships.

• Are ready to begin or continue learning about your inner parts and the wounds/traumas they have endured.

• Want to feel more in touch with your body and more free to express your truth.

I specialize in working with the following issues/populations:

• Trauma

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Eating disorders

• Body dysmorphia

• Self-esteem issues

• LGBTQIA+

• Chronic pain

• Psychedelic integration

• Spiritual discovery

• End of life transitions

• Grief/loss

• Highly sensitive individuals
  
  
  
  Ready to take the next step?

Contact me to schedule a free consultation to answer your questions and discuss how Somatic Therapy can address your unique needs at this time.

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Contact Common Ground Wellness Cooperative at (503)238-1064 to book a session.

Rates

$170 for a 90-minute session

$120 for a 60-minute session*

*60 minute sessions are available on an as needed basis. Please contact me directly to schedule a 60-minute session as that option is not currently available on our online scheduling system.