Somatic therapy is a body-based approach to counselling that explores how experiences, stress, and emotions are held in the nervous system and body. Rather than focusing only on thoughts and insight, somatic therapy supports awareness of physical sensations, emotional patterns, and nervous system responses to help create deeper and more sustainable change.

Many people find this approach helpful when they feel stuck in patterns they understand intellectually but continue to experience emotionally or physically.

Talk therapy primarily focuses on thoughts, beliefs, insight, and verbal processing. This can be very helpful for understanding experiences and developing awareness.

Somatic therapy also includes the body and nervous system in the process. It explores how patterns show up physically (for example, tension, shutdown, anxiety, or restlessness) and works with those responses in real time.

For many people—especially those who are highly self-aware or have done previous therapy—somatic therapy can offer a different pathway when insight alone hasn’t created lasting change.

Sessions are collaborative and paced according to your needs and nervous system capacity.

We may explore:

• what is happening in your current experience

• emotional patterns or relational themes

• body-based sensations or responses

• moments of overwhelm, shutdown, or activation

• gentle awareness practices to support regulation

There is no expectation to “perform” or know what to say. We work with what is present in the moment, including pauses, silence, and slowing down when needed.

No. You do not need prior knowledge or experience with somatic therapy.

Many people come to this work after trying other forms of therapy or self-development approaches and simply notice that something still feels stuck, overwhelming, or hard to shift.

Part of the work involves gently learning how to notice and work with your own nervous system and body in a way that feels safe and manageable.

Yes. Many neurodivergent and highly sensitive women find somatic therapy supportive for experiences such as:

• emotional overwhelm

• burnout cycles

• perfectionism and overthinking

• masking and over-functioning

• difficulty resting or slowing down

• feeling “stuck” despite insight or awareness

The focus is not on fixing or pathologizing, but on understanding how your system has adapted and what it needs for more ease and regulation..

Coping strategies work at the level of behaviour and cognition.

Somatic therapy also includes the nervous system and relational patterns beneath behaviour. For many people, this can help shift patterns that feel automatic or hard to change through strategies alone.

The aim is not to replace coping skills, but to go beyond and support a deeper foundation of regulation and awareness that makes change more sustainable.

A consultation is a space to explore what’s bringing you in, ask questions about the process, and see whether the fit feels supportive.

There is no pressure to commit. It is simply an opportunity to get a sense of the work and whether it aligns with what you’re looking for.

I draw from a somatic and nervous system-informed approach to therapy, and may integrate modalities such as Brainspotting and Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) when appropriate. These approaches support working with trauma, emotional activation, and patterns held in the nervous system in a way that does not rely only on verbal processing.

The focus of my work is always on supporting regulation, awareness, and sustainable change — not on applying any one modality as a fixed method.

Yes. I am trained in Brainspotting and Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR), and may integrate these approaches depending on client needs and readiness. These modalities can support processing of trauma, overwhelm, and deeply held nervous system patterns in a way that complements somatic and relational therapy.