Currently accepting new Washington clients · Telehealth statewide
Somatic Therapy for Trauma and PTSD
The most common fear people bring to trauma therapy is that healing means going back through it. That isn't how this work goes. Somatic therapy is a gentle way of healing trauma: you experience body sensations and emotions while also feeling the healing space at the same time.
Why talk therapy sometimes stops short
Trauma isn't stored the way ordinary memory is. It lives as a physical readiness — a held breath, a flinch, a shutdown that arrives before thought does. You can understand exactly what happened and why, and still find your body responding as if it were happening now. Insight and settling are two different skills, and the body learns the second one somatically.
What the work actually looks like
Safety before content
We don't open the story until your body has somewhere to stand. Grounding, orienting, and resourcing come first — every session, not just the first one.
Sensation, held alongside space
Instead of reliving the event, you feel the sensations and emotions while also feeling the healing space around you. Both at once. That pairing is what makes the work gentle.
Parts work when memory surfaces
If a memory or a younger part arrives, you observe it with your future self beside you. You are never alone inside it, and you are never asked to go further than your system agrees to.
Integration
We close by anchoring what shifted, so your nervous system learns the new possibility and carries it into the week rather than losing it at the door.
The pace is slow and titrated to your capacity. Your nervous system leads; the therapist follows. Sessions are secure telehealth for Washington residents, so you do this work in a space your body already recognizes as safe — and you don't have to drive home afterward.
No pressure, and no story required on the first call
Book a free 30 minutes to ask questions and get a feel for how I work.