Therapeutic approach
Listening to the wisdom held in the body.
Somatic therapy recognises that our bodies hold memory, emotion, and the imprints of our experiences. By working directly with body sensation, posture, and movement, somatic approaches offer a pathway to healing that goes beyond words alone.
Somatic therapy is an umbrella term for body-based therapeutic approaches. Rather than working purely through thought and language, somatic therapy pays close attention to physical sensations, breath, posture, and movement as gateways to emotional and psychological healing.
Your therapist will gently invite you to notice what is happening in your body as you talk — a tightening in the chest, a held breath, a sense of heaviness. By bringing awareness to these physical sensations and working with them directly, emotions can be processed and released in a felt, embodied way.
Somatic approaches are particularly effective for trauma, anxiety, chronic stress, dissociation, and any experience where emotions feel 'stuck' or hard to access through talking alone. They are also deeply supportive for those on a journey of self-connection and embodiment.
Sessions may include body scanning, breath awareness, gentle movement, or simply slowing down to notice sensation. Your therapist will always follow your lead and work within your window of tolerance. Sessions feel grounding, integrative, and often deeply settling.