Somatic Experiencing

Somatic Experiencing is a body-based approach. It is a body-focused approach that helps a person notice physical sensations connected to stress or trauma. It works with the understanding that healing is not only about insight but also about what is felt, witnessed, and released in the body, relationships, and environment. In a session, the practitioner may guide you to notice tension, temperature, breathing, movement, pressure, or changes in the body. You will sit, stand, breathe slowly, move gently, track sensations, push against a wall, stretch, shake, or pause. This is offered one-on-one, typically 50 to 75 minutes, and touch is optional and always negotiated. People often choose this when they are carrying Trauma, Nervous System Overload, Anxiety, and Burnout. Over time, this work can become a way of relating to yourself with less fear and more capacity.

A body-focused approach that helps a person notice physical sensations connected to stress or trauma.

Developed by Dr. Peter Levine in the 1970s and 80s from observations of how wild animals shake off stress without becoming chronically traumatized. Levine's book Waking the Tiger (1997) brought the approach into wider clinical use.

The practitioner may guide you to notice tension, temperature, breathing, movement, pressure, or changes in the body.

Sit, stand, breathe slowly, move gently, track sensations, push against a wall, stretch, shake, or pause.