About Somatic Psychotherapy
What is Somatic Psychotherapy?
Healing that engages your body, mind, and nervous system to restore presence, clarity, and embodied aliveness.
What is Somatic Psychotherapy — in Plain Terms
Somatic psychotherapy blends traditional talk‑therapy insight with embodied, mindful awareness. It acknowledges that healing doesn’t happen only in the mind — much of what shapes who we are lives in the body: posture, breath, tension, stored stress, protective patterns, and implicit memories.
By tuning into the body’s wisdom — posture; breath; subtle tension or ease; spontaneous impulse — we open a doorway to parts of ourselves that words alone may never reach.
How It Works — The Process
Tracking bodily sensations: noticing posture, breath, tension, and holding patterns.
Mindful presence: focusing on the present moment, inner experience, and felt sense rather than re‑narrating the past.
Experiential experiments: sometimes subtle movements, gestures, or explorations of emotional states in the body; less about talking, more about feeling and sensing.
Integration and insight: combining felt‑sense experiences with reflection and awareness so the nervous system reorganizes — not just intellectually, but practically, in how you live, relate, and feel.
Why Somatic Work Matters
Traditional talk therapy often stays in the realm of thoughts and stories — which has value. But emotions, trauma, desire, early relational conditioning — these frequently lodge in the body before the mind even knows to analyze them.
Somatic psychotherapy reaches those layers. It helps release stuck energy, rewires automatic nervous-system patterns, and allows healing to root deeply so change lasts.
For people navigating trauma, shame, sexual or relational pain, disconnection from body or desire, somatic work can offer a path to reclaim vitality, presence, and authenticity.
Who Benefits from Somatic Psychotherapy
This work tends to resonate with those who:
feel stuck despite previous therapy or self‑work
live with trauma, anxiety, dissociation, or emotional freeze
carry shame, disconnection from body or sexual energy
want healing that includes relational patterns, sexuality, desire, identity, or spiritual longing
sense that their mind alone isn’t enough — they need their body, nervous system, and inner energy restored
If you’re open to body-based awareness, willing to slow down, and ready to meet yourself — this approach may support healing on levels you didn’t expect.
How I Practice Somatic Therapy
At Broad Winged Counseling, I walk with you through this process with mindfulness, sensitivity, and clarity. I combine somatic psychotherapy with modalities like Hakomi Method, relational work, trauma‑informed care, sexuality and erotic healing, and spiritual integration.
No prior experience is required. You don’t need to have your “pain” or “issues” all figured out — only willingness to show up, listen, and allow your body to speak.
What to Expect
Safe, grounded sessions that respect your pace and consent
Work that honors your nervous system’s wisdom, not just your mind’s stories
Exploration of how trauma, desire, boundaries, and identity show up in body and felt-sense
A path toward embodied presence, deeper intimacy, healthier relationships, and grounded self‑expression
Want to see exactly how this work plays out? Visit [How We Work Together] → for a full map of the process, session flow, and what it can feel like.
Ready to Learn More or Begin?
If this resonates — if part of you longs for healing that includes your body, nervous system, sexuality, and deeper sense of self — reach out. We can set up a free consultation, answer your questions, and see if somatic psychotherapy feels like a fit for your path.