MY APPROACH

Mindfulness-Based Somatic Psychotherapy is a gentle, effective approach to healing and personal growth that focuses on the connection between your mind and body. It’s more than just talking about your struggles—it’s about slowing down, tuning into the present moment, and exploring how your emotions and experiences are showing up in your body right now. Through mindfulness-based inquiry and body awareness, we’ll work together to help you process emotions, release stress, and develop greater resilience.

This approach empowers you to feel more grounded, connected, and at ease in your own skin, supporting both healing and meaningful personal transformation.

A DIFFERENT KIND OF THERAPY

If you've tried traditional "talk therapy" before, you might be familiar with sitting across from a therapist, sharing your thoughts and feelings, and working together to understand your past and patterns. This can be helpful, but for some people, it feels like there’s something missing—like insight alone isn’t enough to create real, lasting change. That’s where a more experiential, body-centered, and mindfulness-based approach can make a difference.

WHAT MAKES THIS APPROACH DIFFERENT?

  • Instead of just talking about your experiences, we explore how your emotions, thoughts, and memories live in your body. Stress, anxiety, or old wounds often show up as physical sensations—tight shoulders, a clenched jaw, or a heavy feeling in the chest. By tuning into these sensations, we can uncover and work through emotions in a deeper way.

  • Rather than spending most of our time revisiting the past or analyzing "why" something happened, we focus on what’s happening for you right now. This might mean noticing how your breath feels, where tension shows up in your body, or what emotions are coming up in the present. This allows us to connect to your inner wisdom, which often knows more than your thinking mind.

  • Rather than just "thinking our way" to change, this approach helps you have new experiences in a safe, supportive environment. By slowing down and noticing what's happening within you, you can discover new ways to respond to old patterns—whether that’s letting go of tension, expressing emotions, or finding a sense of calm you didn’t think was possible.

KEY INFLUENCES INCLUDE

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy • Attachment Theory • Buddhist Psychology • Ecopsychology • Existential Phenomenology • Gestalt Therapy • Hakomi Mindful-Somatic Therapy • Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy • Internal Family Systems • Interpersonal Neurobiology • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction • Polyvagal Theory • Transpersonal Psychology • Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness

WHAT DOES A SESSION LOOK LIKE?

Each session is a collaborative process designed to help you connect more deeply with yourself. You’re welcome to bring an issue, a challenge, or a story you’d like to share, but our focus won’t be on problem-solving or “figuring things out.” Instead, the work is about connecting with your inner experience in the present moment to foster healing and personal growth.

Here’s what you can expect:

  1. Clarifying Intentions: We’ll begin by discussing what you’d like to focus on for the session. Whether you bring a specific issue, a story, or simply a feeling, our goal is to understand what’s most alive for you.

  2. Grounding and Mindfulness: I’ll guide you through a grounding exercise or mindfulness practice to help you settle into the present moment and create space for self-awareness.

  3. Therapeutic Exploration: I’ll help you gently explore your inner landscape. Together, we’ll notice how emotions, thoughts, and sensations show up in your body, offering insight and compassion to all parts of yourself.

  4. Integration: Before wrapping up, we’ll spend time integrating what came up during the session. This may include noticing shifts in your body or emotions, exploring ways to put new insights into action, and grounding back into the flow of your day.

WHY CHOOSE THIS APPROACH?

This approach isn’t just about understanding your struggles—it’s about helping you feel, process, and heal in a way that’s truly transformative. If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected, this style of therapy can help you:

  • Feel more at home in your own skin.

  • Release tension and stress held in your body.

  • Build resilience to navigate life’s challenges.

  • Cultivate a deeper connection to yourself and others.

This approach can be especially helpful for clients experiencing traumatic stress because it supports them in developing tools to regulate the nervous system and release trauma stored in the body.