Consent and touch
This work involves no physical touch. Everything is observed, described and practiced by you.
Approach: Somatic
Your shoulders knew before you did.
Somatic work includes the body in therapy (the bracing, the held breath, the jaw) because a nervous system that has been running hot for years does not respond to reasoning alone.
In Session
What this involves, concretely.
- Tracking sensation while we talk, not instead of talking
- Noticing where a topic lands physically
- Working with breath, pace and posture
- Titration: small doses, with room to settle
- Orienting to the present when the body has left it
- Practices short enough to use in a parking lot before a meeting
Where it fits
Somatic work is often paired with trauma processing, with anxiety that presents physically, with burnout, and with eating disorder work where body signals have been overridden for a long time.
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What a first somatic session is like
Mostly it is a normal conversation with more pauses in it. While you talk, we notice what happens physically: a breath that stops, shoulders that rise, a hand that tightens. Those moments get named, not interpreted, and you decide whether to stay with them or move on.
Nothing requires you to lie down, close your eyes or do anything that feels awkward in front of another person. Most practices can be done sitting in a chair, fully clothed, with your eyes open.
Online and in person
Somatic work translates to video better than people expect, because the attention is on your own sensations rather than on anything the clinician does. In person, it happens at the Coral Gables, Coconut Grove and Manhattan offices.
The free 5 to 10 minute consultation is the place to ask whether this fits what you are dealing with. You do not need to explain everything on that call.
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If the anxiety shows up in your body, say so on the call.
Tell us a little about what brings you here and we will find a time to talk.