Somatic Therapy Without Physical Touch
Our somatic therapy involves no physical touch at all. You notice and describe what's happening in your body, and you do every practice yourself.
Approach: Somatic
Somatic Therapy for Trauma and Anxiety You Feel in Your Body
Somatic therapy brings your body into the conversation. Along with your thoughts and feelings, we pay attention to physical signs of stress, such as bracing or a tight jaw. This matters because a nervous system that has been on high alert for years often doesn't settle through reasoning alone.
In Session
What Somatic Therapy Involves
- Paying attention to physical sensations while we talk
- Noticing where you feel a particular topic in your body
- Working with breath, pace and posture
- Titration: working in small steps, with time to settle in between
- Orienting: bringing your attention back to the present and the room around you
- Short practices you can use during a stressful day
Who Somatic Therapy Can Help
We often combine somatic therapy with trauma processing. It's also used for anxiety you feel physically, for burnout, and in eating disorder treatment when body signals have been overridden for a long time. It may be a good fit if your body tends to register stress before your mind does.
More About Somatic Therapy
What a First Somatic Therapy Session Is Like
A first session is mostly an ordinary conversation with a few more pauses. As you talk, we notice what happens in your body, such as a breath you hold, shoulders that rise or a hand that tightens. We name these moments without interpreting them, and you decide whether to stay with them or move on.
You won't be asked to lie down or close your eyes. Most practices can be done sitting in a chair with your eyes open.
Somatic Therapy Online and In Person
Somatic therapy adapts to video better than many people expect, because the focus is on what you notice in your own body.
For in-person sessions, you can choose our Coral Gables, Coconut Grove or Manhattan office. Online sessions are open to clients located in Florida or New York.
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