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Trauma and chronic stress are not only stored in the mind — they live in the body as well. Somatic therapy recognizes that our physical form holds the the collective memory of all of our experiences, particularly those involving threat, overwhelm, or chronic activation. Traditional talk therapy, while valuable, often has difficulty reaching the deep patterns of tension, disconnection, and dysregulation that become encoded in our nervous system, energetic, and muscular structure.
This approach honors the body as the site of both wounding and healing. Thus, we could call this modality a “bottom-up approach” where psychological issues are addressed through the means of the physical body. Through practices such as gentle body awareness, breathwork, movement practices, and nervous system regulation, somatic therapy helps clients safely reconnect with their physical experience as a means of releasing stored trauma. Somatic therapy work brings healing into the present moment — not just as a cognitive understanding, but as a lived, felt sense of safety, aliveness, and embodied presence.
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