What is Somatic Energy Therapy?
I’m pleased to bring you a new kind of therapy— one that integrates deep somatic listening, primal expression, the sensitivity of the spine, nervous system care, energy work and a grounded perspective considering Western mental health.
I use a blend of somatic/body-based communication, Energy Psychology, nervous system support, energy work and Spinal Energetics. All of this is grounded in my education in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and 10+ years experience offering trauma-focused, holistic psychotherapy.
I integrate the following techniques to offer you a truly unique approach to your mental wellness and holistic well-being:
Somatic Communication
The soma is the wise body. The wise body which holds all of our “stuff”. Communicating with the body is different from communicating with the mind. Somatic Communication is a process of profound attunement and presence with the body, and deep listening to what the soma has to say. The soma can tell our stories in ways words never could. Often that’s all the soma wants: an opportunity to express in its own language.
Spinal Energetics
Spinal Energetics is an East meets West modality that interacts with your spine, nervous system and energy field to access your innate, primal wisdom to heal. Through light yet powerful touch and often non-touch/energy field contact, your organic flow of movement, breath and sound initiates. This flow progresses to shift, unwind, discover and release tension, resistance and history that may be stored in the body. (Yes, Spinal Energetics can be practiced at a distance/online and is quite potent this way!)
Energy Work
Energy work or energy healing, is a therapeutic practice which interacts with your subtle energy: the bioenergetic field (your aura), meridians (your energy pathways), and chakras (your high-traffic hubs of energy). I use a combination of Usui Reiki, intuitive energy healing, therapeutic touch, voice, sound and Spinal Energetics to offer a unique blend of energy medicine.
Energy Psychology
Energy Psychology explores the role of our subtle energy in emotion, cognition, behavior and whole health. Energy Psychology combines Eastern mind-body techniques (for example, yoga) with psychological education & practices to address emotion regulation, thought patterns, psychological distress, trauma and beyond.
Nervous System Care
The nervous system dictates our entire experience, and it is quite sensitive. Life, experiences, struggles, stress and trauma can contribute to dysfunction and un-ease in the nervous system. I utilize reiki and Spinal Energetics, grounded in polyvagal theory, to address delicate care of your nervous system. While reiki beautifully supports parasympathetic (relaxation, rest & digest) nervous system function, Spinal Energetics supports access to both parasympathetic AND sympathetic (fight or flight), offering much needed primal expression, integration and balance in the nervous system.
