Understanding Somatic Therapy

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Somatic therapy is a body-based approach to healing. 
Unlike traditional talk therapy, which works primarily through the mind, somatic counselling invites you to gently reconnect with the wisdom of your body. 

When we experience trauma, stress, or long-term emotional overwhelm, our nervous system adapts to help us survive - often by shutting down certain sensations, emotions, or instincts. We feel anxious without knowing why, stuck in old patterns, disconnected from ourselves, or numb to what we truly need. 

Somatic therapy works by helping you slowly build safety inside your body - through breath, awareness, gentle movement, and supported emotional exploration. 

In our sessions, we might explore: 

• How emotion or tension lives in your body

• Learning how to slow down and feel your emotions, bringing presence and curiosity to any sensations, stories or memories that arise 

• How to come back into your body safely, at your own pace

• How your nervous system reacts - and how to regulate it

• How to listen to your inner signals without judgment
  
  This approach is gentle, trauma-informed, and attuned to your personal pace. You will never be pushed to share more than you're ready for, or forced to revisit past pain before your body is willing. 
  
  Somatic therapy doesn't offer quick fixes. But it does offer something deeper: the slow return to wholeness - not by changing who you are, but by coming home to yourself.
  
  If you've tried talk therapy but still feel disconnected, somatic therapy might offer the deeper kind of support your system is asking for.