Somatic therapy is a body-focused approach that looks at how anxiety shows up not only in your thoughts and emotions, but also in your body. In therapy, we pay attention to physical sensations, tension, breathing, impulses, and other bodily responses while also exploring the thoughts, experiences, and patterns connected to your anxiety.

Somatic therapy can help you become more aware of how anxiety shows up in your body and what tends to trigger your anxious responses. Rather than trying to force anxiety away, we'll work on recognizing what is happening, slowing down your reactions, and developing different ways of responding. We can also explore the deeper patterns that may contribute to your anxiety.

Somatic therapy doesn't mean that every session will involve physical exercises or that you'll have to do anything uncomfortable. Depending on what you're experiencing, we might slow down and notice what is happening in your body while talking about a stressful situation, relationship, thought, or emotion. I'll help you become curious about these responses while we connect them to the bigger picture of what's going on in your life.

Yes. Somatic therapy can be particularly useful when you feel stuck in cycles of overthinking, worrying, or trying to figure everything out in your head. We can work with both the thoughts themselves and the physical anxiety that may be keeping the cycle going. The goal is not to stop yourself from thinking, but to help you respond differently when your mind gets caught in an anxious loop.

This is very common. You may understand intellectually that you're safe, that everything is okay, or that you're overthinking, and still feel anxious. Somatic therapy gives us another way to work with that experience by paying attention to what is happening in your body rather than relying only on logic or reassurance.

Yes. Anxiety can become especially noticeable in relationships; for example, worrying about how someone feels about you, needing reassurance, overanalyzing interactions, fearing rejection, or having difficulty communicating your needs. Because my approach also incorporates attachment-based therapy, we can explore both what is happening in your body and the relationship patterns underneath your anxiety.

There isn't one timeline that applies to everyone. Some people notice changes relatively early, while deeper patterns can take longer to understand and change. The length of therapy depends on what you're experiencing, what you'd like to work on, and your goals for therapy. We'll regularly check in about how therapy is going and what feels useful to you.

That's completely okay and normal. You don't have to commit to ongoing therapy just because you're thinking about reaching out.

I offer a free 15-minute consultation where you can tell me a little about what's been going on, ask questions, and get a sense of whether therapy with me feels like the right fit. There's no commitment to continue afterward.

Sometimes taking that first small step is enough to help you figure out what you need.

Somatic therapy may be worth exploring if you understand your anxiety intellectually but still feel overwhelmed by it physically or emotionally, or if you notice patterns of tension, shutting down, avoidance, restlessness, or feeling constantly on edge. You don't need to know whether somatic therapy is the right approach before reaching out. We can talk about what you're experiencing during a free 15-minute consultation and see whether my approach feels like a good fit.