Somatic Therapy (Body Centered)

Gabriel Boyer (he/him)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA, MEd

We are more than our words and thoughts, but a whole dynamic being with currents of sensation, impulses, and ways of moving that make up the fabric of our being. I have eclectic training in somatic therapy, primarily in contemporary Reichian therapy which explores a dual impulse (connect and resist) and aims to create fuller expressions of each. I use slow, exploration and presence from Hakomi, trauma informed tools from Somatic Experiencing, and my experiences in Yoga and Buddhist practice.

Emily Wagner (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Alexandra Moskovich (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LMHC

Palma Corral Sotelo (she /her)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA, NCC, PCA

We will use somatic therapy modalities (body focused) to expand your awareness of your physical sensations and the meanings they hold for you. We will work on settling your nervous system to help you feel safer in your own skin. We will explore how different situations, places or people affect your nervous system using the framework of poly vagal theory.

Portland Therapy Project

Licensed Professional Counselor

All clinician and supervisors work through the lens of somatic therapy. We believe understanding our whole self starts with holding space for all the emotions and experience of the body.

Caitlin Keitel (she/her)

Professional Counselor

M.A. Process Oriented Facilitation

Our bodies have an incredible capacity to hold experiences as sensory-grounded memories. By consciously following the signals and symptoms of our bodies, we can find much greater awareness and healing than we can with our thinking minds alone.

Marcy Irene Jenks (she/they)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MS, RN, LPC, LMHC

"Soma" is the Greek word meaning "living body". Too often we are disconnected from our body's wisdoms and might ignore the wealth of insight and understanding the body has for our lives. Somatic approaches to therapy involve exploring and including the body's experiences in each session, understanding that our bodies, even when in pain or discomfort, can be a resource and ally towards living a fulfilling life.

Dore Everett, LCSW (He/Him)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

An interdisciplinary, holistic approach to study the experience of the body to reveal and understand the interaction of our body structures with our thoughts, beliefs and actions.

Kaiden Craddock

Licensed Professional Counselor

LCSW

I have experience using somatic therapy with children, adolescents, and adults who find that traditional “talk therapy” alone does not fit their personal needs. Emotions, particularly strong emotions rooted in trauma, can become “stuck” in the body and lead to challenges in distress tolerance and emotional regulation. This modality focuses on how emotions appear in the body and using mind-body exercises such as breath work, grounding, and meditation to support individuals in increasing nervous

Arrival Counseling annie dolle LCSW (she/her/hers)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

As a student of Hakomi and AEDP I am focused on the most gentle, effective, and powerful tools for self awareness and choice. I believe that we can attune to our bodies, minds, emotions, moods, memories, beliefs, and spirit to move towards greater inner peace and joy. Carefully attuned body awareness is an effective tool in driving this process. This background makes me an excellent choice for integration therapy.

Brittany England

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT, MA in Counseling

My Mind-Body approach that is rooted in somatic based interventions, meridian tapping techniques (FasterEFT & EFT), NLP, mindfulness and neuroscience. This approach allows us to work with the subconscious mind which is where your internal operating system lives. We will work together to help you tune into your somatic (body/physical) experience to help you gain more awareness of your internal experience. This holistic approach invites in the possibility for deeper healing and transformation.

Eden Baron-Williams (she/her)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

MA, Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

Everything in life is a physical, mental, social, and spiritual experience. Yet, many of us are disconnected from our bodies. I believe that our bodies are vessels of wisdom from which we hold our experiences of pain, joy, belonging, intuition, and information. Through the process of slowing down and noticing, we can uncover a well of resources you already have within you, as well as heal from a foundational level. I am a Certified Somatic Attachment Therapist

Carolyn Knutson LPC, LMT (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Somatic Experiencing is a highly effective and gentle approach that processes experiences held in our nervous system. The intention is to slowly increase our ability to go in and out of our trauma-wired survival states of fight/flight/feeze/collapse and our body’s natural state of freedom and flow. By going in and out of states of survival and ease, our brain re-wires for safety, connection, and growth. Trauma fragments and isolates, healing synchronizes and re-connects.

Lolo Halman (he/him)

Professional Counselor

M.A., Diploma of Process Work

I am trained in Process Work, which uses somatic awareness practices to work with body symptoms, nighttime dreams, relational difficulties, vision for the world, and more. Through embodiment of that which attracts or disturbs us, we can often gain insights that can bring new ways of being and living our lives more fully. Embodiment can allow for a more rapid integration of these learnings.

Jordan Curtis (He/him)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA, NCC

I have been trained in Hakomi, a somatic-based psychotherapy. I utilize a somatic understanding and techniques as part of a holistic way of understanding and treating the self. In therapy, we will include attention to your body and sensations as part of your self-awareness and ability to emotionally regulate. We may experiment with postures, spatial dynamics, movement, and touch as part of the therapy process. My somatic approach is also informed by polyvagal theory & somatic experiencing.

Jennie Towne

Licensed Professional Counselor

MEd, LPC, LMHC

As a Hakomi graduate, I utilize Hakomi principles and techniques in my work.

Emma Jewell (she/her)

Somatic Practitioner

Radical Aliveness Practitioner, Family Constellations Facilitator & LMT

The body holds memory, healing of the mind and the body is interconnected. As a body worker for over 10 years, and training in body-centered emotional work, I integrate body sensations, sounds and movement practices into each session. So much is possible through the body that we may not be able to put words to.

Josephine Jardine (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

#R8352

With over ten years of somatic therapy experience, the integration of the body, and nervous system is a supportive way to integrate sustainable mental health care, and accelerate any goals a client has in therapy.

Amal Ortiz (she/her)

Clinical Social Work Associate

MSW

We live in a society that has taught us to leave our bodies, to numb the sensations, and to disconnect from the inherent wisdom found within. Reclaiming your connection to your body and all of its profound wisdom is an act of resistance and protest, and can be helpful in processing trauma, and finding internal resources of strength.

Janel Ruehl (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

QMHP

I have studied mindfulness and somatic awareness for more than a decade through the lens of Buddhism as well as Somatic Therapy.

Kathleen Converse (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

Jessica Feinsmith MA LPC (She/her/hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

Chelsea Kellogg (she/her/hers)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT

Amber Caldera (she/they)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW 10901; LICSW 61446959

I am skilled in somatic therapy, a therapeutic approach that emphasizes the connection between the mind and body. My expertise enables me to help clients become more aware of their bodily sensations and use this awareness to explore and resolve trauma, reduce stress, and enhance emotional well-being. This method is effective in promoting healing by addressing the physical manifestations of psychological issues.

Ashley Adler (she/her/hers)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

Master of Arts in Marriage, Couples, and Family Therapy

Somatic experiential therapy means that we might explore your thoughts, body sensations, feelings, memories from your past, beliefs and other layers of your experience. Slowing down in our fast-paced culture and tuning into different parts of your world can be powerful.

Kir Rian (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, MFA, Licensed Professional Counselor/OR, Licensed Mental Health Counselor/WA

Our bodies hold memories, traumas, and emotions, and a somatic therapy approach recognizes that relationship between the mind and the body. We may think about a stressful or traumatic experience, and feel anxiety or panic in our bodies or have trouble sleeping, for example. Research shows, that an integrated whole-body approach can help provide relief, as well as facilitate processing and help significantly with nervous system management and healing.

Carolyn Knutson LPC, LMT (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

The bodywork modality I offer is Craniosacral Therapy. This is a gentle and deeply regulating type of bodywork that focuses on the movement of fluids and energy throughout the brain and spinal cord at the core of our nervous system. Releasing blocks in the physical, emotional, and energetic bodies can bring forward our innate health and profound peace.

Emily Rose (She/her)

Hypnotherapist

CHRT, CRM, CH, TLT, NLPC

Somatic therapy focuses on the wisdom of the body, using sound & breathwork to release tension, process emotions, & reconnect with the present moment. These practices guide you into deeper awareness, helping you shift energy, calm the nervous system, & uncover the messages your body has been holding. Together, we’ll create space for healing, balance, & ease within your whole self.

Kip Williams (he/him)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

Ph.D., LMFT

Somatic therapy focuses on the body-mind connection, helping clients listen to their bodily sensations and understand how they relate to their thoughts, emotions, and relationships. This approach can be particularly beneficial for individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, or traumatic stress, as it offers tools to regulate the nervous system, process emotions, and cultivate a sense of safety and presence.

Mary Bruce-Owenby (she/her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LGBTQIA-affirmative couples therapist

An important part of our work together is somatic (relating to the body) in its focus, and we explore what happens when big emotions, like anger, frustration, or sadness come up. During these moments, it can be extremely difficult to regulate feelings, pay attention, and stay connected to each other. We often act out of our survival instincts, with automatic, lightning-fast reactions, which make it hard to stay present, understand, or empathize.

Daniella Kramer, Keshet Counseling LLC

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

Jane Flanagan (they/them)

Professional Counselor Associate

Master of Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Julie Sliga (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MS, CRC, LPC

With a focus on somatic-based therapies, I'll help you reconnect with your body to address the physical manifestations of emotional distress. These approaches emphasize the mind-body connection, recognizing that unresolved trauma, anxiety, and chronic illness can create tension and disconnection. By incorporating techniques such as body awareness, breathwork, and gentle movement, we can explore and release stored emotions, and develop a sense of safety and empowerment.

Wyatt Okeefe (he/they)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LMHC, LPC, LPCC

Somatic therapy explores how the body expresses deeply painful experiences, applying mind-body healing to aid with trauma recovery. I believe our bodies inform us in many ways and help clients explore what the body knows to better understand and heal from trauma.

Alicia Banister

Professional Counselor Associate

My background is in somatic-oriented therapies, including Craniosacral therapy, massage, and therapeutic yoga. Much of my practice involves integrating the body into your lived experience, through movement, experience, and nervous system regulation.

Rose Novak (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

M.A. Professional Mental Health Counseling

I am currently receiving supervision from a Somatic Psychotherapy Mental Health Professional, and completed my internship program at a somatically oriented practice. Over the years, I have gained knowledge and experience in healing stored trauma in the body. My approach is slow and gentle, we will practice learning how to listen to your body's cues and innate wisdom.

Jeanell Innerarity (She/Her)

Somatic Practitioner

MA, QMHP-C, LMT, CHT

As a bodyworker with over twenty years of somatic experience, everything I do is rooted in the intelligence and wisdom of the body. I utilize Processwork methods of exploring body symptoms and chronic pains and illnesses as part of your life path, uncovering the wisdom and insight contained within your body experience.

Gabriella Losada (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

MS

Our bodies hold so much information that we aren't always (or can't be) attuned to. In session somatic work might look like doing body scans, grounding exercises, small physical movement, guided visualizations, or just pausing and noticing what your body is doing and how it’s feeling. Sometimes with neurodivergence, chronic pain, or trauma our bodies aren’t always a comfortable or accessible place to be and if that is a concern, we can collaborate to find a component that works for you.

Trish Nicholson (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

Board-certified (NCC)

Trauma can often disconnect us from our bodily experiences, leaving us feeling fragmented and disconnected. In our sessions, we'll explore your body's responses to stress, trauma, and emotions, using techniques like breathwork, mindfulness, and body awareness to release tension and promote healing. By becoming more attuned to your body, you can achieve greater self-awareness, reduce stress, and foster a deeper sense of overall well-being.

Bex Mertulien (They/Them)

Professional Counselor Associate

Registered Associate R7909

I have utilized somatic therapy for the last 5 years both through my own personal experience as well as throughout my graduate education. I incorporate principles from Interpersonal Neurobiology as well as concepts learned from my undergradute education in the field of Neurobiology. I intertwine treatment techniques from sensorimotor therapy to ground the body as we explore or engage with trauma, anxiety, dissociation/depersonalization and other issues.

Nova (Stephenie) Knutson (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, Certified Hakomi Practitioner, AEDP level 2

Somatic therapies operate on the principle that body and mind are co-arising and co-influencing and that attending to the body is integral to the healing process. Untended emotional challenges often manifest in physical pain and dis-ease. As a certified Hakomi Therapist I have specialized training and over 16 years of experience in counseling with a somatic/body centered orientation.

ariel reiner (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA

Our past pains and trauma don't live in our mind, the residual of our experiences is held in the tissues and fascia of our bodies. This is why a bottom-up approach is helpful in therapy. When we lean into our body's intelligence and learn to listen to and honor the voice of our body, that's where healing happens.

Katrina Clark (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

MSW, LCSW

I integrate body-based processes and techniques to help you release nervous system stress, blocked emotions and stored traumas in the body.

Laken Nelson (She/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA

Margaret McNeal (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA

The body is an essential aspect of our self and wellbeing. Modern science echoes the wisdom held in many ancient traditions that the body is integral to our psychology, that psyche and soma are not separate. Somatic work can powerfully reveal and heal hidden aspects of our experience through exploration of movement, posture, and symptoms. Somatic work is also a useful complement to trauma work and IFS/"parts work" that helps facilitate regulation and expansion of the self.

Xan Scott (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

QMHP

Sarah Howeth (she/her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT

Maybe you’ve tried talk therapy and are wanting a different approach. Mindfulness-based experiential therapy places a high value on present-moment experience. With mindful compassionate curiosity, we explore what is true for you related to your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, body sensations, impulses, behaviors, needs, and memories. At times, we may explore what it is like to say or do something, or mindfully notice the impact of something. Mindfulness is a powerful agent for transformation.

Peter Addy (he/him)

Licensed Professional Counselor

PhD, LPC, LMHC

As a therapist with expertise in somatic therapy, I am trained in body-based approaches to healing. I emphasize the mind-body connection and help clients release stored tension and trauma through the wisdom of the body. With specialized training, I support clients in their healing journey using somatic techniques that address the interconnectedness of body, mind, and emotions.

Dr. Kimberly Christensen

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

PHD, LMFT

Somatic therapy recognizes the connection between your body and your psyche. The body is where our earliest emotional patterns were formed. The body is also where we hold trauma and abuse. By working directly with your body in psychotherapy, connecting sensations and symptoms to psychic processes, we work towards changing and resetting your nervous system to support re-inhabiting yourself at a cellular level.

Peter Gold (he/him)

Professional Counselor

PhD, LPC, LMHC

If you want a tool to use between sessions that includes the body you've come to the right place. Talk therapy is great, and sometimes it alone is not enough. I wrote my dissertation on using meditative movement to support and add to the healing and growth of traditional talk therapy, and I have been practicing this form of moving meditation--that is part of Chinese medicine--for 26+ years every day for an average of 2+ hours. Let me show you how to help yourself with this tool.

Mary Russell (She/Her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

Haley Bosco Doyle (she/her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

MA, LMFT

Annie Vail (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Certified Hakomi Therapist (CHT)

Rachael Patoray (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, ATR

I apply Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, a trauma-informed somatic psychotherapy that combines traditional talk therapy techniques with body-centered interventions that directly address the somatic legacy of trauma; attending first to discover how the body remembered the trauma and then providing the somatic experiences needed for resolution.

Kevin Sadler (he/him)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA

Sarah Bond (she/her)

Clinical Psychologist Resident

PsyD

I draw from somatic modalities to create trauma-informed interventions aimed to ground safety within your body and nervous system. As Bessel Van Der Kolk writes, "The body keeps the score." I believe it's vital that we incorporate embodiment into psychotherapy to create a more holistic and supportive healing experience.

Lesley Smith (they/she)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

I believe that our bodies hold so much information and need to be involved in the practice. I am being trained in Somatic Experiencing (currently Intermediate Level 2 trained). To learn more about Somatic Experiencing check out - https://traumahealing.org/

Ayala Parker (she/they)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT

Sara Rosenau (she/they)

Clinical Social Work Associate

PhD, CSWA

I am trained in Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy (Level One). Hakomi understands that change comes not from our effort, but from our awareness. Hakomi uses mindfulness—a state of relaxed, nonjudgmental awareness–to study, activate, and directly experience the root causes underlying our habitual feelings, thoughts and behavior.

Caitlin Truitt (she/her/hers)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LICSW

Traumatic experiences are not processed like other memories. The brain does not assign a "time stamp" to trauma memories like it does to other past experiences, which causes our bodies to operate as if that trauma is still happening. This causes our nervous systems to go haywire and wreaks havoc on our bodies. Somatic approaches, like polyvagal theory, heal trauma by helping us find safety in our bodies, retraining our nervous systems to realize that we are no longer constantly in danger.

Kestrel Fae Tippie (they/them)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

OR LMFT # T2221, CA LMFT #130759

From a somatic foundation of working mindfully and dropping into the body, you can get to the heart of what is stuck to process and transform it. Somatics helps you to learn how to relate to your body as a safe refuge, a reliable communicator of your feelings and needs, and a wisdom keeper that can guide you.

Bethany Ingram (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

We must learn to truly feel our emotions rather than "thinking about feeling them". Our emotions live in the body, and I encourage connection to the body in order to get to know ourselves and move through the emotional pain we experience. Our body, especially our nervous system, can teach us about what we need to feel safe and find connection with ourselves and others. I teach my clients to "befriend their nervous system" to learn how to respond to triggers and increase safety.

Terra Anderson (they/them)

Somatic Practitioner

MA, R-DMT

My guess is that when it comes to sex and intimacy, you'd like to actually feel progress, not just talk about it. Right? My approach to therapy inherently includes your body as a gateway to knowing yourself and your needs on a deeper level. In our work together I will help you track your felt experience by way of your breath, sensation, and movement to create shifts on an embodied level.

Lauren Saville (She/They)

Licensed Professional Counselor

C5949

Andrew Conner (He/Him/His)

Marriage and Family Therapist

MA

I am a certified teacher of The Realization Process, an embodied path to spiritual awakening, personal growth, and healing created by Judith Blackstone.

James Reling (he/him/his)

Licensed Professional Counselor

#C7430

Trauma (from big events to the accumulation of smaller invalidating experiences) is stored in the body, as is resilience and the potential for healing. By learning how to listen to and follow your body's cues, you can heal in ways that may be less accessible to traditional talk therapy. I am currently in a three-year training to become a Somatic Experiencing Practioner.

Camillia de la Garza Thompson (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC, CMA

My ability to explore the body-mind interface is supported by years studying dance movement therapies, a degree in movement analysis from the Laban Institute of Movement Studies in New York City, training in Hakomi and other modalities. I am also a self-proclaimed interpersonal neurobiology geek and love bringing this psychoeducation into my work :)

Melinda Norman (She/Her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

I blend a mixture of energy work with my training in PSIP (psychedelic somatic interactional psychotherapy---which can be done non medicated) to assist clients in releasing stored trauma from their body.

Stuart Malkin (he/him/they)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MS, LPC

Drawing on mindfulness-based, somatic training in Hakomi, Recreation of Self (RC-S), I use the body as a way to access emotions, sensations, imagery, memories that may related to a way a client experiences their body and their therapeutic goals. Lifespan Integration, as the name suggests, helps integrate unprocessed wounded states from past and teaches your mind and body that these events are over.

E.K. Frey (she / they)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Foundations in Somatic Abolitionism, with Resmaa Menakem and Carlin Quinn (January - December 2021) Ongoing group work (2021 - present).

G. Ravyn (Ravyn) Stanfield (she/her)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

M.A.in Counseling, EMDR trained, Licensed Acupuncturist

After over 20 years as an acupuncturist, I’m convinced that many of our emotional challenges like anger, anxiety, depression, and grief live in the body. Somatic therapy can help uncover and shift uncomfortable feelings and chronic issues that we haven’t been able to talk our way out of.

Christine Finucane (She/her/hers)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, SUDP, LICSW, SEP

Similar to mindfulness, Somatic therapy, also known as Somatic Experiencing, is a body focused approach to healing. Research has shown that unresolved trauma is energy that is stored in our body. Learning to befriend our bodies and to notice when we are caught in a traumatic reaction in our nervous system such as fight, flight, freeze is the first step to healing. Please see my website for more information.

Angelica Nenchev (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Licensed Professional Counselor, CADC I

Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a body-based approach for healing trauma. Trauma usually occurs when there’s too much happening, too fast, too soon. This can leave us feeling powerless, resentful, and stuck in unhelpful patterns that may be too rigid or too chaotic. SE techniques help the nervous system to discharge traumatic energy that gets stored in the body so you can move beyond survival mode.

Grace Carter (She/Her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

A modality grounded in the mind-body connection, somatic psychotherapy is the largest branch of somatic psychology. Contemporary practitioners of somatic therapy believe that viewing the mind and body as one entity is essential to the therapeutic process. This mind/body entity will move toward healing and growth of its own accord, given the right environment, and interpersonal interactions, when conducted in a safe and respectful manner, can positively impact and help regulate the mind/body.

Ryn Rising (They/Them)

Professional Counselor Associate

Brian Hannah (he/they)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

MSW, LCSW

My specialty treatment orientations include somatic therapy, where I incorporate Sensorimotor Psychotherapy into my practice. Trained in supporting people through both acute and developmental trauma, I address the connection between the body and mind to help clients process and heal from trauma, stress, and other emotional challenges. By integrating these techniques, I provide a comprehensive and holistic approach to therapy that supports the full spectrum of healing and personal growth.

Lilly Martin (She/Her/Hers)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, QMHP

The main models of therapy I use in practice are Integrative Somatic Parts Work, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, Existential therapy,, and Emotion Focused Therapy. I take a relational approach to therapy, and place importance of safety, trauma informed care, and communication of client boundaries within the therapeutic relationship at the forefront of my practice. I encourage clients to go at their own pace, and decide what areas of their experience they want to focus on.

Julianna Vermeys

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, NCC

Each of us has the potential to be fully present by utilizing the vast communication potential of the body. I am highly skilled at utilizing the awareness of the sensation in one's body to guide a richer understanding of one's emotions, reactions and experience during therapy.

Rebeca Rocha (She/Her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

PhD, LCSW

I am a Somatic Experiencing (SE) practitioner. I have received the 3-year professional training from SE International. SE is a body-oriented therapeutic approach for trauma healing.

Lauren Stines (she/they)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

MA, LMFT

Our bodies hold wisdom and insight into our wants, needs, and boundaries. Our bodies allow us to experience parts of life like pleasure, play, and joy. They are also vessels that hold our pain. Through somatic therapy, we can reconnect to the feeling body, deepen into pleasure and joy, and identify where trauma/anxiety/depression is held in order to tend to it. I will invite you to check in with how your body responds to content expressed in session with compassion and curiosity.

Emma Stern (she/her/hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor

C7542

Somatic psychotherapy integrates body-based inquiry and mindfulness into traditional talk therapy. Much of our subconscious emotional experience manifests as physical tension and holding patterns. “Feelings” are literally physical manifestations of the brain and nervous system’s response to emotional stimuli. Through developing a cognitive understanding of the mind-body connection, we find manageable ways to face challenges and cultivate deeper compassion for ourselves and others.

Shay Larken

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

Jessica Besner (she/they)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, M.S.

Studied somatic methods during my training, including Trauma-Sensitive Yoga for Complex PTSD. Attended body-centered conferences in early training. Currently completing Somatic Attachment Therapy Certificate and hold a certificate in Integrative Somatic Trauma Treatment, both from the Embody Lab.

Amelia Mackle MSEd LPC RYT

Licensed Professional Counselor

My perspective is that the mind and the body cannot be seperated if we are to feel like we are wholly living. I use a variety of breathing techniques, yoga, body sensing and physical health approaches to bring the mind and body to healing together.

JESSICA VAN DER MERWE (She/Her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, LMHC

Sometimes we don't have words, we just have feelings. Where the words fail, the body speaks. Our bodies hold stress, unresolved trauma and emotions, and implicit memories (the things we don't have words for but can feel). If you have ever felt a deep pang of loneliness or fear and wonder where it is coming from, this is your implicit body memory. We work with these sensations to help process and 'metabolize" these body memories to help bring increased sense of calm and grounding.

Francis Aurora Otto (they | she)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC, RSMT/E

Somatic refers to the lived experience of the body. Not just having a body, but living in a body. As all our patterns are grounded in our body, we won't just talk about what's going on. Instead, we'll attend to how your body has uniquely adapted to your life. We'll focus on sensations, feelings, and movements in helping you find your greater wholeness.

Hale Counseling NW

Student Counselor

Sharon Hale (she/her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

MA

I am trained in NeuroAffective Relational Model, which is a somatic approach to therapy.

Pearl Waldorf

Licensed Professional Counselor

The body holds the story of our lives in the present moment. We can work here and now to heal the wounds which thwart satisfaction in our lives. Through deep listening we learn to attend to the wisdom deep in implicit memory system and to sort what's past from what's actually happening right now.

Ally Simone (she/her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT T2066

Ivy Katz (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

In a somatic approach, the information the body conveys is welcomed. Together we pay close attention to the messages your body is sending. Somatic approaches to therapy understand the ways our bodies digest experiences and utilize this understanding to inform the healing process. A somatic orientation to therapy integrates healing at an embodied level often allowing for progress and changes to happen more sustainably.

Riva Stoudt

Licensed Professional Counselor

Rainer Rivenburgh (they/them)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MAAT, ATR-BC, ATCS, LAT, LPC, SEP

Amanda Melbostad (she/they)

Student Counselor

200 RYT, MA Art Therapy Student Intern

I am a certified yoga instructor where I was awakened to the power the body mind connection in the healing process. I have taken several Somatic Therapy classes and will be enrolling in the Tamalpa Institutes Expressive Arts Somatic Training to become a Registered Somatic Movement Educator (RSME).

Dr. Sarah Kendrick (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

PMH-C, CCTS, LPC, LMHC

I could have spent my whole life talking about trauma instead of moving it through. As a student who stumbled into the field, I was its biggest critic. I wanted evidence that the body mattered. In my most profound relationships now as client or healer, we don't talk a lot & the evidence is right there in the ability to process & release pain without analysis paralysis. I lead folx to learn from their own body how stress shapes the way they walk the world & they let it lead them toward freedom

Jen Yerty (They/She)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, CADC I

I have training in somatic and mindfulness techniques pioneered by Bessel van der Kolk, Stephen Porges, Pat Ogden, Ron Kurtz, Babette Rothschild, and Peter Levine. I have specific training in Somatic Experiencing. This practice involves a lot of silence as we slow down and listen to your system and how it reacts to the world around you. We begin to notice your system gently pendulating from positive to negative and back, and enhance ability to stay in a calm nervous system state.

Holly Wigmore (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MS, NCC

Embodied practices that move beyond talk therapy are vital to how I help clients move towards healing trauma. Our bodies hold trauma and also hold the keys to our healing. Through somatic interventions, we will get creative in how we can use your own innate resilience to connect with your core self and move toward the best version of you available.

Karin Pfeiffer-Robinson (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

M.A.

Our bodies hold so much wisdom. And yet, many of us have learned how to disconnect from them as a way to avoid feeling pain and other intense emotions. It is possible to rebuild your connection, gradually and safely, with the feelings your body holds. I often weave together somatic therapy with parts work, informed by Internal Family Systems therapy, and find that this helps clients access their internal experience in deep, meaningful ways.

Jennifer Stratton (She/Her/Hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

Alexandra Winteraven (they/them)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

Somatic therapy focuses on the connection between mind and body, using physical sensations as a gateway to healing. I work with clients to bring awareness to how trauma, emotions, and stress are stored in the body. By integrating breath, movement, and other somatic practices, we can release tension, increase body awareness, and foster a sense of safety and integration. This approach helps heal at a deeper level, addressing both mental and physical aspects of well-being.

Courtney Burns

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

I am certified in The Trauma Conscious Yoga method (TCYM). Incorporating this somatic modality into session can look a number of different ways; to exploring where a particular emotion is “landing” in the body, to engaging in breath work as well as postures that can be helpful in learning to regulate your central nervous system.

Rebecca Garetz (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, CYT

I am a trauma informed certified yoga teacher and therapist (500 hours). Yoga is a great addition to talk therapy. The body holds emotions and trauma that sometimes our brains haven't even processed or consciously aware of. Working with the body can calm the nervous system and teach us about safety, boundaries, and connection. Polyvagual Theory and mindfulness has greatly informed my practice

Brandy Tidwell (she/her)

Clinical Psychologist

PhD

Our bodies and minds are inextricably interconnected. Yet, so many of us learn to disconnect from our bodies messages as a survival strategy. Somatic therapies harness the innate wisdom and healing intelligence of our bodies. They help us reconnect with our bodies’ messages, learn to honor our needs, reclaim our bodily autonomy, and tune into our deepest truths, values, and purpose. I’m a registered yoga instructor (RYT-200) certified in the Trauma Conscious Yoga Method (TCYM) of psychotherapy.

Micah Hala (they/them)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

Body centered therapy emphasizes the importance of the mind/body connection. Often, we forget to simply “be” present in our bodies. By tuning into our body, we can learn how to inhabit the full spectrum of our human experience and let our body be an ally to our journey of healing, by simply listening to its wisdom.

Fatema Rashid (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA, Professional Counselor Associate, R6840

I integrate somatic awareness and mindfulness into my practice with clients who are open to a more holistic approach to therapy. Through guided meditation, breathing exercises, and other core mindfulness techniques, you will learn to identify and express emotions stored in the body. You will also learn to manage negative thought patterns, cultivate self-compassion, and connect with others (and yourself) on a deeper level.

Cornelia Taubmann (she/her/hers)

Hypnotherapist

PGDip, SEP

Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a body-focused therapeutic approach designed to help individuals process and release trauma stored in the nervous system. By gently guiding awareness to physical sensations, SE supports the completion of natural survival responses that may have been interrupted during traumatic events. This process helps restore balance, reduce symptoms of trauma, and build resilience, fostering a sense of safety and connection in both body and mind.

Kelsey Huber (they/them)

Professional Counselor Associate

LPC-A

Sasha Rosenfels, MA, LMFT (She/her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT

In my work, I may employ components of ​Compassionate-Based Mindfulness, Attachment-Based Therapy, Inner Child Work, and Somatic Therapy. I utilize these approaches in order to help individuals explore the experiences that shaped them, including bringing awareness to the way emotional struggle shows up in the body. Work in these modalities helps individuals foster a new, more compassionate relationship with themselves and others.

lisa anne ross (she/her)

Somatic Practitioner

Core Energetics explores the intersection of body, mind, and spirit using embodiment practices to bring consciousness to the flow and constrictions of energy in our body, mind, and emotions. I’ll guide you in applying awareness and movement to unwind the physical and energetic armor that formed as we developed from childhood into adulthood, leading to an authentic self unbound by insecurities.

Miranda York

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

I use mindfulness to guide you to understand your body's natural impulses that may have been suppressed due to shock traumas, relational traumas, or social conditioning. These natural impulses can help us understand the adaptive actions we need to take in life that flow naturally from our emotions.

Rebecca Lundberg (she/her)

Student Counselor

In previous work as a certified movement therapist, I provided personalized physical therapy to individuals suffering from chronic pain, injuries, and degenerative conditions. As a counselor, I integrate in somatic approaches, helping individuals tune into their bodies, encouraging them to explore and process deeply held emotions that may be contributing to their distress. This holistic approach also enables individuals to reclaim their physical presence and live more fully in their bodies.

Selin Strait (they/them, she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, CHT

Danielle Davis (they/them)

Professional Counselor Associate

Brittany Neighbours (she/her/hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

I have specialized training in Contemporary Reichian Somatic (Orgone) Therapy, and have been part of a program that includes group and individual supervision for this approach since 2017.