Somatic therapy treats mental and emotional health concerns — including anxiety, trauma, and PTSD — through the connection of body and mind. Rather than working top-down through the mind, somatic therapy works the other way around: starting with the body, where stress and trauma actually live.
Unlike Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which focuses primarily on thoughts and behaviours, somatic sessions draw on body-based practices including breathwork, movement, and guided relaxation — alongside talk therapy — to support healing at a deeper level.
Together, we follow the body's own cues to where tension, fear, and emotion need to be released. Over time, we find safety in places that once felt constricting.
"Integrative somatic and regression work is one of the most effective and empowering ways to fully process and complete an emotion so you can naturally release the negative filters you've been holding about yourself and the world." ~ The Centre for Healing
Somatic therapy draws on the work of Dr Peter Levine and centuries of body-based healing traditions from cultures worldwide. It is proven to be effective for burnout, anxiety, trauma, chronic stress, and persistent patterns that talk therapy alone hasn't been able to shift.
I work with clients in person on Sydney's Northern Beaches and online, worldwide — both with excellent results, as the reviews below reflect.
