Somatic therapy is a mind and body focused approach to healing that helps people reconnect with physical sensations, emotions and memories held in the body. Rather than focusing only on thoughts or talk, it uses gentle awareness and movement to train your nervous system to learn that it is safe to come out of survival mode by releasing stored trauma, emotions, stress and tension.

Who can benefit from somatic therapy

• People with chronic stress or anxiety: Somatic approaches reducing hypervigilance and teach practical skills to lower daily stress.

• Those recovering from trauma: Somatic therapy is widely used for trauma recovery because it works with the body’s natural ways of holding and releasing traumatic energy.

• People with depression or emotional numbness: Reconnecting to bodily sensations can restore vitality and help access emotions that feel blocked.

• Individuals with chronic pain or tension: Somatic techniques often ease long-standing muscular tension and improve movement patterns.

• Anyone with panic attacks or dissociation: Learning to safely return to the body and regulate arousal helps reduce frequency and intensity of these episodes.

• People looking for integrative healing: Those who prefer a whole-person approach combining body, mind and emotional work find somatic therapy especially useful.

• Professionals under burnout: Practical grounding and self-regulation skills support resilience and prevent relapse into overwhelm.

What does Somatic therapy look like?

Mindful body awareness: You learn to become more aware of how stress appears in your body, for instance; tightness, change in breath patterns, temperature. This builds an internal map of how stress shows up in your body, teaching you and your nervous system what your triggers are.

Breathwork: Simple, supported breathing techniques help regulate the nervous system, soothe panic or agitation, and bring calm into emotionally charged moments.

Grounding and grounding movements: Small, intentional movements or posture adjustments help you feel present, anchored and safe in your body.

Polyvagal-informed techniques: Practices that gently shift the nervous system from states of shutdown or hyperarousal toward calm and social engagement.

Release work and gentle touch: Where appropriate and with consent, light touch or guided movement can release stored tension, improve body awareness and restore ease.

Expressive movement and gesture: Encouraged movement or vocalisation helps discharge chronic stress and integrate felt-sense changes.

Resourcing and containment: Giving you tools to help you develop internal and external supports, such as visualisations, self-soothing practices and action plans to stay regulated between sessions.

What to expect in a session

You’ll be welcomed into a calm, comforting space and greeted by Jess who is trained to help your nervous system feel safe from the moment you walk in. I’ll guide you to notice sensations with gentle curiosity, inviting awareness rather than rushing to analyse or fix. You’ll leave with simple, practical techniques to use between appointments to support ongoing progress. The session moves at a pace that feels right for you always as a team and at your pace. We are working together to learn how your body and mind reacts to triggers that start a negative behaviour or pattern. You will learn how to recognise this and process it, to move through that thought or feeling.

Somatic therapy guides gentle, lasting change by helping you stay present in your body and regulate yourself day to day. It's practical, soothing, and transformative for anyone wanting to feel more grounded, resilient, and emotionally balanced.