Somatic Therapy

Intellectualizing your way through the world isn’t working.

Knowledge and understanding have never led to change or relief.

Your body is a great storyteller and the keeper of your experiences. It is how you show up in the world and experience everything (good and bad) that has happened to you. Your body is how you held your lover, your new baby, and was the place where the trauma occurred as you held your dying sibling.

When we invite our bodies into the therapy experience, we can feel our feelings and tell the truth about our experiences differently. Even our feelings are felt and experienced in our bodies, not our heads.

Maybe your body has been screaming at you for a while. Chronic headaches, jaw pain, muscle tension, and even chronic illness and autoimmune issues can become linked to unprocessed emotions and pain.

Let’s listen to your body today!

Let’s invite your body into this process and hear what it might tell us. For many people who have been in therapy a lot, somatic therapy can be a breath of fresh air because it takes talking, digging, and figuring it out off the table.

Somatic therapy can help you feel all your feelings and move through them instead of being afraid of them. The first thing we will do is notice the sensations you have in your body when you sit in the room with us. You will begin to tune in and listen to your body from a curious stance.

Somatic therapy is Kinship’s “bread and butter” and uses a holistic lens in our sessions with you. We will look at your facets and see how everything is connected. For many people who have chronic physical issues, their body has become an enemy. We want to help you befriend it again and use it as your resource and guide.

We are cheering you on and will be with you every step of the way.