Somatic Therapy in Colorado

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What is Somatic Therapy?

When insight isn’t enough, we begin with the body.

You might understand your patterns.
You might know your triggers.
You might be incredibly self-aware.

And yet, your body still reacts.

Your chest tightens.
Your stomach drops.
Your nervous system floods.

Somatic therapy is for when logic alone isn’t shifting the response. Traditional talk therapy often works “top-down,” changing thoughts to change feelings. Somatic therapy works “bottom-up.”
We begin with the nervous system. Instead of asking, “What are you thinking?”
We ask, “What is your body experiencing right now?”

Because trauma, chronic stress, and relational wounds live in the body, not just in cognition.

What We Work On in Somatic Counseling:

  • Learning how to recognize nervous system states

  • Building internal safety

  • Increasing capacity to feel without overwhelm

  • Releasing survival responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn)

  • Developing regulation skills that don’t rely on willpower

  • Gently reconnecting with the body in a tolerable way

What Issues Can Somatic Therapy Help With?

  • Anxiety and chronic stress

  • Feeling overwhelmed or emotionally stuck

  • Difficulty regulating emotions

  • Relationship challenges and communication patterns

  • Feeling disconnected from your body or emotions

  • Highly sensitive people navigating an overstimulated world

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Somatic therapy focuses on the connection between the mind and body. By gently bringing awareness to physical sensations and nervous system responses, it can help people process stress and emotions while developing greater regulation, resilience, and self-understanding.

  • Somatic therapy differs from traditional talk therapy by incorporating awareness of the body alongside thoughts and emotions. By paying attention to physical sensations and nervous system responses, it helps people regulate stress and process experiences that may be held in the body.

  • In a somatic therapy session, we may incorporate practices such as breathwork, grounding exercises, tracking body sensations, and gentle or intentional movement. These tools help increase awareness of your nervous system and support the body in releasing tension and processing emotional experiences.

  • It’s very common to feel disconnected from your body, especially if you’ve experienced stress or overwhelming experiences. In somatic therapy, we move at your pace and meet you exactly where you are. Together we gently build curiosity and awareness through simple practices like orienting to your surroundings, noticing sensations, and slowly developing comfort with tracking your internal experience.

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