WHAT IS INTEGRATIVE SOMATIC HEALING?
Integrative Somatic Healing is an approach to trauma recovery that acknowledges the deep connection between mind and body. The term "somatic" comes from the Greek word "soma," which means living body, highlighting the central role of our physical experience in the healing process.
This healing method is based on the understanding that trauma doesn’t just live in our minds—it’s also stored in our bodies. As trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk puts it, “The body keeps the score,” meaning that traumatic experiences can create physical sensations, tension, and blocked energy that affect our overall well-being.
Integrative Somatic Healing works to release this stored trauma and energy by focusing on bodily sensations and the physical manifestations of past experiences. Practitioners guide clients to tune into their bodies, helping them unlock and release tension, trauma, and emotional blockages. The goal is to restore a sense of safety, balance, and wholeness, enabling clients to reconnect with themselves and their innate ability to heal.​​
WHAT TO EXPECT
Integrative healing sessions are curated to fit your specific needs. We will use the Foundation Session to look at what your immediate needs are and where we can address past traumas to support you in your healing journey. Erica will guide you using a mix of somatic techniques that swiftly reduce stress and trauma while increasing calm. Some of these techniques include Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal Theory, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping, parts work, body awareness, witnessing, visualization, and breath work.
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Every session is a gentle, mind-body experience that helps you turn toward yourself. Together, we create a safe container where you get to reconnect to the parts of you that have been disconnected by hardship or trauma. Each session will leave you with new resources that you can access any time as you come to know more of yourself and the wisdom that resides within you. You will feel a deeper sense of wholeness, integration, and purpose, and have a larger capacity to be present with all of life.
