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Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) is a naturalistic, neurobiological approach to healing trauma and stress-related disorders that was developed by Dr. Peter A. Levine based on more than 50 years of study in stress physiology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, psychology, and indigenous healing practices. It focuses on identifying where the nervous system is “stuck” in survival responses like fight, flight, or freeze and uses specific tools to help release traumatic shock, restore self‑regulation, and foster relaxation, wholeness, and a sense of aliveness. The approach supports transforming the lingering effects of life‑threatening events and other stressors by facilitating completion of thwarted defensive responses and helping the nervous system move toward equilibrium.
The Approach: Somatic Experiencing + VITA Method
This is a therapeutic approach focused on nervous system healing. I don’t diagnose or treat medical conditions. I do not diagnose mental health conditions. What I offer is a way to understand your body’s signals so long-held tension and patterns can begin to shift.
Somatic Experiencing® (SE™)
a body-based approach to healing trauma and chronic stress. At its core, it’s about helping the nervous system complete responses that got stuck during overwhelming experiences, things like fight, flight, or freeze.
Instead of focusing only on the story or talking through what happened, SE guides a person to tune into your body’s sensations, impulses, and internal rhythms. This gentle attention helps the body process what's unresolved, restore balance, and build more capacity for stress.
It’s not about reliving trauma, it’s about listening to the body in the present, noticing what’s happening now, and allowing the nervous system to gradually find safety and regulation again.
The VITA Method
VITA brings together embodiment, neuroscience, emotional awareness, and conscious sexuality. It supports reconnection to pleasure, desire, boundaries, and aliveness, especially for those who’ve felt shut down, numb, or disconnected.
This part of the work honors that pleasure isn’t a luxury. It’s part of how we heal.
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The sessions I offer aren't about pushing you to open up or revisit the hardest parts. It’s not about catharsis or rehashing the past. It’s about going slow, noticing what’s here now, and letting your body guide the way.
You don’t need to be ready to “do the work.” You just need to be willing to pause and get curious. That’s enough.
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This therapeutic process is about being in relationship with your body’s signals, noticing things like:
• physical sensations (tightness, stillness, warmth)
• emotions that might be just under the surface
• unconscious survival patterns (like shutting down, tension, or people-pleasing) A few of the core tools that guide this process:
• Pendulation: gently moving between a challenge and something more resourced or neutral
• Titration: exploring things in small, manageable pieces
• Resourcing: identifying internal and external supports that feel steady
• Choice + consent: nothing happens without your clear “yes,” and we go at your pace.
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Your nervous system needs safety, space, and time to shift. Think of it like dipping your toe in the water, not jumping into the deep end. That slow, steady pace is what creates lasting change. Sometimes it’s just a 1% shift, but those small shifts add up. We all want to feel better now. But if we push too hard, too fast, the system can shut down, leading to more anxiety, more overwhelm, or collapse. So yes, “slow is fast.” Because that slower, attuned pace? It actually gets you there. That’s the kind of work I do. Gentle. And truly effective.
