Feeling unsure about nervous system work? Here’s what to expect.

In many ways, it’s similar to talk therapy. We sit together and talk. The difference is, I’m also tracking your nervous system as we go. I may ask you to pause if I notice something, like a subtle shift in your breath, posture, or tone, so we can get curious about what your body might be trying to say.

We explore what’s happening in real time: the sensations, the emotions, the story, and the survival responses that may be showing up without you even realizing it.

Every session is shaped by what you need. I have a range of tools and practices, but I don’t use them all the same way with everyone. I’ll include somatic practices or gentle movement. You might find yourself working with boundaries using yarn, or noticing what happens in your body when you speak a truth out loud.

I don’t diagnose you. My role is to help you tune into what’s here, what’s alive and present in your body. We look at what patterns feel stuck, what emotions are surfacing, and which ones feel harder to sit with.

This work isn’t about forcing change. It’s about creating space for something new to emerge. One moment at a time.

If you’ve been curious about nervous system or somatic work but feel unsure, or even nervous, about what that actually means… let me share more about it.

This kind of work can sound confusing or intense from the outside, especially if you’ve never experienced it. So let me walk you through what the therapeutic process looks like in my practice.

I’m trained in Somatic Experiencing®, trauma resolution method, and other body-based approaches that support healing without pushing or overwhelming you. This work is rooted in understanding how stress and trauma live in the nervous system, and helping your body complete what it didn’t get to finish at the time.

That might sound abstract, but it’s actually very practical.

A session with me often looks like this: we talk, but I’m also gently tracking your nervous system, things like your breath, your posture, and the subtle shifts that might show us where something’s stuck or where there’s capacity. I may ask you to pause so we can notice what your body is communicating in that moment.

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.

It’s completely understandable to feel nervous about doing deeper trauma work. The vulnerability, the unknown, it can feel like a lot.

But there’s also a common misconception: that healing has to mean going deep and fast right away. That if we don’t dive into the deep immediately, we’re wasting time.

The truth is, that’s not how real integration happens. 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.

The therapeutic process we follow is respectful, collaborative, and deeply body-aware. It’s not about fixing you, it’s about helping you reconnect with parts of yourself that have been carrying too much for too long.

If you’ve tried talk therapy, diets, functional medicine, or self-help strategies and still feel stuck in chronic symptoms or patterns, your body may be asking for a different kind of attention.