Somatic informed Therapy in comox for unpacking Trauma & Disconnect

Helping you reconnect with your body, emotions, and sense of presence through somatic informed work that normalises and empowers the wisdom of the body.

What Is Somatic Therapy and Why Does It Work?

Somatic therapy is a body-oriented approach to exploring trauma, anxiety, and emotional overwhelm. Incorporating somatic therapy helps you reconnect with sensations, movements, and nervous system regulation. This gentle, body-based therapy in Comox creates space for lasting change by addressing how the body makes sense of trauma in ways that make sense to you.

Somatic informed therapy offer a non-verbal depth of practice by incorporating the body in the therapy process. Through practices such as mindful movement, grounding exercises, dancing, music, breathwork, and sensation tracking, clients can gain insight and find a renewed sense of reverence and connection with themselves

Benefits of Somatic informed Therapy

  • Supports nervous system regulation

  • Identifies sources of anxiety and chronic stress

  • Encourages unique insight into trauma experiences

  • Builds suatinable and nourishing mind-body awareness

  • Restores connection to self, others and community

Is Somatic Therapy Right for You?

Many people come to therapy feeling like they’ve tried everything yet still feel stuck. If this sounds familiar, somatic informed counselling for trauma may provide a new way forward. Unlike approaches that focus only on the mind, somatic therapy also works with the body — where stress, grief, and unprocessed experiences often linger. When we carry unresolved tension, we may notice it as physical pain, exhaustion, or emotional disconnection. By combining gentle body awareness with supportive guidance, somatic therapy helps with releasing stuck emotions and healing the freeze response that can follow trauma.

You May Benefit From Somatic Therapy If You Are:

  • Feeling “stuck” in cycles of anxiety, overwhelm, or collapse that don’t shift with willpower alone

  • Living with chronic muscle tension, digestive issues, or sleep disruptions that seem tied to unresolved distress

  • Carrying a history of trauma, whether recent events or early developmental experiences

  • Feeling emotionally numb, disconnected from yourself, or frozen in difficult moments and intrusive memories

  • An overthinker who tries to “think” and “solve” their way out of painful patterns but finds it only goes so far.

How I Use Somatic informed Therapy in My Practice

In my practice, somatic informed therapy is offered as a gentle, collaborative, consesnual process where you set the pace. Sessions focus on your creating and experiencing containment & grounding, working with the nervous system, and using body-based tools to support lasting healing.

A Slow and Respectful Approach

In my practice, somatic informed therapy sessions move at a pace that feels chosen and manageable for you. Transforming your painful experiences is about listening, slowing down, and allowing your body to guide the process. Together, we co-create a supportive space where you manage the direction and depth of the work.

Working with the Nervous System

Much of trauma is expressed in the nervous system, showing up as anxiety, hypervigilance, or shutdown. Somatic informed therapy focuses on facilitating you to trust the information your body is sending you and act on it in a way that generates a sense of empowerment and accountability. This process allows clients to move out into a reality state in which the truth is accepted and from there a recognition of what choices are available to you. Much of somatic informed therapy is rooted in reducing experiences of gaslighting, dismissal, minimsation, pathologisation and isolation.

Integrating Holistic Modalities

Every client is unique, and sessions may draw on a variety of tools depending on your needs. Alongside somatic experiencing, I may integrate approaches from EMDR, mindful breathwork, inner parts work, and body-based mindfulness practices. These modalities work together to support your healing journey from multiple angles, always with the goal of helping you feel more present, whole, and connected.

What Happens in a Somatic Therapy Session?

Somatic informed therapy sessions are designed to feel safe, supportive, and guided by your comfort level. Each session offers space to gently explore what your body is holding, without pressure to revisit painful stories unless you choose to.

Session Length & Format

Appointments last 50 minutes and are available both in-person in Comox and online across BC, giving you flexibility in how you access support.

A Gentle, Body-Based Focus

Instead of centering on retelling trauma, sessions invite you to notice subtle body sensations, movements, or emotions as they arise. This allows insight and integration to unfold through awareness and presence, rather than reexperiencing painful memories.

Your Choice, Your Pace

You are never expected to disclose more than you wish to. Some clients share their stories, while others find relief simply through body awareness and regulation practices. The process is always collaborative, respectful, and paced according to your needs.

Why Choose Somatic informed Therapy Over Traditional Talk Therapy?

While talk therapy can be deeply supportive, it often focuses on understanding thoughts and behaviours. For many people living with trauma, anxiety, or emotional numbness, this isn’t always enough. Somatic informed therapy goes beyond talking to address the body directly — where trauma and stress are most keenly experienced.

Getting to the Root of Dysregulation

Somatic therapy works by helping you understand and enageg actively your the nervous system, rather than only managing symptoms. This makes it especially effective as trauma informed therapy in Comox, where many clients come seeking deeper indight beyond coping strategies.

For When Words Aren’t Enough

Some clients feel “numb,” “frozen,” or too overwhelmed to put their experiences into words. In these cases, body-centred counselling can provide an alternative path. By working with breath, movement, and body awareness, somatic informed therapy supports healing without requiring constant verbal processing.

Building Emotional Capacity, Not Just Coping Skills

Traditional therapy often teaches coping strategies, but somatic therapy strengthens your overall emotional capacity. Over time, clients find that addressing distress with somatic informed therapy doesn’t just reduce symptoms — it creates a foundation of presence, trust and connection that nourishes and integrates long after sessions end.

Offering Somatic informed Therapy in comox and Across BC

I provide somatic informed therapy in-person in the Comox Valley, with the option of online sessions.

Extending Support Beyond BC

For clients living outside Comox, I also offer secure online somatic informed therapy across BC, making this work accessible to residents throughout the province. Whether you’re in a city centre or a smaller community, you can receive trauma-informed, body-based care from the familiarity of your own space.

Flexible and Supportive Care

Depending on licensing regulations, I may also be able to offer therapy services to clients in neighbouring provinces such as Alberta. Please reach out to confirm availability if you’re located outside BC.

Online Therapy Across British Columbia

Somatic informed therapy is designed to be flexible and supportive — meeting you wherever you are, whether that’s in-person in Comox or online anywhere in British Columbia.

Somatic Therapy – Frequently Asked Questions

  • Not at all. While many people seek out somatic therapy for trauma, others come for support with stress, burnout, relationship challenges, or somatic therapy for anxiety. Because this approach focuses on nervous system healing, it can help anyone who feels stuck in patterns of tension, overwhelm, or disconnection.

  • Massage and physical therapy work directly with muscles and joints, while somatic therapy focuses on the body’s connection to emotions, memory, and the nervous system. Rather than applying physical pressure, sessions involve gentle awareness, grounding practices, and noticing sensations that support emotional release and regulation.

  • No — you never have to share anything you’re not ready for. Somatic therapy does not require retelling traumatic events to be effective. Instead, it focuses on present-moment awareness of the body, which allows for healing without re-experiencing painful memories. If you choose to share, that’s always guided by your comfort.

  • Yes. Many clients find that online somatic therapy is just as effective as in-person sessions. Through guided exercises, mindful attention, and co-regulation, we can support your nervous system healing over a secure video platform. This makes therapy accessible whether you’re in Vancouver or elsewhere in BC.

Ready to trust your Body sensations?

Taking the first step toward embodied trust and understanding doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. Whether you’re curious about somatic informed therapy for distress and anxiety, looking for trauma-informed care, or simply wanting to feel more grounded in your daily life, support is available.

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