Somatic Therapy in Squamish and Online Across British Columbia

A Body-Based Approach to Anxiety, Trauma, and Relational Patterns

What is Somatic Therapy?

You might understand what’s happening in your life, but still feel anxious, tense, or unsettled in your body.

You might find yourself thinking:

Why do I still feel this way, even when I know better?

Why can’t I calm down, even when I try?

Why do I react so strongly in certain situations or relationships?

Somatic therapy is a way of working with these experiences at a deeper level.

Instead of only talking about what’s happening, we also pay attention to how your body and nervous system are responding. This might include noticing sensations, tension, breath, or the ways your body reacts in moments of stress or connection.

By slowing things down and bringing awareness to these patterns, your nervous system can begin to settle, and change can start to feel more natural and lasting.

Why work with the body?

Sometimes you can’t think your way out of how you feel.

You might know something isn’t right, but still feel stuck in anxiety, overwhelm, or patterns that keep repeating.

This is often because your nervous system is still responding based on past experiences, even when your current situation is different.

Somatic therapy helps shift these patterns by working directly with how they show up in your body.

This work can support you in:

• Feeling more grounded, steady, and present
• Reducing anxiety and emotional overwhelm
• Understanding triggers and relationship patterns
• Reconnecting with your emotions and internal sense of clarity
• Developing new ways of responding that feel more aligned and secure

Over time, change tends to feel less forced and more integrated into how you naturally move through your life.

My Approach to Somatic Therapy

My work is grounded in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, a body-based approach that integrates talk therapy with awareness of the nervous system.

Sessions are collaborative and move at a pace that feels manageable for you.

Together, we might:

• Notice what happens in your body as you speak
• Explore patterns like bracing, shutting down, or pulling away
• Work with protective responses that developed over time
• Use grounding, breath, or small movements to support regulation
• Begin shifting patterns as new experiences of safety and awareness develop

This work often includes parts work and inner child healing, gently connecting with the parts of you that adapted in order to cope.

Whether we are talking, working with the body, or moving between both, the process stays steady, supportive, and attuned to you.