Somatic therapy

Somatic therapy is an approach that brings bodily awareness into the psychotherapeutic process, focusing on the mind-body connection. Unlike traditional talk-based therapies, it also works with the tension, sensation, and reactions held in the body, using breath, movement, and awareness practices. Its core premise is that difficult experiences leave traces not only in the mind but in the body as well. It can be supportive for post-traumatic stress, chronic anxiety, addiction, grief, and stress-related conditions. The umbrella of somatic therapy covers many different approaches — among them Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Neurosystemics Care; each practitioner builds on one or several of them according to their own training.