Somatic Experiencing
a body-based
approach
TO HEALING TRAUMA
& CALMING YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
A body-first path to connecting to your aliveness!
If you've done talk-based therapy before and found yourself understanding why you feel a certain way, but still feeling stuck in your body, you're not alone, and you're not doing it wrong. Insight alone often isn't enough to shift a nervous system that's been on high alert or shut down for years. That's where this work is different.
Animals in the wild move through life differently. When faced with a threatening experience, they allow their nervous systems to complete a full cycle: activation, response, discharge, return to baseline. Humans, with our capacity for thought and language, often interrupt that cycle. We overanalyze, suppress, or override what the body is trying to do. Over time, that interrupted energy becomes stored, showing up as anxiety, numbness, hypervigilance, chronic tension, or a persistent sense that something is just off.
Somatic Experiencing (SE™) is a clinical approach to trauma resolution developed my Dr. Peter Levine, focused on what happens in your body both during an experience, and in the time after. During SE sessions, we track and gently complete those unfinished nervous system responses. By giving your nervous system the conditions it needs to finally move through the cycle, you process the experience and build capacity to be more present in your life!
In this work we aren’t just giving you more tools to manage your symptoms, we are integrating experiences. Learning how to track subtlety and helping you connect to your body’s innate rhythm; moving passed stuckness.
What to expect
SE sessions are unforced, relational, and emergent. We let your body set the pace. Together we’ll:
Build awareness of bodily sensations and the physical experience of emotions
Gently titrate (or dose) triggers so your system doesn’t get overwhelmed
Support the nervous system in healthy regulation (which includes riding the highs and the lows)
Build capacity to be with your somatic experience
Restore a felt sense of safety, resilience, and presence
We’ll practice compassionate curiosity, and set real, actionable goals for how you can make tangible changes in your life. At the end of each session, it’s my intention to help you feel at peace with your emotions and empowered to take up more space.
Session may also include:
Attachment repatterning
Inner critic work
Parts work
Meditation
Grief rituals
Visualization
Why Hecate?
In ancient Greek mythology, the goddess Hecate leads Persephone into the underworld and back up each spring. She’s a guide capable of holding both light and dark, grief and joy.
While our work often centers around heavy emotions and the processing of grief, we also incorporate light, laughter, and play. Like Hecate, we welcome all dimensions of the human experience.
Sessions are $160 for 50 minutes over Zoom.
Hecate does not accept insurance, but sessions may be covered by your HSA or FSA.
Schedule a free 30 minute consultation to discuss your needs, goals, and expectations.