PRIVATE SOMATIC THERAPY & YOGA THERAPY SESSIONS IN CANBERRA
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Appointments are offered in Kambah on some Mondays & every Tuesday, and in Kingston on
Wednesdays, Fridays and some Saturdays. Late appointments on Friday at 5.30pm.
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I work in ways that honour consent, agency, and non-coercion.
Somatic offerings
During your somatic consultations, one or more of these modalities may be offered depending on your body's needs.
How can somatic therapy support anxiety, trauma and depression?
Anxiety, trauma and depression can all be experienced through the body, not only through our thoughts. You might notice changes in breathing, muscle tension, restlessness or a racing heart, or perhaps numbness, fatigue, disconnection, shutdown or a sense that your body reacts before you have time to think.
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In my private somatic sessions in Canberra, we pay attention to these experiences through body awareness, breath, movement and other somatic practices. Rather than trying to force the body to calm down or change what you are feeling, we become curious about what your body is communicating and explore what helps you stay in relationship with sensation, emotion and choice.
Sessions are shaped around you and may draw from trauma-sensitive yoga therapy, TRE®, somatic bodywork and reflexology. I work in ways that honour consent, agency and non-coercion, with practices paced according to your experience and what feels manageable on the day.
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Over time, this can support greater awareness of your body's patterns and more choice in how you meet experiences of anxiety, distress, shutdown or disconnection.
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What is the difference between somatic therapy and bodywork?
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Somatic work is a broad term for approaches that bring attention to our lived experience of the body — including sensation, movement, breath and the ways we respond to stress and distress.
Some forms of somatic therapy are psychotherapy and are provided by mental health professionals; others sit within body-based and complementary health practices.
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In my practice, somatic sessions are body-based rather than psychotherapy.
Depending on what brings you to a session, we might work with trauma-sensitive yoga therapy, movement, interoceptive awareness, TRE® or hands-on bodywork such as massage and reflexology.
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Bodywork generally involves therapeutic touch, whereas other somatic practices can be experienced without touch. Across both, I work with consent, agency and choice, with the session shaped around your body's experience.
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