Body&Being
Somatic Psychotherapy
At Body&Being, therapy focuses on restoring movement where life has become constricted, overwhelming, or unavailable. Change does not happen through insight alone. It often happens when something new can be experienced in the body, in the present moment, and in relationship.
My work is grounded in somatic psychotherapy, expressive arts practices, mindfulness, Internal Family Systems, and nature based work. It also grows out of a long career in improvisational dance. Improvisation has shaped my capacity to listen closely to what is happening now, to follow subtle cues, to make room for play, and to support change as it emerges in real time.
In sessions, we may slow down and notice what is happening in the body. We may stay with a sensation, gesture, image, emotion, or impulse long enough for it to become more clear. We may explore what wants to move, what resists moving, what needs protection, and what is ready for expression. Sometimes this work is quiet and reflective. Sometimes it becomes more active, relational, imaginative, or movement based.
I approach therapy through a stance of radical humanism, understanding the therapeutic relationship as a place where both people are present, responsive, and affected. Therapy becomes a space to meet what is here now and to support the conditions where new forms of movement, perception, expression, and choice can arise.
I support people facing complex trauma, ADHD, depression, anxiety, addiction, grief, relational difficulty, and major life transitions. Whether you are seeking relief, clarity, creative renewal, or a deeper sense of vitality, my intention is to offer a grounded, engaged, and responsive space for exploration.
A somatic path to being fully human ~
A somatic path to being fully human ~
Presence and Care
I affirm trans, queer, and non binary people and approach therapy as a relational process shaped by consent, collaboration, and shared participation. Presence, vulnerability, and care are not techniques but conditions of the work, held by careful pacing, clear communication, and ongoing attention to agency.
I am not positioned outside the process as an observer, but remain engaged as part of the relational field that supports change. This is a space where your experience is approached with care and curiosity, allowing trust to develop over time and supporting you in actively shaping how the work unfolds.
All Parts Welcome
Every part of you has a role and a reason for being here. Resistance, anger, grief, fear, and joy are understood as meaningful expressions of your internal system rather than obstacles to overcome. By engaging these parts directly, we gain access to information, energy, and potential that were previously unavailable.
This work often involves meeting parts through sensation, movement, image, or enactment rather than analysis alone. As parts are given space to be expressed and witnessed, new possibilities can take shape and previously fixed patterns can begin to shift.
Conscious Movement & Expressive Process
In practice, this may look like slowing down and tracking how your body wants to move, then working with simple movement material such as gesture, sound, or shape. Clients often move between embodied awareness, expressive process, and imaginal or role based states, with my role shifting between witness, director, and auxiliary support. We may amplify gestures, sounds, or actions that feel charged or incomplete, allowing unconscious material to surface through enactment rather than interpretation alone. Over time, this supports greater flexibility, agency, and a fuller inhabiting of the body, expanding capacity to hold the complexity of lived experience.
Conscious Movement is a meditative and expressive practice that brings awareness to bodily sensation, impulse, and choice. Sessions are shaped through simple improvisational scores that give the work a clear container. I set the frame and guide pacing and orientation, offering prompts that organize the exploration without steering toward a fixed conclusion. The score supports regulation and agency by making the process workable, helping sensation, impulse, and image become trackable in real time and giving us enough structure to stay with what matters.