Welcome to Somatic Healing Network

Somatic Healing Network began as a simple directory, a place to find somatic practitioners in Northern Colorado.

But a larger issue quickly became clear.

As the word “somatic” has grown in popularity, its meaning has become increasingly blurred. Practitioners from very different backgrounds often use the same language, while the depth of training, approach, and scope of care can vary significantly.

For people seeking support, there is often no clear way to tell the difference.

At the same time, somatic healing was already alive in Fort Collins and Northern Colorado. Skilled practitioners were doing meaningful work in private offices, studios, and community spaces. Small networks were forming. The work was growing.

What was missing was a front door.

Somatic Healing Network exists to be that place.

A platform that brings clarity to the field, maps the range of body-based care, and connects people with support that fits where they are.

This is built on collaboration, not competition, and grounded in the belief that body-based healing should be easier to find, easier to understand, and easier to trust.

The body holds patterns long after the mind has moved on.

Stress, trauma, and overwhelm do not just live in memory. They live in the nervous system, in the muscles, in the breath, and in the way we move through the world.

Somatic healing helps you reconnect with what your body is carrying, unwind patterns of tension and protection, and rebuild a sense of safety, connection, and presence.

There is no single right way to begin.

Healing through the body is not a protocol or a checklist. 

It is a process of discovery.

It begins with a moment of curiosity and a willingness to listen to what your body has been trying to tell you.

Whether you are tending to trauma, navigating stress, caring for your body, or simply wanting to feel more at home in yourself, there is a place to begin.

Somatic Healing Network was founded by Andrew J. Heinz, MSW, LCSW, a licensed psychotherapist based in Fort Collins with nearly two decades of clinical experience. The network was created after recognizing that people searching for somatic support often had no clear way to find it. The somatic field is wide, with many valuable approaches, but without a clear path it can be difficult to know where to begin.

The vision is to create a clearer, more connected path for people seeking body-based healing, and to support practitioners in building a collaborative, integrity-driven community.

Andrew integrates somatic awareness and nervous system-informed work into his clinical practice and is currently in the final year of advanced training in Somatic Experiencing® through Somatic Experiencing International®. He is working toward certification as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP)®.

Every practitioner listed on the network is reviewed for alignment with its commitment to embodied, ethical, and integrity-driven care.

Somatic Experiencing® and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP)® are registered trademarks of Somatic Experiencing International®.