Somatic Informed Therapy Licensed clinical care with a body-based foundation. Where the wisdom of the nervous system meets the depth of therapeutic relationship.
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What is Somatic Informed Therapy?
Somatic informed therapy brings body awareness into licensed clinical practice. It is therapy that recognizes the body not as a symptom to be managed but as a partner in healing.
While traditional talk therapy works primarily through language, cognition, and insight, somatic informed therapists integrate an awareness of what the body is doing, holding, and expressing throughout the therapeutic process. They notice breath, posture, sensation, and nervous system state alongside the content of what is being said.
This approach does not replace the depth of clinical training. It deepens it. Licensed therapists, counselors, and psychologists who integrate somatic awareness bring a fuller picture of the person into the room.
Who Somatic Informed Therapists Are
Practitioners in this category hold professional licensure as therapists, counselors, or psychologists. They have completed rigorous graduate level training, met state licensing requirements, and are held to professional ethical standards.
Within that clinical foundation they have developed additional training, study, or experience in body-based approaches. This might include somatic awareness practices, attachment informed work, polyvagal informed therapy, mindfulness-based approaches, or other embodied clinical modalities.
Licensure matters. It means accountability, ethics oversight, and a standard of professional care that protects you as a client.
How It Differs from Traditional Therapy
In a somatic informed session, you might notice your therapist paying attention to more than just your words. They may gently invite you to notice what is happening in your body as you speak. They may slow down when something significant arises physically. They may work with breath, posture, or sensation as part of the therapeutic process.
The conversation still matters. The relationship still matters. But the body is included as an equal participant rather than a bystander.
This integration can be particularly powerful for people who have found that talk therapy alone has not fully addressed what they are carrying. When the body is included, healing can go deeper and last longer.
What Somatic Informed Therapy Works With
This approach is well suited for:
Anxiety, depression, and mood related challenges. Trauma and post-traumatic stress in a licensed clinical context. Attachment wounds and relational patterns. Life transitions, grief, and loss. Identity and self-worth. Chronic stress and burnout. Relationship difficulties. Any area where talk therapy is helpful and where adding body awareness deepens the work.
What to Expect
Sessions with a somatic informed therapist will generally follow a familiar therapeutic format. You will talk, explore, reflect, and process. What may feel different is a greater attunement to your physical experience throughout.
Your therapist may occasionally invite you to pause and notice what is happening in your body. They may reflect back what they observe physically. They may use body-based exercises or grounding practices as part of the session.
Sessions are typically fifty to sixty minutes. Many people find that including the body accelerates and deepens the therapeutic process in ways that talking alone could not reach.
Somatic Therapy Approaches You May Find Here
Therapists in this directory draw from a range of somatic frameworks. Some are trained in Somatic Experiencing® (SE™), developed by Peter A. Levine, PhD, which works directly with nervous system activation and the body’s natural capacity to complete stress and trauma responses.
Others bring training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, developed by Pat Ogden, PhD, which works with posture, movement, and sensation to process trauma and develop new patterns of regulation.
Some practice Hakomi, a mindfulness-based somatic psychotherapy developed by Ron Kurtz that works gently with core beliefs and patterns held in the body.
These are distinct approaches with their own training tracks and frameworks. What they share is a deep respect for the body as a primary source of information and healing.
Somatic Informed Therapy at the Somatic Healing Network
The licensed therapists and psychologists in the Somatic Healing Network bring both rigorous clinical training and a genuine commitment to body-based care.
The licensed therapists and psychologists in the Somatic Healing Network bring both rigorous clinical training and a genuine commitment to body-based care. Each one has been personally vetted for alignment with the network’s values of embodied, ethical, and integrity-driven practice. If you are looking for licensed clinical support with a somatic foundation, you are in the right place.
If you are looking for licensed clinical support with a somatic foundation, you are in the right place.
Want to Learn More?
These resources offer a deeper understanding of body-based clinical approaches:
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD Waking the Tiger by Peter A. Levine, PhD The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory by Stephen W. Porges, PhD Anchored by Deb Dana, LCSW Trauma and the Body by Pat Ogden, PhD Being a Brain-Wise Therapist by Bonnie Badenoch, PhD
Your nervous system already knows how to heal. We are simply here to help create the right conditions for it to do so.
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