EMDR Therapy and Somatic Experiencing

EMDR Therapy and Somatic Experiencing

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EMDR Therapy and Somatic Experiencing are both somatic approaches that I draw from in working with trauma and experiences that continue to live in the body and nervous system.

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Sometimes we understand our history intellectually, but our bodies continue to respond as though something from the past is still happening. We may find ourselves having reactions that feel bigger than the present moment, repeating familiar patterns, or carrying sensations, emotions, and beliefs that we know are connected to the past but haven’t been able to fully shift.

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EMDR Therapy

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EMDR uses bilateral stimulation and dual awareness to support the processing and integration of experiences that have remained unresolved. Rather than changing or erasing what happened, EMDR can help us meet old experiences while staying connected to the present, allowing new information and possibilities to emerge.

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As old experiences become more integrated, the ways we experience ourselves in relation to them can begin to change. A place that once carried fear, shame, helplessness, or the sense that “I am alone” may begin to hold something different — more choice, self-compassion, safety, or a sense of being supported.

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Somatic Experiencing

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Somatic Experiencing works gently and gradually with the body and nervous system. Rather than diving directly into the most difficult material, we slow down and listen to what is happening in the felt sense, moving between places of activation and places of greater ease, safety, and resource.

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This process can help us develop more capacity to be with experiences that once felt overwhelming. As the nervous system has more space and support, what has been held or unfinished can begin to move and reorganize. We may be able to release difficult sensations, experience new possibilities, and regain contact with ourselves in places where that contact was once lost.

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In Our Work Together

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I integrate these approaches within a larger somatic psychotherapy process rather than using a one-size-fits-all protocol. We can listen together for what your system is asking for and work at a pace that allows what is unresolved to be met without overriding the body’s own timing and intelligence.

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