SOMATIC THERAPY | SOMATIC EXPERIENCING® 

"Somatic Therapy" is an umbrella term for therapeutic support that puts the body and body experiencing at the centre of the work. Somatic therapy can look and feel very different depending on what the modality is and the particular therapist's style, preferences, and training.

I offer a body-centred approach to healing rooted in Somatic Experiencing® (SE) - a gentle trauma informed modality that helps release stuck patterns, integrate past or present overwhelm, and build nervous system resilience. 

From the outside, an SE session can look like coaching or counselling, with two people sitting in chairs together talking. However unlike traditional therapy, this work begins with a different kind of listening - one that turns inward, bringing attention to body states and physical sensations, along with the emotions, thoughts, movements, or images that come with them. 

 

My role is to support you in noticing what your body is feeling, expressing, and inhibiting. I do this by tracking (careful listening, questioning, and observation) and bringing what I notice to your attention. We explore and build on your external and internal (body based) resources to ground and soothe your nervous system so that together, over time, we can follow what your body is wanting to show or complete.  At times, movement exercises, guided relaxation, writing and art practices, and/or co-regulating touchwork may be woven in where helpful. 

 

This work is collaborative and client led. You set the pace and focus, and we decide on the direction of the work together - working within your  intentions and goals, and with what shows up as particularly important, relevant, and alive. 

My work is strongly influenced by my studies of Somatic Experiencing® (a body based approach for working with trauma and the nervous system), experiential counselling, trauma informed practice, an embodied approach to NonViolent Communication, 18+ years of work as a Yoga Therapist/Yoga Teacher/Yoga Teacher Trainer, and a personal and deep apprenticeship to the wisdom of the body as a natural, intuitive guide for our own insight, resourcing, and healing. 

 

Curious?

Email me at info@katielane.co.nz to organise a 15 minute phone chat to learn more about the process, address any questions/concerns you might have, and book your first session. 

 

In Person (Wellington City) or Online 

$135 per session


** Please note that somatic therapy/somatic experiencing® is an adjunct support, not a replacement, for professional mental health therapy. Due to the close relationship between psychological, emotional, and physical, sometimes other aspects of our health and/or chronic pain, illness also need to be addressed. I may also suggest that clients consider working with other health professionals - acupuncturist, herbalist, psychotherapy/counselling, medical testing, etc. **