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Somatic Psychotherapy
& Somatic Experiencing®

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Somatic Therapy
Trauma and stress are not just in the mind or emotions; they are also deeply embodied. Somatic techniques aim to reconnect you with your physical self, helping you deepen awareness while accessing and releasing stored tension, suppressed emotions, and unprocessed trauma.

At Sage we offer two primary forms of Somatic Therapy:
Somatic Psychotherapy & Somatic Experiencing®
  • Somatic Psychotherapy:
    Somatic Psychotherapy integrates mindfulness-based, body-oriented approaches with a relational, depth-oriented framework, recognizing that healing happens both in the body and in the context of relationships. This approach acknowledges that many psychological struggles stem from relational wounds—such as unmet needs, attachment disruptions, or experiences of neglect, betrayal, or invalidation.

    By working with bodily sensations, emotions, and relational dynamics, Somatic Psychotherapy helps you develop greater awareness of your internal experience, cultivate safety and self-trust, and shift patterns that no longer serve you. This work supports you in showing up more authentically in your life and relationships.

    Somatic Psychotherapy Can Help You:
    • Deepen body awareness and recognize how stress and trauma show up in your system.
    • Explore relational patterns, uncover underlying dynamics, and build more authentic, fulfilling connections.
    • Develop mindful, embodied tools to help you navigate triggers and respond to life with greater flexibility.
    • Work dynamically with relational themes as they surface in therapy, deepening self-understanding and emotional regulation.
    • Integrate complementary modalities, such as Parts Work & IFS, Jungian and Depth Psychology, and Gestalt, for a holistic therapeutic experience.
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  • Somatic Experiencing®
    Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) works directly with your body's innate ability to restore balance and heal. This gentle, body-based approach helps regulate the nervous system and recover from overwhelming experiences by tracking subtle bodily sensations, releasing stored survival energy, and restoring a sense of safety, ease, and connection.

    By working at a pace that honors your system’s natural rhythms, SE™ supports long-term well-being while helping reduce symptoms of PTSD, complex trauma, anxiety, chronic stress, depression, and pain. Whether you're navigating the impact of trauma or experiencing a sense of disconnection from your body, SE™ offers a path toward greater ease, presence, and vitality.

    Somatic Experiencing Can Help You:
    • Develop the skills to navigate triggers and overwhelming experiences with more stability and choice.
    • Learn to identify, communicate, and honor your wants, needs, preferences, and boundaries.
    • Explore habitual and conditioned patterns of relating, reacting, numbing, and avoiding—so you can shift away from survival-based responses and move toward greater regulation and choice.
    • Integrate past experiences without becoming overwhelmed.
    • Cultivate a deeper connection with your body’s signals to foster self-trust.
    • Strengthen your ability to experience pleasure, joy, and connection by expanding your window of tolerance.
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Somatic Experiencing® & Bodywork
Receive a 60, 75, or 90 min bodywork session combining SE™ with therapeutic touch.
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New!
Ketamine-Assisted Therapy
+ Somatic Experiencing®
(4 Month PROGRAM)
  • 4 Preparatory Sessions-virtual & in-person (4 weeks):
    Build a relationship with your therapist, learn and apply Somatic Experiencing (SE) nervous system regulation techniques, and prepare for your ketamine-assisted therapy (KAT) session. At least one session will be in person at the Sage office to introduce SE touch work.
  • 4 Ketamine Dosing & 4 Integration Sessions-virtual & in-person (8 weeks):
    Four in-person ketamine dosing sessions (every other week at the Sage office), with virtual integration sessions in between. Integration sessions help deepen and sustain ketamine-influenced neuroplasticity (durability/cumulative effect) by exploring session themes and content, strengthening positive mood changes, reinforcing pro-health behaviors, and applying SE regulation techniques.
  • Post-Dosing SE Touch Work-in-person (4 weeks):
    In-person sessions at the Sage office to support continued integration and healing.
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