A Nervous-System-Based Approach to Healing Developmental Trauma
Many symptoms we call anxiety, shutdown, chronic fatigue, or pain aren’t signs of what's wrong with you—they’re signs of what happened to you. As Dr. Gabor Maté says, "Trauma is not what happens to you, but what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you."
I offer a gentle, hands-on modality rooted in neuroscience, attachment theory, and trauma-informed care. It was developed to support individuals with early developmental trauma, especially those whose wounds occurred before words—when the body was the only language available.
This work isn’t about quick fixes or surface-level soothing. It’s about meeting the body where it actually is, in its survival responses, and inviting it—slowly, safely—toward regulation and repair.
What Is Somatics?
Touch is the first sense to develop in utero—and the most direct way to signal safety to the primitive brain. For those with early attachment disruptions, medical trauma, or neglect, talk alone often cannot reach the depth of disconnection.
Dr. Stephen Terrell developed Transforming Touch℠ specifically to meet this need: to give the body a chance to re-experience safety through sensory input, not just insight.