Mindfulness & Somatic-Based Therapy for Women in Los Angeles
In-person and virtual Mindfulness & Somatic-Based Therapy for women in my Los Angeles office in West Hollywood. Learn to reconnect with the present moment and tune into your body to let go of what you’ve been holding onto for too long.
THE BASICS
What are Mindfulness & Somatic-Based Therapy?
Mindfulness and somatic therapy are body-centered practices to help you become aware of your body, regulate your nervous system and improve your mental health.
Mindfulness practices help you observe your thoughts, feelings and physical sensations with calm acceptance and no judgement. Instead of trying to force change, the goal in mindfulness is just to witness the here and now as it is through tools like meditation, breathing or journaling.
Somatic-based practices help you explore what is trapped in your body based on the belief that specific physical sensations connect to deeper emotions and past trauma. We use a variety of tools and exercises like movement, tapping or touch to release some of that trapped energy in your body and reset your nervous system.
THE BENEFITS
What can Mindfulness & Somatic Therapy help with?
Practices like mindfulness & somatic therapy have a strong focus on physical sensations in the body, making them perfect for those who constantly feel on edge, worn out and disconnected from the present moment.
Attachment-based therapy can help you:
✦ Deepen your awareness of both the emotional and physical experiences in your body
✦ Develop tools to watch your thoughts and feelings without reaction or judgement
✦ Let go of pain, fear and tension that your body has been holding onto for a long time
✦ Lower stress, anxiety, heart rate & other symptoms of an overactive nervous system
✦ Stay grounded & process what you’re feeling in each moment without needing to attach
WHAT TO EXPECT
What happens during Mindfulness & Somatic-Based Therapy?
When relevant and helpful, I will suggest certain mindfulness practices and somatic-based exercises to help deepen your awareness of your physical sensations and emotional experience.
In most cases, these practices won’t be the guiding force of our treatment journey. I offer them as supportive and experimental tools that can help you explore what you’re going through and learn practical ways to reset your nervous system so you can regain a sense of peace and calm.
We’ll focus on trying things like body scans, meditations, journaling, gentle movement or breathwork. My goal is never to force you into needing to adopt certain practices, but rather to guide you in building a custom toolkit with practices that you can depend on in stressful situations.
BEYOND MINDFULNESS & SOMATIC WORK
My holistic therapy approach to support the whole you - mind, body & spirit
You may be coming to therapy with a specific approach in mind. Maybe you’ve heard that Somatic Therapy can help you release some of the repressed trauma in your body. If you’re interested in exploring mindfulness and somatic therapy specifically, you’re more than welcome to let me know and we can incorporate that type of work into your treatment.
More often than not, therapy isn’t quite that straight-lined though. Holistic healing requires that you look at all the areas of your life - past and present, mind, body (and sometimes spirit). To achieve that, I like to use a variety of different types of approaches. That means one session we might use psychodynamic therapy to explore past experiences. Another, we might use attachment-based therapy to better understand your relationship patterns. If you’re struggling with anxious thoughts, we might explore CBT-based tools and if you’re struggling to feel present in your body, we might try some somatic-based tools.
My goal is never to fit you into one particular therapeutic model. It's to draw from the approaches that are most helpful for you when they are needed so we can achieve holistic healing on all levels.
MY SPECIALITIES
I offer Mindfulness & Somatic-Based Therapy for women in Los Angeles navigating …
Anxiety, Chronic Stress
& Overthinking
Trauma & Inner Child Healing
Relationship, Dating
& Attachment
Pregnancy, Postpartum
& Infertility
Self-Esteem, Self-Love
& Self-Worth
Ambition, Achievement
& Burnout
Finding Yourself &
Your Identity
GETTING STARTED
Take your first step towards starting Mindfulness & Somatic Therapy
If you’re interested in getting started, have questions that aren’t answered here or would like to meet me, I invite you to reach out and schedule a free consultation. No pressure to commit, just a chance for us to get to know each other and see if we would be a good fit.