Somatic Experiencing® Therapy for Trauma and Anxiety in Boulder, CO
Somatic Experiencing® works with trauma and chronic stress at the level of the body. Your story still matters, and this work also tracks physical sensations and helps complete the survival responses that got interrupted. Together, we'll build your capacity to stay present with difficult emotions and shift patterns that can leave you feeling stuck, anxious, or disconnected from yourself.
About Somatic Experiencing®
Somatic Experiencing® (SE) is a therapeutic approach for resolving trauma symptoms and relieving chronic stress. It can help increase one’s vitality and capacity to actively engage in life. Possible benefits include:
Identifying and staying with your emotions in an embodied way
Tracking sensations and building greater tolerance for difficult emotions
Completing self-protective survival responses (fight/flight/freeze/fawn) from past traumatic events
Addressing trauma-related symptoms, including anxiety, panic, dissociation, depression, anger/rage, shame, avoidance, grief/loss, and chronic stress
Accurately assessing and responding to threat
Building capacity to notice the felt sense of safety in the body
Increasing your ability to experience more ease, joy, and pleasure
Recognizing and integrating resources and strengths
Reducing judgment towards yourself and others
Opening to healthy relationships based on mutual trust, reciprocity, and respect
Common Questions About Somatic Experiencing
What is Somatic Experiencing? Somatic Experiencing® (SE) is a body-based therapy approach that helps resolve trauma and relieve chronic stress by working with physical sensations, not just thoughts or emotions, since the nervous system often holds onto experiences that talk alone doesn't fully release.
How is Somatic Experiencing different from talk therapy? Unlike traditional talk therapy, SE doesn't require you to retell what happened in detail. Instead, we track what's happening in your body — sensations, impulses, patterns of tension or ease — to help your nervous system complete self-protective survival responses at its own pace.
What does an SE session actually look like? You'll be guided to notice physical sensations, images, impulses or thoughts that arise as we gently explore what you're working through, moving slowly so your system can stay regulated while releasing stored survival energy.
Do I need to know exactly what happened to me for this to work? No. Somatic Experiencing can be effective even without a full narrative or clear memory of an experience, since it works with what your body and nervous system are holding, not just what you consciously recall.
Locations served: Boulder, CO (in-person) | Oregon (online sessions)