Somatic Experiencing

& Integrative tools for growth

My Approach

Integrative Somatic Healing Rooted in Somatic Experiencing

My work is centered around Somatic Experiencing® (SE)—a powerful, body-based approach to healing trauma and restoring nervous system regulation. Whether you're navigating the impact of developmental trauma, chronic stress, or overwhelming life transitions, SE offers a path toward deep healing through attunement to bodily sensations, rather than just cognitive insight.

I specialize in working with individuals experiencing nervous system dysregulation resulting from trauma, chronic illness, early attachment disruptions, and long-term stress. I also support those seeking to deepen their creative, spiritual, or professional development as part of their healing journey.

For over 25 years, I’ve supported people from all walks of life—including executives, leaders, and high-performing professionals—who face the intense demands of fast-paced, high-pressure environments. Chronic stress in these roles can lead to exhaustion, burnout, autoimmune conditions, and persistent pain. Through SE and other somatic modalities, I help clients build sustainable resilience, regulate their stress response, and reconnect with vitality and purpose.

How I Work

My approach integrates neuroscience-informed somatic psychology, advanced bodywork techniques, and mindfulness-based awareness practices. Sessions are collaborative, practical, and grounded in the belief that the body holds deep intelligence—and that healing unfolds when we learn to listen to it with care.

Since opening my practice in 1995 in Palo Alto, California, I’ve remained committed to offering body-based techniques that support emotional regulation, postural ease, and nervous system balance.

I help clients:

  • Regulate the nervous system

  • Build self-awareness and emotional resilience

  • Relieve chronic tension and pain

  • Recover from complex, developmental, and shock trauma

  • Heal the effects of shame, disconnection, and overwhelm

Areas of Support

  • Embodying emotions & resolving shame, self-judgment, or collapse

  • Early attachment trauma & relational wounds

  • PTSD, complex trauma & dissociation (DID, DPDR)

  • Chronic fatigue, autoimmune disorders, and illness

  • Myofascial tension, postural collapse, and spinal injuries

  • ADHD, anxiety, depression, and anger

  • Sexual abuse recovery & boundary repair

  • Decision-making, life transitions & creative expansion

  • Pre/perinatal trauma and early developmental disruptions

  • Cognitive, sensory, and movement challenges (neurodiversity)

Somatic Methods for Trauma Resolution

Somatic Experiencing® (SE)
A body-based method for healing trauma and stress disorders. I am an approved SE session provider (all levels) and a Beginning-Level SE consultant.

Internal Family Systems (IFS)
A body-centered approach for healing trauma and connecting with inner parts of self.

Integral Somatic Psychology™ (ISP™)
A method for deeply embodying emotions to support psychological integration.

NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM)
A cutting-edge modality for complex and developmental trauma.

Hakomi Method
A mindfulness-based, somatic psychotherapy rooted in compassion and body awareness.

Polyvagal Regulation - Ventral & Dorsal Vagal Regulation Techniques
Applied techniques based on Dr. Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory to restore balance and safety in the nervous system.

Body Dialogues & Somatic Tracking
Attuned communication with dissociated, braced, or collapsed areas of the body.

Movement-Based Approaches & Neuroplasticity

Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education
Gentle movement and directed attention to support neuroplastic learning and physical ease.

Feldenkrais ATM Classes
Weekly Awareness Through Movement® classes offered in-person and online.

Anat Baniel Method® (ABM)
Neuro-movement for adults with functional and cognitive challenges.

Hands-On Bodywork & Manual Therapy

Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Bodywork (NCTMB #299165-00)
Practicing since 1995 with advanced techniques for chronic pain, injury, and trauma.

Myofascial Release & Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
Restorative manual therapies to reduce pain and support nervous system balance.

Ortho-Bionomy®
Gentle osteopathic-inspired bodywork that activates the body’s self-healing reflexes.

Somatic Coaching & Integration Work

Embodied support for life transitions, business clarity, and personal growth. Blends coaching with nervous system tools to help integrate insight with. Helps build clarity on decision making and and fallowing meaning for goals that resonate with who you are.

Who I Work With

Clients come to me from diverse backgrounds, including tech professionals, executives, artists, caregivers, and trauma survivors. Whether you’re navigating chronic stress from a demanding career, recovering from trauma, or simply seeking a deeper connection to your body and life path, I provide practical somatic tools to support sustainable healing and personal transformation.

If you're a high-performing professional, the pressure to "keep it together" can come at the cost of your body’s well-being. Somatic work offers a way to recalibrate your nervous system, relieve tension patterns, and restore a deeper sense of presence and vitality—without pushing through or burning out.