Somatic Support for Therapists

Offering experiential consultation around embodied presence,

voice, and movement exploration for clinical practice

Therapy happens with and through our bodies — including yours, as a practitioner.

As therapists, we are constantly sensing, noticing, responding, and attuning to and with our clients. Our bodies, voices, breath, body position/shape, and (nervous) systems are always part of the therapeutic field. Whether we attend to them consciously or not, our inner experiences shape how we meet our clients, and how we experience ourselves in the work.

This offering is for therapists and student therapists who want somatic support for their clinical practice - not more techniques to apply, but deeper access to their own embodied knowing.

Waking Up To Our Embodied Knowing

This work supports therapists in reconnecting with their whole being as a source of information, embodied knowing, and availability to make choices.

Rather than focusing on what to do with clients, together we could explore:

• how you are already doing therapy through and with your whole being

• how your voice, movement, gesture, and sensation shape your presence and capacity for meaningful contact

• how expanding your embodied awareness can support building relational ground, and accessing your full range of response-ability (your ability to show up as fully as possible to the here and now moment)

The aim of our work together is not self-improvement or gaining techniques to do with your clients, but rather expanding your capacity for self-contact.

Experiential, Not Didactic

Sessions are experiential rather than instructional.

This means:

• having an experience before the theory

• allowing your understanding to emerge through attention to your sensations and emerging awareness

• trusting the process: trusting that integration is already happening, you don’t have to do it

• letting application to your clinical practice emerge naturally, in your own way and style

This work is not a how-to.

It is an invitation to explore, sense, and discover what supports you - first as a human, than in your particular role.

Voice, Movement, Embodiment & Therapy

Your voice is your body.
Your body is your voice.

Voice, movement, and sensation are inseparable from how we relate: to ourselves, our clients, our environment, and the world.

My approach explores the intersection of:

• Embodied, relational Gestalt therapy

• Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy (DSP) as developed by Ruella Frank

• Somatic voice and embodied movement exploration

• Alexander Technique and Wholeness in Motion (WIM) principles 

DSP offers a developmental, relational lens for understanding how early movement patterns, gesture, and sensation continue to shape present-moment experience and relational contact. Alexander Technique and WIM principles provide scaffolding for physiological knowing, for those moments when understanding how you’re put together could be useful when discerning what’s interfering with your experience of wholeness and fluidity. 

This framework deeply informs how we explore embodiment, voice, and presence in the therapeutic container.

Defining “Sense-able”: Awakening Sensory Awareness

A core aspect of this work is increasing your capacity to attend to your sensations and receive information through all your senses.

This means receiving from the inside-out, and the outside-in.

Explorations may support:

• awakening sensory awareness

• refining attention to subtle bodily cues

• deepening capacity to receive information through movement, sound, and stillness

• trusting bodily knowing as part of clinical intelligence

As sensory awareness grows, many therapists notice:

• increased presence, response-ability, flexibility in session

• reduced cognitive effort, i.e.: less energy spent trying to “figure out” what’s happening

• greater trust in moment-to-moment knowing

• renewed vitality in their work

Ways We Can Work Together

One:One Somatic Consultation (In-Person or Virtual)

Individual sessions offer dedicated space to explore your unique embodied experience.

Sessions may include:

• embodied voice exploration

• movement-based awareness practices

• attention to breath, posture, and qualities of movement

Both in-person and virtual sessions support deep awareness and integration through curiosity, experimentation, and exploration.

Workshops & Group Experiences for Therapists

I also offer workshops and group experiences for:

• therapists

• student therapists

• clinicians-in-training

These offerings provide opportunities to explore:

• embodied presence in relationship (with self, other, and environment)

• voice as a tool for self-assessment, connection, expression, and regulation

• movement and sensation as clinical resources

• nervous system awareness and co-regulation

Group spaces allow therapists to learn with and through each other, in a relational framework, while staying grounded in lived experience rather than theory alone.

Workshops can be offered:

• in-person or online

• as standalone experiences

• or co-created for training programs, peer groups, or institutes

A Note on Transitioning This Work

As of January 2026, I will no longer be offering stand-alone voice and movement teaching.

This work is now offered as:

• somatic consultation for therapists

• embodied exploration within therapy

• workshops and group experiences for clinicians

Voice and movement remain integral to our breadth of discovery about ourselves and each other, now grounded fully within my relational, therapeutic practice.

An Invitation

This work is an invitation to:

• slow down

• feel more

• trust your embodied intelligence

• allow understanding to emerge organically

Supporting your embodied presence is not an extra skill you need to master.

It is foundational.  It is already happening in you - we are simply bringing these processes into awareness.

Book a consultation or reach out to explore how somatic support might nourish your clinical work.

Frequently Asked Questions

Somatic Support for Therapists

Who is this work for?

This offering is for therapists and student therapists who are curious about how their body, voice, and nervous system shape their clinical presence. It may be especially supportive if you’re noticing fatigue, stuckness, reduced vitality, or a desire to feel more embodied and responsive in your work.

Is this supervision?

No. This work is not clinical supervision and does not focus on case consultation, ethics, or treatment planning. Instead, it offers somatic and embodied support for you as a human who occupies the role of therapist occasionally: your presence, awareness, and lived experience in the work and in your daily life.

Do I need prior somatic or movement experience?

Not at all. This work is accessible whether you are deeply experienced with somatic practices or completely new. We work with ordinary movement, sensation, breath, sound, and awareness, beginning exactly where you are.

How is this different from learning techniques to use with clients?

This work is experiential rather than instructional. The focus is not on acquiring tools to apply, but on having an experience that deepens your own embodied awareness. Any clinical application tends to emerge organically over time, rather than being taught directly.

What might a session include?

Sessions may include:

• embodied voice exploration

• attention to body position/shape, breath, and movement

• sensory awareness practices

• noticing how bodily cues inform your presence and capacity for connection

• reflection and integration

Sessions are collaborative and responsive, not scripted. We start by meeting you where you’re at.

Is this personal therapy?

These sessions are therapeutic in nature, but they are not a substitute for personal psychotherapy if you are seeking focused emotional or trauma processing. The emphasis is on supporting your embodied presence and awareness as a therapist, within a therapeutic container.

If you’re interested in working together in therapy, click here.

Can this support burnout or fatigue?

Yes. Many therapists seek this work when they are feeling burnt out, depleted, over-efforting, or disconnected from their own aliveness. Embodied exploration can support nervous system regulation, increased choice, and renewed aliveness in both clinical and everyday life.

What is the role of voice in this work?

Voice is understood as an embodied process, not a performance skill. We explore how our voice relates to breath, movement, sensation, personal expression, how we see ourselves, and how we hope to be seen by others.

How does Gestalt therapy inform this work?

Gestalt therapy provides a relational, present-moment framework that honours lived experience and meaning-making as they unfold. The work is influenced by embodied, relational Gestalt therapy and Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy (DSP), which attends to developmental movement patterns and relational processes.

Is this offered online?

Yes. Both virtual and in-person sessions are available. Both formats allow exploration within the surrounding environment, using everyday movement and sensory awareness as tools for self-understanding.

Are workshops available for groups or training programs?

Yes. I offer workshops and group experiences for therapists and student therapists. These can be adapted for peer groups, training programs, or institutes, and may be offered online or in person.

How do I know if this is a good fit?

If you’re curious about:

• your embodied presence in therapy

• how your body and voice support or constrain contact

• experiential learning rather than theory-heavy training

then this work may be a good fit. We can explore this together in an initial consultation - please reach out, I’d love to connect with you.