Hands to Heart
Therapy
In North Vancouver or Virtually In British Columbia
Somatic counselling can offer a place to reconnect with yourself and discover new pathways toward resilience whether you are navigating medical trauma, health anxiety, chronic illness, produres, grief, birth trauma, fertility challenges,
caregiving stress, or
nervous system exhaustion.
My somatic work is informed by the fields of nuerobiological understandings of the nervous system, trauma integration, embodiment, and resilience-building. This approach recognizes that healing happens not through fixing ourselves, but through learning to listen, connect, and respond to our experiences with curiosity and compassion.
I use somatic therapeutic techniques to
honour the connection
between the body and the mind. I use somatic methods to support trauma healing
because I believe the body and mind heal, learn to regulate and build resilience
when integrated.
Your body has carried you through so much.
Together, we can begin listening to its story.
The focus is on creating space for steadiness
People seek Somatic
Practices When....
They feel stuck in Survival
When the nervous system remains in survival mode, feelings of anxiety, exhaustion, and overwhelm can be a lot. If anxiety, overwhelm, or emotional reactivity are impacting your daily life, somatic counselling can help regulate your nervous system, reduce stress, and support greater emotional resilience and well-being.
They feel that their bodies are carrying stress or trauma
Trauma, chronic stress, medical experiences, and grief can impact both the body and nervous system. If you are experiencing anxiety, hypervigilance, tension, emotional overwhelm, or nervous system dysregulation, somatic counselling can help you build awareness, increase resilience, and support recovery.
They want to connect to themselves
Many people arrive in therapy knowing something feels difficult but struggling to put it into words.
When we spend long periods in survival mode, it can become difficult to hear our own needs, emotions, and intuition. Somatic counselling supports a gentle reconnection with yourself by increasing awareness of your body's signals, helping you cultivate greater presence, self-understanding, and connection from the inside out.