There’s So Much Pain Trapped in Your Body
And you’ll never be able to “think it away.”
Somatic Therapy RELEASES Trauma and Chronic Stress
Restore Calm, Presence, and Confidence – Safely, Efficiently, and Sustainably
Pain and Tension Are Your Norm
You wake up already tight, on edge, or strangely numb – even when nothing is “wrong.”
The stress settles into your shoulders and never really leaves.
Old fears show up out of nowhere – making you react, shut down, or pull away.
You understand what’s happening intellectually, but your body doesn’t get the message.
That’s Why Nothing Ever Changes
You’ve tried insight, routines, and willpower.
But trauma and chronic stress don’t resolve through logic alone – they live in the nervous system.
When the body stays on high alert, your system keeps reacting as if the threat is still present.
This isn’t a failure of effort…
It’s just that your body needs a different kind of support.
Somatic Therapy Is the Right Approach
When stress or trauma overwhelms the system, the body adapts to survive. Muscles brace. Breath shortens. Emotions get pushed down or explode unexpectedly.
Over time, those survival responses get stuck.
Somatic therapy works with these responses instead of fighting them.
By paying attention to sensation, movement, breath, and nervous-system cues, we help your body complete what it never got to finish – so it can finally settle.
Relief comes not from forcing calm, but from restoring safety at the body level.
- Release chronic tension and stress held in the body.
- Regulate emotional reactions without suppressing them.
- Feel present and connected, rather than numb or on edge.
- Respond to stress with choice rather than automatic reactions.
- Build lasting calm that doesn’t disappear under pressure.
Somatic Therapy Gives You Relief in Three Steps
These shifts happen because your nervous system learns – through experience – that it no longer has to stay on guard.
Establish Safety and Body Awareness
1
We slow things down and help your nervous system feel safe enough to notice what’s happening internally – without overwhelm or pressure.
Safety is what allows change to begin.
Release Stored Stress and Trauma Responses
2
Using gentle, evidence-informed somatic techniques, we help your body complete stuck fight, flight, or freeze responses and restore natural regulation.
Your body stops reacting as if the danger is still here.
Integrate Calm, Confidence, and Choice
3
As regulation stabilizes, you gain steadier access to presence, clarity, and emotional flexibility in daily life.
This is where relief becomes sustainable.
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FINALLY – The Space You Need for Your Body to Let Go
Take the First Step Today
In my practice, you’ll be met as a whole person: mind and body. Here, we pay attention to what words have been missing.
No need to relive the past.
No need to force anything.
No need to have it all figured out to begin.
What Happens Next?
- Call (802) 598-1245 or fill out the form on the right.
- Schedule your free consultation. No pressure, no obligation.
- We’ll talk about how somatic therapy can make you feel calm and steady again.
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Payments & Services
Services are billed on a session-by-session basis.
We provide superbills for insurance reimbursement and accept HSA/FSA.
No hidden fees – all costs are explained before you begin.
Lara Holmes
Somatic Psychotherapist · MA, LCMHC