Trauma doesn’t just live in the mind—it lives in the body.
It shows up in clenched jaws, shallow breaths, racing hearts, frozen shoulders. It lingers in the places we tighten, collapse, or check out. You can go to therapy for years and still feel stuck if no one has helped your body feel safe again.
That’s where somatic therapy comes in.
What Is Somatic Therapy?
Somatic therapy is a body-based approach to mental health that helps people reconnect with their physical and emotional experience. “Soma” means body—and in somatic therapy, we listen to the body as a source of information, memory, and healing.
At Sacred Psyche, we integrate somatic therapy into trauma work to support clients who experience:
- Chronic anxiety and overthinking
- Emotional numbness or shutdown
- Panic attacks and dissociation
- Sleep issues and fatigue
- Feeling stuck in fight, flight, or freeze
- Disconnection from the body or boundaries
Through breath, sensation tracking, gentle movement, and nervous system regulation, we help the body learn what safety feels like again.
Why Talk Therapy Isn’t Always Enough
Many clients come to us after years of traditional therapy. They understand their patterns. They can explain their trauma. But something still doesn’t shift.
That’s because trauma isn’t just a story—it’s a survival response. It lives in the nervous system, in the muscles, in the breath. Until the body is invited into the process, true healing often remains out of reach.
Somatic therapy doesn’t ask you to relive your trauma. It asks:
Where does your body go when you feel overwhelmed?
What does safety feel like in your system?
What happens if we just pause and breathe right here?
How We Use Somatic Practices at Sacred Psyche
In our holistic mental health program, somatic work is woven into many sessions—whether through:
- Breathwork to discharge stuck energy
- Grounding exercises to support emotion regulation
- Pendulation (moving gently between discomfort and safety)
- Body scans and touch-point practices
- Sound therapy and vibration to soothe the vagus nerve
- Mindful movement, stretching, or stillness
Clients don’t need to “perform” healing. They learn to feel into their healing—at their own pace, with deep consent.
Healing Is Felt, Not Just Understood
If your healing has felt intellectual—but not embodied—somatic therapy may be the missing link.
At Sacred Psyche, we don’t just treat the mind. We treat the whole nervous system. Because when your body finally feels safe enough to exhale, everything begins to change.
Interested in somatic trauma therapy in Massachusetts?
Sacred Psyche offers holistic outpatient care in Brighton, MA, including trauma-informed somatic therapy, nervous system support, and integrative mental health services. Sessions are available in person and virtually.
