Body Work
When emotions feel overwhelming or out of reach—and you're ready to reconnect with your body, your calm, and your sense of safety. Mindfulness-based, somatic, and nervous system-focused therapy to help you feel grounded, regulated, and at home in yourself.
Book a Free ConsultationWhat is Body Work?
Body Work is therapy that focuses on the connection between your mind, body, and nervous system—helping you develop emotional regulation, somatic awareness, and a felt sense of safety.
This pathway draws from mindfulness-based practices, somatic therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and nervous system education. Together, we explore how your body holds and processes emotion, and how to work with—rather than against—your natural responses.
Body Work is about reconnection—coming back to yourself, your body, and your sense of inner calm. It's healing that happens not just through understanding, but through feeling and experiencing.
Common Concerns
Body Work may be right for you if you're experiencing any of the following:
Emotional Reactivity
Intense emotional responses that feel disproportionate to the situation, or sudden mood shifts that catch you off guard.
Emotional Shutdown
Feeling numb, disconnected, or unable to access your emotions. A sense of going through the motions without really feeling present.
Trauma Responses
Hypervigilance, flashbacks, chronic tension, or a nervous system that's stuck in fight, flight, or freeze mode.
Difficulty Slowing Down
An inability to rest, relax, or feel safe being still. Always needing to be productive or on the go to feel okay.
Disconnection from Body
Feeling like you live in your head, disconnected from physical sensations, or uncomfortable in your own skin.
Lost Intuition
Difficulty trusting your gut, knowing what you need, or accessing your inner wisdom and authentic desires.
Overwhelm
Feeling flooded by emotions, sensations, or situations. A sense that everything is too much and you can't cope.
Stress-Related Physical Symptoms
Sleep issues, digestive problems, chronic fatigue, headaches, or other physical symptoms connected to emotional stress.
Difficulty Feeling Safe
A persistent sense of unease, danger, or lack of safety—even when you're objectively safe. Trouble letting your guard down.
What Therapy Looks Like
Body Work focuses on developing emotional regulation, somatic awareness, and nervous system healing through gentle, experiential approaches.
Mindfulness & Grounding Practices
Present-moment awareness techniques that help you stay connected to the here and now. We practice grounding exercises that anchor you when emotions feel overwhelming or when you feel disconnected.
Somatic Awareness & Body-Based Work
Gentle exploration of how emotions live in your body. We develop your capacity to notice, tolerate, and work with physical sensations as a pathway to emotional healing and self-understanding.
Emotion Regulation & Self-Soothing
Skills from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help you understand, tolerate, and regulate intense emotions. We build your toolkit for self-soothing and emotional resilience.
Nervous System Education & Regulation
Understanding how your nervous system works—and why it responds the way it does. We explore your window of tolerance and develop practices that help you move from dysregulation back to calm.
Additional Dimensions We Explore Together
- Exploring inner parts and attachment patterns
- Guided reflection and breathwork practices
- Building capacity for self-compassion and self-care
- Integrating mind-body healing practices into daily life
Who Body Work Resonates With
This pathway tends to be a good fit for certain kinds of people and ways of processing.
Feelers & Empaths
People who feel deeply, absorb others' emotions, or experience the world through sensation and intuition rather than logic alone.
Trauma Survivors
Those healing from trauma, adverse childhood experiences, or chronic stress who need approaches that go beyond talk therapy alone.
The Burned Out & Exhausted
People experiencing burnout, chronic stress, or nervous system exhaustion who need to learn how to truly rest and restore.
Mindfulness Seekers
Those drawn to mindfulness, meditation, yoga, or embodiment practices who want to integrate these into their healing journey.
Gentle Approach Appreciators
People who prefer slower, gentler therapeutic approaches rather than highly structured or analytical methods.
Those Ready to Come Home
Anyone ready to reconnect with themselves, feel grounded again, and develop a sense of safety and belonging in their own body.
Goals of Body Work
What we work toward together—outcomes that create real, lasting change in how you feel, regulate, and connect with yourself.
Develop Emotional Regulation
Build capacity to experience, tolerate, and move through emotions without being overwhelmed or shutting down.
Cultivate Self-Compassion
Shift from self-criticism and shame to gentleness, understanding, and care for yourself.
Increase Body Awareness & Safety
Develop a felt sense of safety in your body and the ability to notice and respond to physical cues and sensations.
Build Resilience to Stress & Triggers
Expand your window of tolerance and develop resources for navigating difficult moments with more ease.
Reconnect with Authentic Self
Rediscover your authentic needs, desires, intuition, and inner calm that may have been lost or buried.
Integrate Mind-Body Healing
Build sustainable practices that support ongoing healing, regulation, and wellbeing in your daily life.
An integrative approach: Body Work and Mind Work complement each other. Your therapy is tailored to you—drawing from both pathways as needed to support your unique goals.
Ready to Begin?
Book a free 20-minute consultation to see if Body Work is the right fit for you. No pressure, just a conversation about where you are and where you want to be.