Somatic Experiencing
Somatic Experiencing helps your body release what it’s been holding - gently, safely, and at your pace. Ideal for trauma, anxiety, and chronic overwhelm, especially in sensitive or neurodivergent nervous systems. Sessions are covered under extended health plans that cover social workers in Ontario.
Somatic Experiencing
When your nervous system is stuck in survival mode, it takes more than insight to feel better.
Somatic Experiencing® (SE) is a gentle, body-based therapy that helps release stored stress, trauma, and overwhelm — not by analyzing it, but by listening to the body itself.
At NeuroNest, we offer Somatic Experiencing for adults who are ready for real, lasting change. Whether you’re living with anxiety, shutdown, chronic stress, or the weight of past experiences, SE helps your system find its way back to balance - especially when talk therapy hasn’t been enough.
What Is Somatic Experiencing?
Developed by Dr. Peter Levine, Somatic Experiencing is rooted in neuroscience and the body’s natural ability to heal from trauma. When something overwhelming happens, the body often doesn’t get the chance to complete its natural response. That energy gets stuck - and we stay in patterns of fight, flight, freeze, or collapse, long after the event is over.
SE gently helps the nervous system complete those cycles, unwind stuck survival energy, and restore a sense of safety, connection, and calm.
Why SE is So Much Better Than Talk Therapy Alone
Talk therapy can bring insight and understanding - but insight alone doesn’t always shift the deep wiring of the nervous system. SE works at the level where trauma actually lives: in the body, the sensations, and the survival instincts that have been trying to keep you safe. We can incorporate SE together with talk therapy, when desired. For those who don't want to talk about it? With Somatic Experiencing, Brainspotting, NeurOptimal and similar approaches, we can access incredibly deep healing, without ever telling the story.
It’s especially helpful when you:
• Feel stuck, frozen, or shut down
• Have tried therapy but haven’t felt real change
• Struggle with anxiety, chronic stress, or nervous system dysregulation
• Are neurodivergent or highly sensitive and overwhelmed by traditional approaches
• Experience dissociation, tension, or body-based symptoms with no clear medical cause
Layered Support: Somatic Experiencing + NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback
At NeuroNest, Somatic Experiencing can be layered with NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback, offering a powerful, integrative approach to healing.
Many clients begin with NeurOptimal to support regulation, calm the system, and build resilience. As the nervous system becomes more flexible, SE can then help process and release deeper held trauma, stress, or stuck patterns. For others, SE and neurofeedback may be woven together more fluidly. We can incorporate Brainspotting too, to laser in on very specfic concerns.
This combination supports both bottom-up healing (through SE) and real-time brain training (through NeurOptimal®) — ideal for sensitive, neurodivergent, or complex nervous systems that need gentle and effective care.
What Somatic Experiencing Sessions Are Like
SE sessions are deeply attuned, paced to your system, and tailored to what feels safe and right for you. You don’t need to relive trauma or even talk about it. Instead, we follow what your body is already trying to show us - and support your system in gently completing what it couldn’t at the time.
Sessions can include:
• Guided tracking of body sensations
• Support with grounding and regulation
• Gentle exploration of patterns or symptoms
• Integration with NeurOptimal®, SSP, RRP, or Brainspotting when appropriate
• Deep respect for your lived experience, intuition, and needs
Somatic Experiencing Online Sessions
Many clients find it easier to settle and go deeper when working from home - especially those who are neurodivergent or highly sensitive. Despite being virtual, sessions are interactive, intuitive, and fully present.
Ready to Support Your Nervous System in a Whole New Way?
Somatic Experiencing can help you reconnect with your body, calm your system, and begin to feel safe again — gently and without pressure. And when combined with NeurOptimal®, the results can be even more powerful.
Sessions are $200 and available online.
👉 Book an free consultation or contact me to learn more.
When your nervous system is stuck in survival mode, it takes more than insight to feel better.
Somatic Experiencing® (SE) is a gentle, body-based therapy that helps release stored stress, trauma, and overwhelm — not by analyzing it, but by listening to the body itself.
At NeuroNest, we offer Somatic Experiencing for adults who are ready for real, lasting change. Whether you’re living with anxiety, shutdown, chronic stress, or the weight of past experiences, SE helps your system find its way back to balance - especially when talk therapy hasn’t been enough.
What Is Somatic Experiencing?
Developed by Dr. Peter Levine, Somatic Experiencing is rooted in neuroscience and the body’s natural ability to heal from trauma. When something overwhelming happens, the body often doesn’t get the chance to complete its natural response. That energy gets stuck - and we stay in patterns of fight, flight, freeze, or collapse, long after the event is over.
SE gently helps the nervous system complete those cycles, unwind stuck survival energy, and restore a sense of safety, connection, and calm.
Why SE is So Much Better Than Talk Therapy Alone
Talk therapy can bring insight and understanding - but insight alone doesn’t always shift the deep wiring of the nervous system. SE works at the level where trauma actually lives: in the body, the sensations, and the survival instincts that have been trying to keep you safe. We can incorporate SE together with talk therapy, when desired. For those who don't want to talk about it? With Somatic Experiencing, Brainspotting, NeurOptimal and similar approaches, we can access incredibly deep healing, without ever telling the story.
It’s especially helpful when you:
• Feel stuck, frozen, or shut down
• Have tried therapy but haven’t felt real change
• Struggle with anxiety, chronic stress, or nervous system dysregulation
• Are neurodivergent or highly sensitive and overwhelmed by traditional approaches
• Experience dissociation, tension, or body-based symptoms with no clear medical cause
Layered Support: Somatic Experiencing + NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback
At NeuroNest, Somatic Experiencing can be layered with NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback, offering a powerful, integrative approach to healing.
Many clients begin with NeurOptimal to support regulation, calm the system, and build resilience. As the nervous system becomes more flexible, SE can then help process and release deeper held trauma, stress, or stuck patterns. For others, SE and neurofeedback may be woven together more fluidly. We can incorporate Brainspotting too, to laser in on very specfic concerns.
This combination supports both bottom-up healing (through SE) and real-time brain training (through NeurOptimal®) — ideal for sensitive, neurodivergent, or complex nervous systems that need gentle and effective care.
What Somatic Experiencing Sessions Are Like
SE sessions are deeply attuned, paced to your system, and tailored to what feels safe and right for you. You don’t need to relive trauma or even talk about it. Instead, we follow what your body is already trying to show us - and support your system in gently completing what it couldn’t at the time.
Sessions can include:
• Guided tracking of body sensations
• Support with grounding and regulation
• Gentle exploration of patterns or symptoms
• Integration with NeurOptimal®, SSP, RRP, or Brainspotting when appropriate
• Deep respect for your lived experience, intuition, and needs
Somatic Experiencing Online Sessions
Many clients find it easier to settle and go deeper when working from home - especially those who are neurodivergent or highly sensitive. Despite being virtual, sessions are interactive, intuitive, and fully present.
Ready to Support Your Nervous System in a Whole New Way?
Somatic Experiencing can help you reconnect with your body, calm your system, and begin to feel safe again — gently and without pressure. And when combined with NeurOptimal®, the results can be even more powerful.
Sessions are $200 and available online.
👉 Book an free consultation or contact me to learn more.
