Body-based, individualized psychotherapy
Sometimes you understand why you feel a certain way, but your emotional and physical responses have not changed.
Somatic therapy includes the body in psychotherapy so we can work with what is happening—not only explain it.
Available in person in Boca Raton and virtually for appropriate clients in Florida and New Jersey.
“Therapy that makes room for what your body already knows.”
What somatic therapy means here
Sessions remain psychotherapy sessions. There is no physical touch or body manipulation. Depending on what is useful, I may invite you to slow down and notice a sensation, emotion, breath pattern, or impulse while we stay connected to the present.
Somatically informed therapy can be useful when anxiety, trauma, emotion, or disconnection shows up through physical responses that are hard to reach through words alone.
Schedule a Free 15-Minute ConsultationWhat you may notice
A practical, paced approach
Somatic work is not a rigid protocol. We use body awareness when it helps you access, tolerate, and understand an emotional experience without becoming overwhelmed.
If you tend to intellectualize emotions, we can gently notice the physical experience alongside the story or explanation. Pendulation—moving attention between activation and a steadier sensation—can help keep this work within a manageable range.
Integrated care
I often combine somatic awareness with EMDR. Noticing physical responses can help us regulate activation, work carefully with numbness or disconnection, and slow trauma processing when needed before returning to the EMDR work.
Learn about EMDR therapyWho it may help
This approach may be useful for trauma or C-PTSD, anxiety that is felt strongly in the body, overwhelming emotion, emotional disconnection or numbness, dissociation, or the experience of understanding a pattern without being able to shift it.
Explore trauma, anxiety, and addiction servicesLocal, face-to-face care
Meet with Shaya in his Boca Raton office, accessible from communities throughout South Florida. Virtual therapy is also available to appropriate clients in Florida and New Jersey.
A next step at your pace
A free 15-minute consultation gives you space to briefly share what you are looking for and ask questions.
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