Your body already knows.

You may have noticed that your body responds before your mind catches up. The tightness before the feeling. The nausea when you think about calling your mother. The jaw that clenches during meetings. The exhaustion that rest does not touch.

These are not symptoms to manage. They are communications.

What body-aware depth therapy is

I offer depth psychotherapy that takes the body seriously as a source of knowledge. I pay attention to what your shoulders do when you tell a certain story, to the breath that catches mid-sentence, to the way your posture shifts when we approach something tender.

This is not bodywork. It is talk therapy that includes the body as a full participant in the conversation.

Why the body matters

Trauma, attachment wounds, and chronic stress live in the body. They live in the nervous system's habitual responses, in tension patterns that have been there so long you do not notice them. Talk therapy that ignores the body is working with half the information.

The body often knows what happened long before the mind has language for it. In body-aware depth therapy, we follow both threads.

What this looks like

I might notice your breathing changed when you mentioned your mother and ask what you feel in your chest. I might point out that your hands clenched when you said "I am fine." These are not techniques. They are a quality of attention that includes the whole person.

Sessions are $175, Fridays, 8 AM to 4 PM. In-person in Seattle and telehealth throughout Washington.