Somatic Therapy
It’s Time to Live as Your Whole Self
LGBTQ+ Therapy In person in Los Angeles and Online throughout California for:
Adults
Teens
Trans & Non-binary People
Parents of LGBTQ+ Teens
QPOC
Couples
Non-monogamous Relationships
Kink & Alternative Lifestyles
You’re Disconnected from Yourself
You are often disappointed in your body, and it usually has reactions to things you don’t understand.
Your body often feels numb, and you forget that it’s there. You have a hard time knowing when you’re hungry or sick.
The parts of you feel separated, like they’re strangers, and you want to be a fully integrated person.
Integrating your whole self is challenging.
I often feel like my head is floating above me or my body.
I have a hard time knowing when I’m hungry or sick.
I am often disappointed in my body, and it usually has reactions to things I don’t understand. My body often feels numb, and I forget that it’s there.
I want to be a more fully integrated person. All these different parts of me get me from one place to another, including my feelings, thinking, and body. These parts feel so separate – like they’re strangers – and I think it’s time to be introduced.
Have a conversation with all the parts of you.
Somatic Therapy is the practice of focusing and listening to your body to find your felt sense and discover new personal insights. Focusing is like guided meditation, but it’s more of a conversation with the body.
We will do a general body scan, where you slow down your mind and breathing and connect with each part of your body. This connection helps you become grounded and in conscious conversation with your body.
We will look for parts of your body that stand out to you, letting the body talk and providing it with a way to talk to us. If your shoulder is standing out to you, we will go further and look for shapes and colors and images and find metaphors and real feelings that connect to pain, joy, memories, or relationships.
We also show you how to respect what your body wants and doesn’t want. If the body kicks us out and says, “This is too much, I’m not ready for this, and I don’t feel safe,” we will respect that. Often our bodies feel abused, taken for granted, and manipulated, and all these things leave their mark.
In this approach, there needs to be a sense of safety for the body. Therefore, we will measure that sense of security in a safe space if that’s what your body is telling us it needs.
Are you ready to schedule or have any questions? Send us a message
Embodied. Empowered.
Somatic therapy will teach you how to connect and feel safe in your body, and help you connect your body and mind.
Together we will help you learn to listen to the information that your body is sending you, whether that’s a tightness in your chest, or a relaxing of your shoulders.
You will develop somatic tools that connect your body and mind to understand and trust your full experience. You will feel safer when your whole self feels listened to, validated, and secure.
When your body, heart, and mind are all working together, your ability to make confident decisions will become clear and easy to access.
Who can benefit?
Somatic Focusing is great for people who feel disconnected and want to find pathways for exploring feelings and experiences in their body’s experience.
If you experienced physical or sexual abuse, Somatic Focusing could help you reconnect to the body where it has shut you off.
Focusing is very helpful for people who work with their body – trainers, yoga instructors, dancers, performance artists, or people who work very physical jobs.
Learn to listen to your body and integrate the parts. Let’s discuss if Somatic Focusing can help you make a connection with all your parts.
Find fulfillment and connect as your whole, integrated self.
To take the first steps to connect your mind and body book your free 15 minute intro call with one of our therapists. They’ll answer your questions and get your ready to start your somatic healing journey.
In-person somatic therapy for people in Los Angeles who want to understand themselves more fully.
If you are located in Los Angeles, our office are conveniently in the Silver Lake neighborhood.
If you are outside of the Los Angeles area, or just don’t want to drive. We offer telehealth sessions through out California.
OSTC is a LGBTQ+ therapy collective, where you never need to educate your therapist on who you are.