Somatic Therapy Online UK – Somatic Experiencing for Trauma Recovery
If you’re searching for somatic therapy online in the UK, you may already sense that talking alone hasn’t been enough.
Perhaps you understand your patterns logically, but your nervous system still reacts with anxiety, shutdown, overwhelm or exhaustion.
I offer online somatic therapy across the UK using Somatic Experiencing a gentle, body-based approach to trauma healing that works directly with your nervous system. My ethos is slower is faster and less is more. Many clients find that working from the safety of their own home allows them to fully slow down and lean into the support of their home environment.
In sessions clients learn to track what their body is holding in order to allow incomplete stress responses to resolve naturally. It can be difficult to articulate exactly what happens in a Somatic experiencing session as its a body based therapy that is less cognitive than other therapies out there. In an SE session, it isn’t about reliving the past, but about helping build more capacity in the nervous system to hand life’s challenges.
Sessions are available online for clients across London, Manchester, Brighton, Birmingham and throughout the UK.
What Is Somatic Therapy?
Somatic therapy is a body-oriented approach to emotional healing. Rather than focusing only on thoughts and stories, it includes sensations, impulses and nervous system responses.
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When we experience stress or trauma, the body often holds the unfinished survival energy of fight, flight or freeze. Over time, this can show up as anxiety, chronic tension, burnout, emotional numbness or feeling stuck.
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By gently bringing awareness to bodily sensations in a safe and regulated way, somatic therapy allows your nervous system to complete what it couldn’t at the time.
What is Somatic Experiencing?
Somatic Experiencing® was developed by Peter Levine and is one of the leading nervous system-based trauma therapies.
It works “bottom-up,” meaning we support change through the body rather than forcing insight through cognition alone.
In online Somatic Experiencing sessions, we may:
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Track subtle shifts in sensation
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Notice impulses to move or protect
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Work gently with fight, flight, freeze or shutdown
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Build capacity for regulation and safety
It is slow, respectful and deeply attuned.
Does Somatic Therapy Work Online?
Yes. Somatic therapy online can be deeply effective.
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Your nervous system does not require a physical therapy room to shift. Regulation happens through safety, pacing, presence and co-regulation all of which can be cultivated online.
Many clients find online somatic therapy allows them to:
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Feel safer in their own environment
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Integrate sessions more easily
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Access support regardless of location
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Avoid the stress of travel
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To receive therapy during the working day - ie in lunch break
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To be able to be supported by resources in the home such as blankets, hot water bottles, photographs, furnishings
All you need is a quiet, private space and a stable internet connection.
Who Online Somatic Therapy May Support
Somatic therapy online may be supportive if you:
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Experience anxiety that hasn’t shifted through talking therapy
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Feel stuck in fight, flight, freeze or shutdown
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Struggle with chronic stress or burnout
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Have a history of trauma or attachment wounds
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Feel disconnected from your body
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Want a slower, more intuitive therapeutic process
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Have medical trauma
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Suffer with syndromes or illness.​
What Online Sessions Look Like
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60-minute sessions via Zoom
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Weekly or fortnightly
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Camera on to support connection
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A comfortable, private space at home
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Gentle pacing tailored to your nervous system
There is no pressure to “perform” or share more than feels safe. We move at the speed of your nervous system.
Somatic Therapy Online Across the UK
I work with clients throughout the UK, including:
London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow.
If you are based anywhere in the Uk and seeking somatic therapy online you are welcome to enquire by clicking here.
My Approach and Credentials
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I combine SE with trauma-informed relational support, tailoring every session to your unique nervous system needs.
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Somatic Experiencing Practitioner – SOS International (2022–2025)
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Compassionate Inquiry Level 1 – Dr Gabor Maté (2021)
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Ongoing supervision and professional code of ethics
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Online and in-person sessions across the UK
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With SE, healing isn’t just mental, it’s embodied. You’ll feel the difference in your body, mind, and relationships.
