NeuroAffective Touch

What Is NeuroAffective Touch®

Our early experiences of touch lay the groundwork for our relational life. An attuned, caring touch is of the greatest importance to our brain's development and emotional and cognitive maturation.

Polyvagal-informed, intentional, mindful touch to bring the unconscious memories held in the body into conscious awareness. Through offering direct communication and support to the body at the nonverbal level, where we all receive our first imprints, NeuroAffective Touch treats lifelong emotional traumas to reconnect us to the wholeness of our relational matrix.

• Promotes a sense of safety and connection
• Facilitates emotional processing and healing
• Enhances nervous system flexibility and resilience
• Supports deeper self-awareness and embodied presence

Who Can Benefit

NAT is beneficial for individuals dealing with a range of issues, including:

• Early Developmental Trauma, Attachment Wounds, and PTSD
• Anxiety, Depression, and Chronic Stress
• Sleep Disorders
• Autoimmune Disorders and Chronic Pain
• Eating Disorders

What To Expect

A typical Neuroaffective Touch® session is conducted in a safe, supportive environment, tailored to the individual's needs and comfort level. Sessions may include:

• Initial Assessment: Discuss your history, current concerns, and therapeutic goals
• Somatic Awareness Practices: Gentle practices to increase body awareness and identify areas of tension or emotional holding.
• Therapeutic Touch: Touch can be practitioner or self-guided. No touch is ever given until you are ready and always only with permission. We move slowly and always at the client's pace. Designed to put you back in control of your body.
• Verbal Processing: Reflective dialogue to help process emotions, bodily sensations, and insights that arise during the session.
• Integration: Grounding techniques to help integrate the experience, fostering a sense of safety and stability.

Do I have to be touched during sessions?

No. Touch is always optional, consensual and never required. Many clients benefit from simply exploring the possibility of touch at their own pace. We can do profound somatic work without any physical contact. You're in control every step of the way.

Integrative Somatic Bodywork

What Is Integrative Somatic Bodywork?

Integrative Somatic Bodywork combines intentional somatic movement, breathwork,self-guided or therapeutic touch and Internal Family Systems processing skills to integrate and heal at the deepest layers and restore nervous system regulation.

• Release held emotions and physical tension in the body
• Reveal underlying patterns that keep you feeling stuck
• Live more connected, present and with a greater sense of clarity
• Understand and heal deep seated emotional wounds
• Reduce anxiety, overwhelm, and burnout

Who Can Benefit

Integrative Somatic Bodywork can be beneficial for individuals experiencing:

• Dissociation, Numbing, and Bracing Patterns
• Anxiety, Depression, and Chronic Stress
• Fatigue, burnout, or difficulty self-regulating
• Cycles of fight/flight patterns that keep you living in survival mode
• Psychosomatic symptoms and adrenal fatigue

How It Enhances Therapeutic Outcomes

Why Somatic Bodywork is such a vital part of therapy:

• Improved Emotional Regulation: An improved sense of connection between mind and body helps to manage intense emotions that arise during therapy and create sustained emotional regulation
• Holistic Healing: Somatic therapy focuses on the whole person, addressing both emotional and physical health, which can lead to more sustainable outcomes
• Enhanced Sense of Safety: Somatic bodywork provides a way to slowly and safely reconnect with the body and move out of fight/flight patterns that can limit the results of talk therapy
• Increased Resilience: Somatic bodywork strengthens the ability to navigate stress and triggers as they arise, promoting overall mental health and long-term healing

Breathwork

What Is Breathwork?

The shape of our breath is continuously communicating to the mind/body whether we are in a place of calm and safety, or a state of high alert. It directly affects our mood, anxiety, sleep and level of tension held in the body. Trauma-sensitive breathwork provides intentional breathing practices to regulate the nervous system, release stored tension, and support emotional balance to help you thrive.

Who Can Benefit

Breathwork is especially supportive for individuals experiencing:

• Trauma-related symptoms (hyperarousal, numbness, shutdown)
• Mood, anxiety, and panic related disorders
• Accessing deeply stored emotions, transform repetitive life patterns, and identify root causes of disconnectedstuckfeeling Feelingfrom the body, relationships, or sense of self
• Sleep disturbances or chronic tension
• Inability to focus, lack of productivity, and ADHD

Why Breathwork Is Essential

Therapeutic results to enhance deeper healing including:

• Support deeper regulation, allowing talk therapy to be more effective
• Strengthen the mind-body connection essential for trauma resolution
• Reduce overwhelm so clients can stay present, not flooded or shut down
• Reinforce new neural pathways associated with calm, safety, and resilience
• Increase focus, productivity, and presence
• Balance energy and improve sleep
• Release of chronic muscular tension or holding patterns
• Greater access to intuition, self-awareness, and inner resources

Services are $130

We are able to accept HSA at payment

We can provide Sliding scale options as needed