Counselling

We carry our life story within us. Each person has a unique collection of joys and triumphs, pleasures and pain that imprints their biology. These imprints, formed unconsciously, influence our feeling states, our decision making, and self-esteem, and the way we see the world. They shape the way our nervous systems respond and adapt to challenges and change. The imprints that hold the most charge are often formed in childhood or in response to trauma, and they have the ability to create mental, emotional, and physical imbalance—to create a state of dysregulation.

However, we each possess the profound capacity for change.

Relational Somatic Psychotherapy (RSP) utilizes traditional talk therapy in combination with embodied practices to support transformative healing. Through a safe, attuned, and healthy relational context, the therapist serves to witness and guide the client in present-time awareness. By slowing down and beginning to track and observe sensation and feelings outside of interpretation, the client begins to disentangle themselves from self-defeating patterns and create new neural pathways and experiences. Essentially it allows the client to meet old wounds in a new, empowered way.

Drawing from trauma renegotiation work, attachment theory, and current neuroscience, RSP is designed to help regulate the nervous system, foster insight, and promote deep and lasting integration of the healing that takes place.

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“Somatic trauma therapy can benefit anyone who has experienced something overwhelming. Trauma that is stuck can create a spectrum of symptoms. This approach works with the physiology underneath the symptoms. It is in the process of re-engaging with life that symptoms ease and trauma transforms, reuniting us with the experience of wellbeing and connectedness – our human birthright!”

-Mariah Moser

Rates

  • Free 20 minute consultation

(to determine if Sara’s services are a fit for you. A consultation is done over the phone or by zoom and is by appointment only)

  • 1 hour session $130

  • 1.5 hour session $155

Some extended health care benefits cover RTC. Please check your coverage.

Please inquire about my sliding scale rate if you cannot afford the standard pricing.