Somatic Therapists in Baltimore, MD
I use an integrative approach combining trauma-informed, client-centered talk therapy together with somatic and mindfulness techniques (ACT).
Do you often feel stuck in repetitive thought patterns or behaviors? Are you often anxious, nervous, reactive or frozen/unable to make changes that allow you to be more present to yourself and your life? I offer a safe and nurturing space for those seeking to understand and integrate the symptoms of heightened stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma recovery. I strive to help my clients understand the effects trauma and stress can have on the mind and body. We work together to help you recover from past and present difficult experiences to find more meaning, sense of contentment, and ability to create the life that you are seeking.
I use an integrative approach combining trauma-informed, client-centered talk therapy together with somatic and mindfulness techniques (ACT).
Do you often feel stuck in repetitive thought patterns or behaviors? Are you often anxious, nervous, reactive or frozen/unable to make changes that allow you to be more present to yourself and your life? I offer a safe and nurturing space for those seeking to understand and integrate the symptoms of heightened stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma recovery. I strive to help my clients understand the effects trauma and stress can have on the mind and body. We work together to help you recover from past and present difficult experiences to find more meaning, sense of contentment, and ability to create the life that you are seeking.
Gracie Greenberg
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Baltimore, MD 21212 (Online Only)
I draw from various therapeutic modalities, including Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Mindfulness, Internal Family Systems (IFS), integrative somatic therapies, and others.
I offer individual psychotherapy to adolescents and adults in both English and Spanish. Currently, all appointments are virtual (so we can work together no matter where you are in the state of Maryland)! While I have significant experience working with survivors of interpersonal and oppression-based traumas (particularly sexual violence, intimate partner violence, trafficking, and migration), my door is open to all. I use a feminist lens, and an integrative, trauma-informed, approach to therapy. In my practice, I strive to cultivate an affirming space, where you can experience acceptance, empowerment, and relief from suffering.
I draw from various therapeutic modalities, including Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Mindfulness, Internal Family Systems (IFS), integrative somatic therapies, and others.
I offer individual psychotherapy to adolescents and adults in both English and Spanish. Currently, all appointments are virtual (so we can work together no matter where you are in the state of Maryland)! While I have significant experience working with survivors of interpersonal and oppression-based traumas (particularly sexual violence, intimate partner violence, trafficking, and migration), my door is open to all. I use a feminist lens, and an integrative, trauma-informed, approach to therapy. In my practice, I strive to cultivate an affirming space, where you can experience acceptance, empowerment, and relief from suffering.
Lauren C Going
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, RYT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Baltimore, MD 21209
We offer a variety of modalities that all work from a holistic lens such as somatic experiencing, breathwork, EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), IFS (internal family systems), psychedelic/ ketamine assisted therapy, and microdose coaching.
Are you searching for a more holistic orientation that considers the mind, body, and spirit? Are you looking for alternative treatments such as psychedelic assisted therapy (ketamine), microdosing, and somatic therapy for example? Then look no further! I am the co-founder and primary therapist at Inner Path Wellness, Baltimore's first psychedelic assisted therapy and wellness center. We specialize in working with clients that are looking for something more than traditional talk therapy.
We offer a variety of modalities that all work from a holistic lens such as somatic experiencing, breathwork, EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), IFS (internal family systems), psychedelic/ ketamine assisted therapy, and microdose coaching.
Are you searching for a more holistic orientation that considers the mind, body, and spirit? Are you looking for alternative treatments such as psychedelic assisted therapy (ketamine), microdosing, and somatic therapy for example? Then look no further! I am the co-founder and primary therapist at Inner Path Wellness, Baltimore's first psychedelic assisted therapy and wellness center. We specialize in working with clients that are looking for something more than traditional talk therapy.
Bethany Henderson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, CAPT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Baltimore, MD 21211
Waitlist for new clients
I have extensive training in somatic, mindfulness-based, and internal family systems work as tools to help explore and engage in processing experiences of trauma.
I am a queer identified clinical social worker who is dedicated to supporting queer, trans and gender-diverse youth, adolescents, adults and families. I have extensive experience in working with individuals who are navigating their sexuality and/or gender identity, as well as providing family support. I approach therapy from a liberation-focused framework, focusing on your strengths and identifying and confronting oppression-based and/or structural barriers. I provide gender affirming surgical evaluations and letters free of charge.
I have extensive training in somatic, mindfulness-based, and internal family systems work as tools to help explore and engage in processing experiences of trauma.
I am a queer identified clinical social worker who is dedicated to supporting queer, trans and gender-diverse youth, adolescents, adults and families. I have extensive experience in working with individuals who are navigating their sexuality and/or gender identity, as well as providing family support. I approach therapy from a liberation-focused framework, focusing on your strengths and identifying and confronting oppression-based and/or structural barriers. I provide gender affirming surgical evaluations and letters free of charge.
Shira Katz
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Baltimore, MD 21209
I utilize an integrative holistic approach including CBT, attachment/inner child work, solution-focused therapy, mindfulness, somatic therapy, and expressive therapies.
I imagine you are here because life has become too overwhelming to manage on your own. You don't have to walk this journey alone and it takes bravery to reach out for help. I am here to partner with your own knowledge and intuition to find new solutions and ways of interacting with what you are experiencing. I work with teenagers and adults with anxiety, depression, relationship problems, childhood wounds, vulnerable self-esteem, and PTSD. Ideal clients include people who are ready to dive patiently, but deeply into all aspects of their lives contributing to their current situation, and who value a holistic and expressive approach.
I utilize an integrative holistic approach including CBT, attachment/inner child work, solution-focused therapy, mindfulness, somatic therapy, and expressive therapies.
I imagine you are here because life has become too overwhelming to manage on your own. You don't have to walk this journey alone and it takes bravery to reach out for help. I am here to partner with your own knowledge and intuition to find new solutions and ways of interacting with what you are experiencing. I work with teenagers and adults with anxiety, depression, relationship problems, childhood wounds, vulnerable self-esteem, and PTSD. Ideal clients include people who are ready to dive patiently, but deeply into all aspects of their lives contributing to their current situation, and who value a holistic and expressive approach.
Lori Ann Austin
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, LISW-S, LICSW, SEP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Baltimore, MD 21214
I am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and focus on the nervous system and moving "stuck" energy.
Becoming integrated and feeling whole is a process. The beauty is we are all capable of healing. Traumatic events in our lives via developmental stressors or one-time occurrences can greatly impact us and how we cope in the world. The coping skills early on were our best survival skills but may not work for us now. Time in counseling, reflection and motivation can help us move forward. Healing is possible and I believe this wholeheartedly.
I am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and focus on the nervous system and moving "stuck" energy.
Becoming integrated and feeling whole is a process. The beauty is we are all capable of healing. Traumatic events in our lives via developmental stressors or one-time occurrences can greatly impact us and how we cope in the world. The coping skills early on were our best survival skills but may not work for us now. Time in counseling, reflection and motivation can help us move forward. Healing is possible and I believe this wholeheartedly.
David Jun Selleh
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Baltimore, MD 21209
I am a courageously curious, deeply relational, and gently direct psychotherapist. I support individuals, couples, and families in more fully connecting with self and others. My style draws primarily from Gestalt: an experiential, relational, here-and-now-oriented, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed approach. I utilize mindfulness, somatic body process, role-reversal, enactment, dreams, parts work, and other creative experiments. I also integrate Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, Polyvagal Theory, Psychedelic and Ketamine-Assisted Therapy, and other frameworks as needed.
I am a courageously curious, deeply relational, and gently direct psychotherapist. I support individuals, couples, and families in more fully connecting with self and others. My style draws primarily from Gestalt: an experiential, relational, here-and-now-oriented, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed approach. I utilize mindfulness, somatic body process, role-reversal, enactment, dreams, parts work, and other creative experiments. I also integrate Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, Polyvagal Theory, Psychedelic and Ketamine-Assisted Therapy, and other frameworks as needed.
Ariel Leigh Sklar
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
Baltimore, MD 21210
Waitlist for new clients
Counseling is a collaborative process. In my private practice I work with adolescents, young adults and adults. I believe in an empathetic, non judgmental approach to helping clients understand their behaviors and patterns. I specialize in working with clients using a somatic approach to heal from past traumas and feel present and restored.
Counseling is a collaborative process. In my private practice I work with adolescents, young adults and adults. I believe in an empathetic, non judgmental approach to helping clients understand their behaviors and patterns. I specialize in working with clients using a somatic approach to heal from past traumas and feel present and restored.
After working for over 30 years with individuals across all stages of the life span, I have come to believe that we are all wired for health in our relationships with self and others. In keeping with this premise, I employ a collaborative therapeutic style marked by warmth, empathy and respect. My therapeutic approach draws heavily from attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, emotion focused therapy, somatic work and mindfulness. This integration combines current psychological knowledge and techniques with ancient wisdom in order to support clients as they move more fully into health.
After working for over 30 years with individuals across all stages of the life span, I have come to believe that we are all wired for health in our relationships with self and others. In keeping with this premise, I employ a collaborative therapeutic style marked by warmth, empathy and respect. My therapeutic approach draws heavily from attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, emotion focused therapy, somatic work and mindfulness. This integration combines current psychological knowledge and techniques with ancient wisdom in order to support clients as they move more fully into health.
I am a relational therapist using a holistic approach, integrating traditional methods, evidence-based practices, mind-body, & somatic techniques.
Are you feeling stuck, uncertain, or overwhelmed in your healing journey? Whether you are new to therapy or have been working through challenges for years, I’m here to offer a compassionate, trauma-informed, & integrative approach to healing. I specialize in helping individuals who may be grappling with trauma, anxiety, grief, depression, or burnout. These may stem from unresolved emotional wounds, relational issues, or a sense of disconnection. Together, we will explore tools and therapies that help you reconnect to & reclaim parts of yourself that may have been neglected or abandoned, & empower you to live the life you want.
I am a relational therapist using a holistic approach, integrating traditional methods, evidence-based practices, mind-body, & somatic techniques.
Are you feeling stuck, uncertain, or overwhelmed in your healing journey? Whether you are new to therapy or have been working through challenges for years, I’m here to offer a compassionate, trauma-informed, & integrative approach to healing. I specialize in helping individuals who may be grappling with trauma, anxiety, grief, depression, or burnout. These may stem from unresolved emotional wounds, relational issues, or a sense of disconnection. Together, we will explore tools and therapies that help you reconnect to & reclaim parts of yourself that may have been neglected or abandoned, & empower you to live the life you want.
Bola Fanilola
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW-C, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Baltimore, MD 21229 (Online Only)
My therapeutic approach integrates talk therapy and evidence-based interventions like CBT, DBT, EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and Mindfulness.
Are you feeling trapped in a cycle of depression, anxiety, trauma, and self-doubt? Do you find yourself on autopilot, yearning to achieve and maintain positive changes in your life intentionally? Perhaps you're constantly replaying painful memories or feeling overwhelmed by fears and worries about the future. If you're ready to confront the effects of trauma, let go of draining relationships, and learn practical skills to strengthen your connections with others, I am here to help.
My therapeutic approach integrates talk therapy and evidence-based interventions like CBT, DBT, EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and Mindfulness.
Are you feeling trapped in a cycle of depression, anxiety, trauma, and self-doubt? Do you find yourself on autopilot, yearning to achieve and maintain positive changes in your life intentionally? Perhaps you're constantly replaying painful memories or feeling overwhelmed by fears and worries about the future. If you're ready to confront the effects of trauma, let go of draining relationships, and learn practical skills to strengthen your connections with others, I am here to help.
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I specialize in trauma-informed care and somatic therapy.
Ideally, I'd treat clients with a trauma history. Someone with a mixture of short and long term trauma. My ideal client is eager to learn and wants to find a way to become their own safe space. Someone who wants to learn how to set and maintain healthy boundaries, find out their triggers, and treat themselves with patience.
I specialize in trauma-informed care and somatic therapy.
Ideally, I'd treat clients with a trauma history. Someone with a mixture of short and long term trauma. My ideal client is eager to learn and wants to find a way to become their own safe space. Someone who wants to learn how to set and maintain healthy boundaries, find out their triggers, and treat themselves with patience.
Chelsea Moreau
Counselor, LCPC, NCC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Baltimore, MD 21214 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I incorporate strategies and techniques from trauma-informed approaches, somatic, values-based, mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal effectiveness, and humanistic therapies.
I believe that each person is the expert of their own experience. Through a person-centered lens of compassion and resilience-focused approaches, we will build insight to gain a better understanding of your past and present experiences and how these impact your relationships, behaviors, beliefs, and quality of life.
I incorporate strategies and techniques from trauma-informed approaches, somatic, values-based, mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal effectiveness, and humanistic therapies.
I believe that each person is the expert of their own experience. Through a person-centered lens of compassion and resilience-focused approaches, we will build insight to gain a better understanding of your past and present experiences and how these impact your relationships, behaviors, beliefs, and quality of life.
I believe that the complexities of our lives lead us to carry stress and trauma in our bodies well beyond when those experiences happen to us. By using a combination of EMDR, somatic (body-focused) work, and internal family systems (parts work), I aim to let you control your life instead of your past.
I believe that the complexities of our lives lead us to carry stress and trauma in our bodies well beyond when those experiences happen to us. By using a combination of EMDR, somatic (body-focused) work, and internal family systems (parts work), I aim to let you control your life instead of your past.
Maggie Welling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Baltimore, MD 21230
Waitlist for new clients
Looking for a down to earth, inclusive therapist who celebrates authenticity? It is so important to me that I create a sense of humility, curiosity, and ease for you to be your authentic self. We will work together to support you with healing, self growth, and self compassion. I specialize in anxiety, depression, trauma, stress & sport psychology. I incorporate elements from Psychodynamic Therapy, CBT, ACT & Somatic Practices for a holistic therapeutic approach. I received my Master's from Columbia University & currently completing certifications for Somatic Stress Release & Sports Clinical Social Work.
Looking for a down to earth, inclusive therapist who celebrates authenticity? It is so important to me that I create a sense of humility, curiosity, and ease for you to be your authentic self. We will work together to support you with healing, self growth, and self compassion. I specialize in anxiety, depression, trauma, stress & sport psychology. I incorporate elements from Psychodynamic Therapy, CBT, ACT & Somatic Practices for a holistic therapeutic approach. I received my Master's from Columbia University & currently completing certifications for Somatic Stress Release & Sports Clinical Social Work.
I view the therapeutic relationship as a site of healing, growth, and change. Taking a collaborative approach, I create a warm, grounded, and nonjudgmental space where we can explore aspects of your life that are calling to your attention. We'll work to identify places you’re feeling stuck, draw connections between past and present, and unearth the wisdom and healing potential within you. Along the way, we'll consider the stories you carry, your somatic experience, and whatever arises for you in the moment, all in service of coming into deeper relationship with yourself.
I view the therapeutic relationship as a site of healing, growth, and change. Taking a collaborative approach, I create a warm, grounded, and nonjudgmental space where we can explore aspects of your life that are calling to your attention. We'll work to identify places you’re feeling stuck, draw connections between past and present, and unearth the wisdom and healing potential within you. Along the way, we'll consider the stories you carry, your somatic experience, and whatever arises for you in the moment, all in service of coming into deeper relationship with yourself.
Noson Berman
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, MFT, LCPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Baltimore, MD 21208
Utilizing a strength based approach, advanced trauma training, somatic awareness, and advanced relationship training I have helped my clients take back their lives, find their identity, and connect with their loved ones.
Are you having trouble communicating with your spouse, your parents, or your children? Do you want to connect in a meaningful way with your family, friends and, dare I say, yourself? Are you having trouble in school, at work, or just figuring out who you are and where you want to be? I have been involved in the mental health field in various capacities for 20 years helping people organize their lives, find a self identity, and communicate and connect with their spouses and families.
Utilizing a strength based approach, advanced trauma training, somatic awareness, and advanced relationship training I have helped my clients take back their lives, find their identity, and connect with their loved ones.
Are you having trouble communicating with your spouse, your parents, or your children? Do you want to connect in a meaningful way with your family, friends and, dare I say, yourself? Are you having trouble in school, at work, or just figuring out who you are and where you want to be? I have been involved in the mental health field in various capacities for 20 years helping people organize their lives, find a self identity, and communicate and connect with their spouses and families.
I work with adults using an eclectic approach, combining somatic parts work, expressive therapies, values-based, and neurodiversity-affirming approaches.
As a queer, Chinese, eldest daughter of immigrants, I believe that it is important to hold space for all parts of you, no matter how much hate those parts have internalized, no matter how much love those parts have been denied. I believe that your personal and ancestral pasts inform your present, and that you also have the power to functionally rewrite and close the chapters that are rooted in powerlessness, guilt, fear, and shame. Together, we can collaboratively and creatively tap into your strengths, values, inner wisdom, and identities in service of freeing up the space and energy to curate the meaningful life you deserve.
I work with adults using an eclectic approach, combining somatic parts work, expressive therapies, values-based, and neurodiversity-affirming approaches.
As a queer, Chinese, eldest daughter of immigrants, I believe that it is important to hold space for all parts of you, no matter how much hate those parts have internalized, no matter how much love those parts have been denied. I believe that your personal and ancestral pasts inform your present, and that you also have the power to functionally rewrite and close the chapters that are rooted in powerlessness, guilt, fear, and shame. Together, we can collaboratively and creatively tap into your strengths, values, inner wisdom, and identities in service of freeing up the space and energy to curate the meaningful life you deserve.
Yousef Essex
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LGPC, NCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Baltimore, MD 21230
I work with individuals and couples who are struggling with worries, sadness, relationship difficulties, or feel "stuck" in some way. My primary focus areas are anxiety, depression, ADHD and trauma, using a combination of cognitive behavioral and integrative practices. I draw from modalities such as Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Somatic Experiencing. This integrative approach to mental health allows me to tailor the experience to your unique needs.
I work with individuals and couples who are struggling with worries, sadness, relationship difficulties, or feel "stuck" in some way. My primary focus areas are anxiety, depression, ADHD and trauma, using a combination of cognitive behavioral and integrative practices. I draw from modalities such as Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Somatic Experiencing. This integrative approach to mental health allows me to tailor the experience to your unique needs.
Jordyn Occhipinti
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd
Verified Verified
Baltimore, MD 21201 (Online Only)
I utilize EMDR, Somatic Resourcing, and IFS-informed Parts Work from an anti-oppressive, intersectional, and systemic lens.
After trauma, we reach for whatever coping skill is closest in order to survive. We may turn to substances, self-harm, intellectualizing, perfectionism, etc. This helps us soothe, distract, and numb from feelings of shame, guilt, anger and fear. Still, our unprocessed emotions can overwhelm–morphing into anxiety, depression, rage, dissociation, or hyper-vigilance. However, this only represents a part of us and our experiences. We contain creativity, empathy, resilience, & intuition. Through our strengths, we increase our tolerance, release survival skills that no longer serve us, and return to our most liberated and aligned self.
I utilize EMDR, Somatic Resourcing, and IFS-informed Parts Work from an anti-oppressive, intersectional, and systemic lens.
After trauma, we reach for whatever coping skill is closest in order to survive. We may turn to substances, self-harm, intellectualizing, perfectionism, etc. This helps us soothe, distract, and numb from feelings of shame, guilt, anger and fear. Still, our unprocessed emotions can overwhelm–morphing into anxiety, depression, rage, dissociation, or hyper-vigilance. However, this only represents a part of us and our experiences. We contain creativity, empathy, resilience, & intuition. Through our strengths, we increase our tolerance, release survival skills that no longer serve us, and return to our most liberated and aligned self.
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Somatic Therapists
How does somatic therapy work?
Somatic therapy is a form of treatment that focuses on how the body and mind are interconnected. In this approach, physical symptoms are addressed because they may in fact signal emotional distress. Somatic therapists combine mindfulness, talk therapy, breathwork, yoga, dance, and physical manipulations of the body to help patients become more attuned to what their body is telling them.
Is EMDR a somatic therapy?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a form of somatic therapy, as it incorporates mental and physical principles. EMDR involves remembering a traumatic experience while allowing one’s eyes to track a side-to-side visual stimulus from a therapist. This lateral eye movement is believed to diminish the painful power of the memory so that it can be discussed with a therapist.
Is somatic therapy evidence-based?
Somatic therapy has been researched and studied, and some forms of somatic therapy are found to be effective in treating a wide range of conditions. Because somatic therapy encompasses many techniques, some, such as EMDR and meditation, have been studied more than others.
What is somatic trauma therapy?
Somatic trauma therapy is based on the idea that when people experience trauma, they can become stuck in the “freeze” part of a “fight, flight, or freeze” response. In this state, trauma can manifest itself both mentally and physically—through tension in the muscles, anxiety, and stress. Popular forms of somatic trauma therapy include EMDR, sensorimotor therapy, and somatic experiencing.