Somatic Therapists in Harrison City, PA
My ideal clients are people of any age who have experienced a disruption in their childhood. They are now navigating big emotions, neurodiversity, identity questions, or behaviors that others label as “defiant.” They could also be nervous, withdrawn, refusing to go to school, or having outbursts. People are often exhausted, confused, and desperate for real support.
Goals to consider are to: increase communication, reconnect with others, stabilize the home environment, and help build trust, emotional insight, and/or internal control. They’re seeking a therapist who "gets it," someone who sees beyond the behavior.
My ideal clients are people of any age who have experienced a disruption in their childhood. They are now navigating big emotions, neurodiversity, identity questions, or behaviors that others label as “defiant.” They could also be nervous, withdrawn, refusing to go to school, or having outbursts. People are often exhausted, confused, and desperate for real support.
Goals to consider are to: increase communication, reconnect with others, stabilize the home environment, and help build trust, emotional insight, and/or internal control. They’re seeking a therapist who "gets it," someone who sees beyond the behavior.
My approach integrates EMDR, somatic therapy, and physical‑oriented interventions to help clients regulate their nervous system, understand their internal experience, and move toward change.
Many of the men I work with are successful on the outside but privately overwhelmed. They’re disciplined, intelligent, and used to pushing through—yet something in their system isn’t resetting the way it used to. They feel stuck, disconnected, or caught in patterns that no longer match the life they’re trying to build. They want more than symptom relief; they want meaningful, lasting change that helps them feel steady, present, and in control again.
My approach integrates EMDR, somatic therapy, and physical‑oriented interventions to help clients regulate their nervous system, understand their internal experience, and move toward change.
Many of the men I work with are successful on the outside but privately overwhelmed. They’re disciplined, intelligent, and used to pushing through—yet something in their system isn’t resetting the way it used to. They feel stuck, disconnected, or caught in patterns that no longer match the life they’re trying to build. They want more than symptom relief; they want meaningful, lasting change that helps them feel steady, present, and in control again.
An ideal client for me is someone who is interested in doing a deep analysis of themselves because I believe that looking to the past allows clients to uncover hidden meanings or patterns that they can use to breakdown faulty beliefs, align with core values, find purpose, and heal.
My approach works best for adults and teens who are navigating: trauma/PTSD, grief/loss, major life transitions, neurodivergence (ADHD/autism, late diagnosed, chronic masking, etc.), no/low contact family situations, identity exploration, anxiety, OCD, and personality issues.
An ideal client for me is someone who is interested in doing a deep analysis of themselves because I believe that looking to the past allows clients to uncover hidden meanings or patterns that they can use to breakdown faulty beliefs, align with core values, find purpose, and heal.
My approach works best for adults and teens who are navigating: trauma/PTSD, grief/loss, major life transitions, neurodivergence (ADHD/autism, late diagnosed, chronic masking, etc.), no/low contact family situations, identity exploration, anxiety, OCD, and personality issues.
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Healing is a lifelong journey, and it is not one you have to do alone. You are taking a courageous first step towards realignment with yourself. By untangling the past, we can begin to heal these wounds and reclaim the narrative of our lives. I companion clients navigating trauma, relational distress, gender and sexuality exploration, sexual concerns, and neurodivergence. In and out of the therapy space, I am sex-positive, sex worker friendly, poly-friendly, kink aware & affirming, and Health at Every Size (HAES) aligned.
Healing is a lifelong journey, and it is not one you have to do alone. You are taking a courageous first step towards realignment with yourself. By untangling the past, we can begin to heal these wounds and reclaim the narrative of our lives. I companion clients navigating trauma, relational distress, gender and sexuality exploration, sexual concerns, and neurodivergence. In and out of the therapy space, I am sex-positive, sex worker friendly, poly-friendly, kink aware & affirming, and Health at Every Size (HAES) aligned.
My approach to therapy is somatic-focused and trauma informed.
Making the decision to pursue therapy is a huge step. It’s easy to push things down or avoid them, but making the choice to reach out shows strength. Maybe you’ve never had a safe space to share your true thoughts and feelings, or felt truly heard and understood. Let’s build that together here!
I am passionate about helping survivors of abusive or unhealthy relationships learn to rebuild their confidence and find their voice again. When we experience relational trauma, whether that be in a romantic context, or during our childhood, this significantly impacts how we feel about ourselves and how we navigate future relationships.
My approach to therapy is somatic-focused and trauma informed.
Making the decision to pursue therapy is a huge step. It’s easy to push things down or avoid them, but making the choice to reach out shows strength. Maybe you’ve never had a safe space to share your true thoughts and feelings, or felt truly heard and understood. Let’s build that together here!
I am passionate about helping survivors of abusive or unhealthy relationships learn to rebuild their confidence and find their voice again. When we experience relational trauma, whether that be in a romantic context, or during our childhood, this significantly impacts how we feel about ourselves and how we navigate future relationships.
My work focuses on supporting individuals who are navigating trauma, anxiety, relationship challenges, life transitions, and emotional distress that may be keeping them from living fully and authentically.
My work focuses on supporting individuals who are navigating trauma, anxiety, relationship challenges, life transitions, and emotional distress that may be keeping them from living fully and authentically.
I am an affirming, trauma-informed somatic psychotherapist, passionate about the healing process.
I have been working in the mental health field since 2017, with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a Master’s degree in Social Work, and training in EMDR and Somatic Experiencing. My approach is somatic psychotherapy, a collaborative, holistic approach that honors the body’s role in emotional healing, helping you feel more present, balanced, and regulated.
I am an affirming, trauma-informed somatic psychotherapist, passionate about the healing process.
I have been working in the mental health field since 2017, with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a Master’s degree in Social Work, and training in EMDR and Somatic Experiencing. My approach is somatic psychotherapy, a collaborative, holistic approach that honors the body’s role in emotional healing, helping you feel more present, balanced, and regulated.
Utilizing cognitive and somatic techniques from modalities such as EMDR, ACT, Brainspotting, and IFS, I can assist in breaking cycles of harm you may feel trapped in.
Therapy can be such an overwhelming process to get started with, especially when you may also be struggling with ADHD, trauma symptoms, or anxiety that make everyday tasks feel monumental. For marginalized people in particular, feeling safe and truly seen by their therapist may be particularly challenging. As a Black, queer, neurodivergent therapist with 10 years experience, my approach is liberatory, relational, strengths-based, person-centered, affirming, and anti-oppressive. Together we'll implement accessible, functional strategies to help you close the gap between the life you're living and the life you envision for yourself.
Utilizing cognitive and somatic techniques from modalities such as EMDR, ACT, Brainspotting, and IFS, I can assist in breaking cycles of harm you may feel trapped in.
Therapy can be such an overwhelming process to get started with, especially when you may also be struggling with ADHD, trauma symptoms, or anxiety that make everyday tasks feel monumental. For marginalized people in particular, feeling safe and truly seen by their therapist may be particularly challenging. As a Black, queer, neurodivergent therapist with 10 years experience, my approach is liberatory, relational, strengths-based, person-centered, affirming, and anti-oppressive. Together we'll implement accessible, functional strategies to help you close the gap between the life you're living and the life you envision for yourself.
Hola! I Bienvenido/Welcome to my practice. I am honored to support you on your healing journey. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), fluent in both English and Spanish, with a passion for helping individuals navigate life’s challenges and discover their inner strength. I hold a Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling from Moravian University and a Bachelor of Arts in Clinical Psychology from the Catholic University of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. As a Latina therapist, I am committed to creating a space that feels culturally responsive and safe.
Hola! I Bienvenido/Welcome to my practice. I am honored to support you on your healing journey. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), fluent in both English and Spanish, with a passion for helping individuals navigate life’s challenges and discover their inner strength. I hold a Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling from Moravian University and a Bachelor of Arts in Clinical Psychology from the Catholic University of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. As a Latina therapist, I am committed to creating a space that feels culturally responsive and safe.
I am an EMDRIA certified EMDR therapist and certified in somatic parts works (and I love inner child work).
If you experienced sexual violence in the state of PA, ask me about ways to help cover your costs. I use a relational, feminist, and Jungian framework to help clients understand the role of relationships, culture, and society in their path to find healing and joy. My past clinical experience includes complex trauma treatment, crisis management, community mental health, survivor advocacy, group psychotherapy, late diagnosis neurodivergence, chronic pain and illness, anxiety/depression, burnout & vicarious trauma, and disordered eating/body image work.
I am an EMDRIA certified EMDR therapist and certified in somatic parts works (and I love inner child work).
If you experienced sexual violence in the state of PA, ask me about ways to help cover your costs. I use a relational, feminist, and Jungian framework to help clients understand the role of relationships, culture, and society in their path to find healing and joy. My past clinical experience includes complex trauma treatment, crisis management, community mental health, survivor advocacy, group psychotherapy, late diagnosis neurodivergence, chronic pain and illness, anxiety/depression, burnout & vicarious trauma, and disordered eating/body image work.
My work takes a holistic, person-centered, existential, and trauma-informed approach, combining mindfulness practices, EMDR, Brainspotting, and somatic therapy techniques to facilitate healing of both the mind and body.
You may be carrying experiences that feel heavy, confusing, or difficult to hold. Trauma can shape how we see ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. It can leave us feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or stuck in ways that are hard to explain.
I'm guided by a holistic understanding of healing that recognizes the connection between our mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual parts. Trauma can disrupt this natural balance, creating patterns to help us get through painful or overwhelming situations. These responses aren't signs that something's wrong with you, but how your mind and body worked to protect you.
My work takes a holistic, person-centered, existential, and trauma-informed approach, combining mindfulness practices, EMDR, Brainspotting, and somatic therapy techniques to facilitate healing of both the mind and body.
You may be carrying experiences that feel heavy, confusing, or difficult to hold. Trauma can shape how we see ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. It can leave us feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or stuck in ways that are hard to explain.
I'm guided by a holistic understanding of healing that recognizes the connection between our mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual parts. Trauma can disrupt this natural balance, creating patterns to help us get through painful or overwhelming situations. These responses aren't signs that something's wrong with you, but how your mind and body worked to protect you.
When we are on our way towards healing, we may face many roadblocks: past trauma, invalidating environments, views of ourselves, among many others. While we are hard-wired to heal, it can be hard to do so when there are many factors getting in the way of our journey towards peace. Maybe standard talk therapy or CBT has not been helpful for you in the past, and you feel stuck. My passion is working with survivors of trauma or chronically invalidating environments who hope to build a life worth living. I enjoy bringing laughter, memes, tiktoks, and swearing into sessions when appropriate. To me, authenticity is the key to progress!
When we are on our way towards healing, we may face many roadblocks: past trauma, invalidating environments, views of ourselves, among many others. While we are hard-wired to heal, it can be hard to do so when there are many factors getting in the way of our journey towards peace. Maybe standard talk therapy or CBT has not been helpful for you in the past, and you feel stuck. My passion is working with survivors of trauma or chronically invalidating environments who hope to build a life worth living. I enjoy bringing laughter, memes, tiktoks, and swearing into sessions when appropriate. To me, authenticity is the key to progress!
My clients typically have a history of childhood and/or other trauma and need to learn to stabilize their troubling symptoms first. They are often looking for peace from these acute symptoms. They are tired of the constant pull of trauma on their minds, hearts, and bodies, and want to feel more in control of themselves. They want, more than anything, to put the trauma in the past. They may have trouble experiencing simple happiness. Some people have also experienced spiritual-religious abuse as part of their trauma. I am fully open to supporting them in that process.
My clients typically have a history of childhood and/or other trauma and need to learn to stabilize their troubling symptoms first. They are often looking for peace from these acute symptoms. They are tired of the constant pull of trauma on their minds, hearts, and bodies, and want to feel more in control of themselves. They want, more than anything, to put the trauma in the past. They may have trouble experiencing simple happiness. Some people have also experienced spiritual-religious abuse as part of their trauma. I am fully open to supporting them in that process.
These modalities include, but are not limited to, humanistic, feminist, person-centered, somatic, liberation, anti-racism, and fat liberation/health at every size.
Therapy isn’t about racing to a finish line, it’s about the journey we take together. In our work, we’ll explore the parts of your identity that feel most meaningful, look at how your relationships shape your world, and create space for the challenges you’re navigating right now. You are the expert on your own life, and I’ll trust your inner wisdom every step of the way! You don’t need to know where to start. As the saying goes: “Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.”
These modalities include, but are not limited to, humanistic, feminist, person-centered, somatic, liberation, anti-racism, and fat liberation/health at every size.
Therapy isn’t about racing to a finish line, it’s about the journey we take together. In our work, we’ll explore the parts of your identity that feel most meaningful, look at how your relationships shape your world, and create space for the challenges you’re navigating right now. You are the expert on your own life, and I’ll trust your inner wisdom every step of the way! You don’t need to know where to start. As the saying goes: “Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.”
Through an integrated use of Internal Family Systems (IFS) work along with somatic, creative and mindfulness practices, I can help you (re) connect you with a felt sense of wholeness and a deep connection to your own power, life force and inner wisdom.
I'm so glad you're here. The people who most resonate with my therapeutic approach tend to find me when they’re in the middle place between who they were and who they are becoming, sometimes directly following a loss or ending and other times when they are in the thick of a transition or identity shift that they don’t want to navigate alone. I have deep experience holding space for grief, life transitions, trauma processing and healing attachment wounds. If you are feeling disconnected from your authentic self and inner life force and longing to feel whole again, this may be the place for you.
Through an integrated use of Internal Family Systems (IFS) work along with somatic, creative and mindfulness practices, I can help you (re) connect you with a felt sense of wholeness and a deep connection to your own power, life force and inner wisdom.
I'm so glad you're here. The people who most resonate with my therapeutic approach tend to find me when they’re in the middle place between who they were and who they are becoming, sometimes directly following a loss or ending and other times when they are in the thick of a transition or identity shift that they don’t want to navigate alone. I have deep experience holding space for grief, life transitions, trauma processing and healing attachment wounds. If you are feeling disconnected from your authentic self and inner life force and longing to feel whole again, this may be the place for you.
Christopher Moncadaleiden
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, CAADC
4 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
Trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and addiction are issues often too intense to cope with alone, especially when shame creeps in and says you are to blame.
I am passionate about creating a safe space where we can face these issues at a pace that you set. It can be intimidating to start. Many of my clients enter therapy for the first time, and I work hard to make sure it is a comfortable and meaningful experience.
Therapy can be a cathartic place where you can speak freely to someone outside of your circle. I work to treat you as the expert of your own life and encourage things you are doing that are already working.
Trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and addiction are issues often too intense to cope with alone, especially when shame creeps in and says you are to blame.
I am passionate about creating a safe space where we can face these issues at a pace that you set. It can be intimidating to start. Many of my clients enter therapy for the first time, and I work hard to make sure it is a comfortable and meaningful experience.
Therapy can be a cathartic place where you can speak freely to someone outside of your circle. I work to treat you as the expert of your own life and encourage things you are doing that are already working.
Ketamine-Assisted, EMDR, Psychedelic-Support, Parts Work / IFS, Experiential / Gestalt, Somatic Mindfulness.
Regardless of why you seek help, my purpose is to guide you in unlocking your own inner healer to nurture yourself and strengthen the relationship of love and beauty that is in you. I will guide you through stabilization, resourcing, and skills development; help you drop into the shadow realm to repair your wounds; & finally help you travel into your light.
Ketamine-Assisted, EMDR, Psychedelic-Support, Parts Work / IFS, Experiential / Gestalt, Somatic Mindfulness.
Regardless of why you seek help, my purpose is to guide you in unlocking your own inner healer to nurture yourself and strengthen the relationship of love and beauty that is in you. I will guide you through stabilization, resourcing, and skills development; help you drop into the shadow realm to repair your wounds; & finally help you travel into your light.
I’m a Licensed Master Social Worker with more than seven years of experience supporting teens and young adults navigating anxiety, overthinking, relationship concerns, and major life transitions. Many of the people I work with come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure of themselves, and are looking for a space where they can better understand who they are and how to move forward with more confidence and clarity.
I’m a Licensed Master Social Worker with more than seven years of experience supporting teens and young adults navigating anxiety, overthinking, relationship concerns, and major life transitions. Many of the people I work with come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure of themselves, and are looking for a space where they can better understand who they are and how to move forward with more confidence and clarity.
I work with clients to develop resilience and positive lasting growth to support a lifetime of greater well-being and fulfillment. I empower clients to experience healing and insight through a holistic and balanced perspective. I am here to help those who might be feeling stuck in unhelpful patterns, looking to create a more fulfilling life, in crisis, or looking for a holistic approach that takes into account your entire experience.
I work with clients to develop resilience and positive lasting growth to support a lifetime of greater well-being and fulfillment. I empower clients to experience healing and insight through a holistic and balanced perspective. I am here to help those who might be feeling stuck in unhelpful patterns, looking to create a more fulfilling life, in crisis, or looking for a holistic approach that takes into account your entire experience.
If you have experienced sexual violence in the state of PA, ask me about ways to help cover costs for counseling. I use a relational framework influenced by existential approaches that helps clients make meaning of their experiences as they navigate through life. My clinical experience includes sexual trauma, religious trauma, crisis management, community mental health, men's issues including the navigation of traditional masculinity and conflict resolution, substance abuse, and OCD.
If you have experienced sexual violence in the state of PA, ask me about ways to help cover costs for counseling. I use a relational framework influenced by existential approaches that helps clients make meaning of their experiences as they navigate through life. My clinical experience includes sexual trauma, religious trauma, crisis management, community mental health, men's issues including the navigation of traditional masculinity and conflict resolution, substance abuse, and OCD.
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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.