Somatic Therapists in Dallas, TX
As a queer, neurodivergent therapist, my passion is to create a space for queer and neurodivergent immigrants to feel seen and accepted. It is not uncommon for first, second and third culture folks to have experienced therapy that didn’t make space for their cultural identity and sometimes even required them to conform to an individualistic social culture; when the truth is, you don’t have to. You don’t have to suppress or hide any parts of yourself to show up in the world, and you definitely don’t have to do that in this therapeutic space.
As a queer, neurodivergent therapist, my passion is to create a space for queer and neurodivergent immigrants to feel seen and accepted. It is not uncommon for first, second and third culture folks to have experienced therapy that didn’t make space for their cultural identity and sometimes even required them to conform to an individualistic social culture; when the truth is, you don’t have to. You don’t have to suppress or hide any parts of yourself to show up in the world, and you definitely don’t have to do that in this therapeutic space.
Whether you are looking for EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, or Play Therapy, we offer many therapy and treatment types.
At D2 Counseling, we provide relationship counseling for individuals, families, couples and groups, as well as relationship workshops, training and speaking worldwide.
Whether you are looking for EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, or Play Therapy, we offer many therapy and treatment types.
At D2 Counseling, we provide relationship counseling for individuals, families, couples and groups, as well as relationship workshops, training and speaking worldwide.
As a couples therapist, I specialize in deep attachment-based relationship work and healing C-PTSD rooted in family and relational trauma. I help my clients unravel attachment patterns and compulsive behaviors that trigger disconnection and anxiety in their relationships. From intimacy issues, codependency, and love addiction to dating and marriage stress, we explore how relational distress can act as a mirror, revealing unmet needs or past wounds that may be ready for care.
As a couples therapist, I specialize in deep attachment-based relationship work and healing C-PTSD rooted in family and relational trauma. I help my clients unravel attachment patterns and compulsive behaviors that trigger disconnection and anxiety in their relationships. From intimacy issues, codependency, and love addiction to dating and marriage stress, we explore how relational distress can act as a mirror, revealing unmet needs or past wounds that may be ready for care.
Hi! My name is Natasha Backman, and I'm passionate about creating spaces where people can explore their innermost thoughts, beliefs, and emotions. Life can be challenging, and we all deserve a space to get curious about where we’ve been and where we’re going. I'm here to support you, whether you've engaged in counseling before or you need help understanding how this process works. I know that therapy can be a weird and wonderful space. This is our time for healing and growth, in which the only pretense is that we give space for the most authentic version of ourselves.
Hi! My name is Natasha Backman, and I'm passionate about creating spaces where people can explore their innermost thoughts, beliefs, and emotions. Life can be challenging, and we all deserve a space to get curious about where we’ve been and where we’re going. I'm here to support you, whether you've engaged in counseling before or you need help understanding how this process works. I know that therapy can be a weird and wonderful space. This is our time for healing and growth, in which the only pretense is that we give space for the most authentic version of ourselves.
Dr. Bonny Stewart is a highly specialized Clinical Child Psychologist with over twenty years of experience working with children and families. Dr. Stewart is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Licensed Specialist in School Psychologist, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor, EMDR and TF-CBT Certified. She is passionate about helping children make postive change. Her approach is colaborative to significiantly improve treatment outcomes. Dr. Stewart will help you find answers and understanding, as well as develop tools so that your child can succeed at home, school, and in all aspects of their lives.
Dr. Bonny Stewart is a highly specialized Clinical Child Psychologist with over twenty years of experience working with children and families. Dr. Stewart is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Licensed Specialist in School Psychologist, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor, EMDR and TF-CBT Certified. She is passionate about helping children make postive change. Her approach is colaborative to significiantly improve treatment outcomes. Dr. Stewart will help you find answers and understanding, as well as develop tools so that your child can succeed at home, school, and in all aspects of their lives.
Supporting your Well-Being! Counseling is beneficial to individuals who are looking to strengthen their emotional health in all stages of their lives. I can help you overcome life struggles and guide you through the process of healing. My 15 years of experience enables me to offer effective outpatient, individualized, psychotherapy care. I assist individuals with a number of mental health disorders/life situations and I provide a natural and spiritual approach to individuals, families, and couples.
Supporting your Well-Being! Counseling is beneficial to individuals who are looking to strengthen their emotional health in all stages of their lives. I can help you overcome life struggles and guide you through the process of healing. My 15 years of experience enables me to offer effective outpatient, individualized, psychotherapy care. I assist individuals with a number of mental health disorders/life situations and I provide a natural and spiritual approach to individuals, families, and couples.
I draw from evidence-based modalities like EMDR, somatic therapy, and attachment-focused work—but I also bring intuition, creativity, and deep presence.
I’m not a passive therapist—I’m a guide, a witness, and a fierce believer in your healing. My work is rooted in helping people reclaim their voice, power, and wholeness after trauma, betrayal, or deep emotional pain. That mission lives in every therapy session I offer. I work with individuals of all ages, couples, and families who are ready to move beyond survival and into transformation. Whether you’re facing anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, or generational wounds, I offer a space that’s safe, honest, and radically compassionate.
I draw from evidence-based modalities like EMDR, somatic therapy, and attachment-focused work—but I also bring intuition, creativity, and deep presence.
I’m not a passive therapist—I’m a guide, a witness, and a fierce believer in your healing. My work is rooted in helping people reclaim their voice, power, and wholeness after trauma, betrayal, or deep emotional pain. That mission lives in every therapy session I offer. I work with individuals of all ages, couples, and families who are ready to move beyond survival and into transformation. Whether you’re facing anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, or generational wounds, I offer a space that’s safe, honest, and radically compassionate.
Feeling overwhelmed by the demands of relationships, work, and life is all too common. For this reason, I prioritize helping my clients find relief from stress and obligation by cultivating balance with the parts of their lives which are most important. I specialize in cultural inclusivity and prioritize each client's spiritual as well as religious values in therapy.
Feeling overwhelmed by the demands of relationships, work, and life is all too common. For this reason, I prioritize helping my clients find relief from stress and obligation by cultivating balance with the parts of their lives which are most important. I specialize in cultural inclusivity and prioritize each client's spiritual as well as religious values in therapy.
Welcome. I am now licensed and credentialed to support clients in Texas and Colorado!
You may hold multiple, intersecting identities—such as being a person of color, neurodivergent, LGBTQ+, or living with chronic illness—and feel the weight of navigating a world that was not built with you in mind. You may feel chronically misunderstood, emotionally exhausted, or disconnected from your own needs after years of masking, self-doubt, or relational harm. You’re seeking a space where you don’t have to perform—where you can feel seen, soften your defenses, and reconnect with your inherent worth and internal authority.
Welcome. I am now licensed and credentialed to support clients in Texas and Colorado!
You may hold multiple, intersecting identities—such as being a person of color, neurodivergent, LGBTQ+, or living with chronic illness—and feel the weight of navigating a world that was not built with you in mind. You may feel chronically misunderstood, emotionally exhausted, or disconnected from your own needs after years of masking, self-doubt, or relational harm. You’re seeking a space where you don’t have to perform—where you can feel seen, soften your defenses, and reconnect with your inherent worth and internal authority.
I also utilize CBT, somatic therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy and an attachment-based lens.
Love shouldn’t hurt. If you're stressed out, overwhelmed, and anxious in relationships, I can help. Do you feel like you’re not enough or that you’re sometimes too much? Do you live in fear of rejection or abandonment? Do you lay in bed at night with racing thoughts, wondering if your partner really loves you or that they'll leave you? You may have an anxious attachment style or even complex trauma (issues from your past that are presently affecting your relationships). If love hurts, I'd like to help. I specialize in anxiety, trauma and PTSD, complex trauma (CPTSD), avoidant /anxious attachment styles (insecure attachment styles).
I also utilize CBT, somatic therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy and an attachment-based lens.
Love shouldn’t hurt. If you're stressed out, overwhelmed, and anxious in relationships, I can help. Do you feel like you’re not enough or that you’re sometimes too much? Do you live in fear of rejection or abandonment? Do you lay in bed at night with racing thoughts, wondering if your partner really loves you or that they'll leave you? You may have an anxious attachment style or even complex trauma (issues from your past that are presently affecting your relationships). If love hurts, I'd like to help. I specialize in anxiety, trauma and PTSD, complex trauma (CPTSD), avoidant /anxious attachment styles (insecure attachment styles).
I integrate concrete tools such as somatic psychotherapy, mindfulness, dialectical behavior therapy skill training, and yoga therapy in my practice.
Therapy can help us all navigate the river of life. I have had success working with clients experiencing depression, anxiety, coping with agitation, addictions, codependency, relationship and interpersonal issues, building self-esteem and self-worth, coping with crisis and grief issues. I enjoy helping clients navigate transitions in life such as, marriage, divorce, career or other curve balls often thrown at us. Many of my clients are working through a past history of abuse. I have a strong belief in the mind body connection, so I also find success working with individuals experiencing pain and fatigue.
I integrate concrete tools such as somatic psychotherapy, mindfulness, dialectical behavior therapy skill training, and yoga therapy in my practice.
Therapy can help us all navigate the river of life. I have had success working with clients experiencing depression, anxiety, coping with agitation, addictions, codependency, relationship and interpersonal issues, building self-esteem and self-worth, coping with crisis and grief issues. I enjoy helping clients navigate transitions in life such as, marriage, divorce, career or other curve balls often thrown at us. Many of my clients are working through a past history of abuse. I have a strong belief in the mind body connection, so I also find success working with individuals experiencing pain and fatigue.
As a trauma-informed professional, I use a variety of interventions ranging from somatic to cognitive, to meet the individual needs of my clients.
Welcome. My name is Samatha and I specialize in areas often related to interpersonal trauma such as post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship problems, and issues of social inequity. Interpersonal trauma can include anything from childhood trauma that occurs in the family of origin, to ongoing discrimination in everyday life. Often, trauma interferes with our ability to trust others and the world around us. This makes it very difficult to feel safe and secure in our own skin. It can make it challenging to engage in the present moment and feel fulfilled, and it can compromise our health in many ways.
As a trauma-informed professional, I use a variety of interventions ranging from somatic to cognitive, to meet the individual needs of my clients.
Welcome. My name is Samatha and I specialize in areas often related to interpersonal trauma such as post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship problems, and issues of social inequity. Interpersonal trauma can include anything from childhood trauma that occurs in the family of origin, to ongoing discrimination in everyday life. Often, trauma interferes with our ability to trust others and the world around us. This makes it very difficult to feel safe and secure in our own skin. It can make it challenging to engage in the present moment and feel fulfilled, and it can compromise our health in many ways.
Therapy is a complex experience of having a soft place to land AND getting really vulnerable. I go at your pace, and I facilitate you knowing yourself more, taking care of yourself better than anyone else can, and advocating for yourself in your life and your relationships. You can feel more confident and secure, understand your feelings, and connect better to your loved ones.
Therapy is a complex experience of having a soft place to land AND getting really vulnerable. I go at your pace, and I facilitate you knowing yourself more, taking care of yourself better than anyone else can, and advocating for yourself in your life and your relationships. You can feel more confident and secure, understand your feelings, and connect better to your loved ones.
I help adults and adolescents who are dealing with depression, anxiety, life stressors, chronic illness, and relationship concerns. Living with mental health symptoms impacts everything one does in daily life. Sometimes the result might be irritability and sadness, while at other times things can feel overwhelming and anxiety inducing. With specialized training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), health psychology and mood issues, I help clients identify their unique needs and establish achievable goals.
I help adults and adolescents who are dealing with depression, anxiety, life stressors, chronic illness, and relationship concerns. Living with mental health symptoms impacts everything one does in daily life. Sometimes the result might be irritability and sadness, while at other times things can feel overwhelming and anxiety inducing. With specialized training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), health psychology and mood issues, I help clients identify their unique needs and establish achievable goals.
Trauma often has an untethering effect on our lives. One moment your walking through your day feeling grounded & focused on tackling the day ahead & the next moment an unexpected trigger has flown out of left field, knocking you off-kilter & sending you spiraling into mental & emotional turmoil. Suddenly, it's hard to focus on anything but the chaos you feel inside as you struggle to regain a sense of stability. It's overwhelming & exhausting to fight through life this way. But the good news is that evidence-based trauma counseling treatment exists to help you recover and heal from the impact trauma has had in your nervous system.
Trauma often has an untethering effect on our lives. One moment your walking through your day feeling grounded & focused on tackling the day ahead & the next moment an unexpected trigger has flown out of left field, knocking you off-kilter & sending you spiraling into mental & emotional turmoil. Suddenly, it's hard to focus on anything but the chaos you feel inside as you struggle to regain a sense of stability. It's overwhelming & exhausting to fight through life this way. But the good news is that evidence-based trauma counseling treatment exists to help you recover and heal from the impact trauma has had in your nervous system.
Psychotherapy offers a unique opportunity to genuinely explore and work through challenges in a nonjudgmental space. I offer a therapeutic environment to work through those issues, particularly the ones difficult to change. The length of therapy varies, and it is shaped by your goals, symptoms, and individual needs. Whether you're seeking short-term work or in-depth psychotherapy or psychoanalysis, I would like to help foster meaningful, lasting change.
Psychotherapy offers a unique opportunity to genuinely explore and work through challenges in a nonjudgmental space. I offer a therapeutic environment to work through those issues, particularly the ones difficult to change. The length of therapy varies, and it is shaped by your goals, symptoms, and individual needs. Whether you're seeking short-term work or in-depth psychotherapy or psychoanalysis, I would like to help foster meaningful, lasting change.
A'sa F. Evans | Mayim Embrace Therapy,
Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW, MSW
Dallas, TX 75220
Waitlist for new clients
My name is A’sa Fernandez Evans. I am happily married to my
loving wife and I have one fur baby. In my free time I like to research, attend local advocacy events, and watch documentaries. My passion is in advocacy work to support the LGBTQIA+, Communities of Color, and neurodivergent communities.
I began my professional journey working at children’s hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, autism centers, and study centers in North Texas. As a late diagnosed autistic person, I quickly learned that I wanted to provide care in a different way. I wanted my work to center and embrace marginalized groups creating a safe healing space.
My name is A’sa Fernandez Evans. I am happily married to my
loving wife and I have one fur baby. In my free time I like to research, attend local advocacy events, and watch documentaries. My passion is in advocacy work to support the LGBTQIA+, Communities of Color, and neurodivergent communities.
I began my professional journey working at children’s hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, autism centers, and study centers in North Texas. As a late diagnosed autistic person, I quickly learned that I wanted to provide care in a different way. I wanted my work to center and embrace marginalized groups creating a safe healing space.
Neddy P Dommer
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, EMDR
1 Endorsed
Dallas, TX 75206
Waitlist for new clients
I work with clients who struggle with somatic symptoms, emotional dysregulation, and cognitive beliefs that do not serve their relationships with self, others, or the world around them.
I am dedicated to healing the scars that trauma inscribes on hearts, in minds, through behaviors. I understand the fragility of the heart, the dark and winding paths that are possible for the mind to follow, and the effects which play out in the body. Moments that are beyond our comprehension, beyond our control, that play out in a narrative that is not of our choosing. It is my passion to come alongside the individual – child, adolescent, teen, young adult, adult – to help bring light to the darkness, and to walk with the family to develop new ways of seeing one another and interacting together.
I work with clients who struggle with somatic symptoms, emotional dysregulation, and cognitive beliefs that do not serve their relationships with self, others, or the world around them.
I am dedicated to healing the scars that trauma inscribes on hearts, in minds, through behaviors. I understand the fragility of the heart, the dark and winding paths that are possible for the mind to follow, and the effects which play out in the body. Moments that are beyond our comprehension, beyond our control, that play out in a narrative that is not of our choosing. It is my passion to come alongside the individual – child, adolescent, teen, young adult, adult – to help bring light to the darkness, and to walk with the family to develop new ways of seeing one another and interacting together.
My therapy style is collaborative, insight-oriented, and deeply reflective. I help patients explore the patterns, parts, and dynamics that shaped them so they can move from unconscious repetition to conscious choice. patients often share that they feel seen, validated, and supported throughout their healing journey. They leave with a deeper awareness of the dynamics that shaped them and a renewed sense of agency in their lives. My hope is that therapy becomes a space where they not only heal but remember their own wholeness.
My therapy style is collaborative, insight-oriented, and deeply reflective. I help patients explore the patterns, parts, and dynamics that shaped them so they can move from unconscious repetition to conscious choice. patients often share that they feel seen, validated, and supported throughout their healing journey. They leave with a deeper awareness of the dynamics that shaped them and a renewed sense of agency in their lives. My hope is that therapy becomes a space where they not only heal but remember their own wholeness.
My clinical interests include women’s issues, identity development, relationship struggles, anxiety, depression, teens, and veterans and their families. If you feel lonely, lost, or are repeating the same patterns in relationships or work without knowing why, let's connect!
Are you seeking relief from anxiety, self-doubt, and burnout? Deeper than that, do you want to feel connected to yourself and others in a way that feels real and sustainable? I create a safe space to explore where those patterns come from, how old wounds show up now, and to start building relationships with yourself and others that feel supportive.
My clinical interests include women’s issues, identity development, relationship struggles, anxiety, depression, teens, and veterans and their families. If you feel lonely, lost, or are repeating the same patterns in relationships or work without knowing why, let's connect!
Are you seeking relief from anxiety, self-doubt, and burnout? Deeper than that, do you want to feel connected to yourself and others in a way that feels real and sustainable? I create a safe space to explore where those patterns come from, how old wounds show up now, and to start building relationships with yourself and others that feel supportive.
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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.