Somatic Therapists in Cedarburg, WI
Our trauma and systems informed care blends talk therapy, art therapy, parts work (Internal Family Systems), somatic therapy and other nervous system-based tools to support healing and growth at your pace.
At Blue Pines Counseling, we meet you where you are with compassion, curiosity, and care. We work with children, teens, adults, and couples navigating anxiety, trauma, life transitions, neurodiversity, and more. Whether in-person, virtual, or a combination of both, our services are designed to help you reconnect with your strengths and move toward a more grounded, authentic life.
Our trauma and systems informed care blends talk therapy, art therapy, parts work (Internal Family Systems), somatic therapy and other nervous system-based tools to support healing and growth at your pace.
At Blue Pines Counseling, we meet you where you are with compassion, curiosity, and care. We work with children, teens, adults, and couples navigating anxiety, trauma, life transitions, neurodiversity, and more. Whether in-person, virtual, or a combination of both, our services are designed to help you reconnect with your strengths and move toward a more grounded, authentic life.
Do you feel stuck in negative self-talk, overwhelmed by life transitions, or disconnected from yourself? Whether you're navigating anxiety, depression, self-doubt, or other emotional challenges, I am here to walk alongside you. My goal is to help you reconnect with yourself, gain insight, and build confidence using your inner strengths.
You deserve to feel seen, heard, and understood without judgement. As an art therapist and counselor, I integrate creativity into the therapy process, offering alternative ways to express yourself beyond words. You don’t need to be an artist, just open to new ways of exploring your inner world.
Do you feel stuck in negative self-talk, overwhelmed by life transitions, or disconnected from yourself? Whether you're navigating anxiety, depression, self-doubt, or other emotional challenges, I am here to walk alongside you. My goal is to help you reconnect with yourself, gain insight, and build confidence using your inner strengths.
You deserve to feel seen, heard, and understood without judgement. As an art therapist and counselor, I integrate creativity into the therapy process, offering alternative ways to express yourself beyond words. You don’t need to be an artist, just open to new ways of exploring your inner world.
I see you women warriors. Whether you’re a mom, Millennial, or mover/shaker, you’re running on fumes. Part of you wants something bigger, but you're exhausted. You don’t know if you can do it anymore—if you WANT to do it anymore. The weight of relationships, projects, and activities feels crushing. You're always putting out emotional fires. And you feel anxious, guilty, and pressured ALL-THE-TIME. You dream of having energy again. If peace exists, you'd like to grab a piece of it. You want to break free of the burnout bureaucracy, be enough, and dream bigger dreams-but you're afraid you'll fail if you stop hustling to chase them.
I see you women warriors. Whether you’re a mom, Millennial, or mover/shaker, you’re running on fumes. Part of you wants something bigger, but you're exhausted. You don’t know if you can do it anymore—if you WANT to do it anymore. The weight of relationships, projects, and activities feels crushing. You're always putting out emotional fires. And you feel anxious, guilty, and pressured ALL-THE-TIME. You dream of having energy again. If peace exists, you'd like to grab a piece of it. You want to break free of the burnout bureaucracy, be enough, and dream bigger dreams-but you're afraid you'll fail if you stop hustling to chase them.
Going to therapy comes with a lot of unknowns. My goal is to help alleviate some of that uncertainty. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps adolescents, adults, & families with many facets of their life. I have experience working in high level care facilities, schools, individual, & group settings. It has been an honor to walk with each and every one of my clients, as we learn and grow together. The therapy process revolves around building trust & honesty. These are two factors that I believe are crucial for the therapeutic relationship to grow.
Going to therapy comes with a lot of unknowns. My goal is to help alleviate some of that uncertainty. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps adolescents, adults, & families with many facets of their life. I have experience working in high level care facilities, schools, individual, & group settings. It has been an honor to walk with each and every one of my clients, as we learn and grow together. The therapy process revolves around building trust & honesty. These are two factors that I believe are crucial for the therapeutic relationship to grow.
Anxiety and/or depression derail your teen’s daily plans and leave them with constant unwanted companions – frustration, exhaustion, and a shrinking self-concept. They can’t control it. You can’t control it. You desperately want them to move forward, but you just don’t know how to help them anymore. Sports and clubs have been helpful in the past and family is supportive but it’s just not enough. You're considering medication, but not sold on that idea. "Surely, there has to be a different way," you think. "I just want my child to be happy and confidently live their life. I want them to know and believe in how wonderful they are."
Anxiety and/or depression derail your teen’s daily plans and leave them with constant unwanted companions – frustration, exhaustion, and a shrinking self-concept. They can’t control it. You can’t control it. You desperately want them to move forward, but you just don’t know how to help them anymore. Sports and clubs have been helpful in the past and family is supportive but it’s just not enough. You're considering medication, but not sold on that idea. "Surely, there has to be a different way," you think. "I just want my child to be happy and confidently live their life. I want them to know and believe in how wonderful they are."
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My approach blends EMDR, mindfulness, energetic, and somatic techniques.
You’ve worked hard to get where you are, but life still feels heavy. You value working on your own terms, but managing all the moving parts—work, relationships, self-care—often feels overwhelming, leaving you drained and anxious. If you’re navigating life as neurodivergent without fully understanding your unique way of thinking or experiencing the world, meeting expectations can be exhausting. You want to live authentically, but it’s hard to know what that looks like. I see you. Together, we’ll explore how to let go of the pressures you’ve carried and make space for your true self to show up, without apology.
My approach blends EMDR, mindfulness, energetic, and somatic techniques.
You’ve worked hard to get where you are, but life still feels heavy. You value working on your own terms, but managing all the moving parts—work, relationships, self-care—often feels overwhelming, leaving you drained and anxious. If you’re navigating life as neurodivergent without fully understanding your unique way of thinking or experiencing the world, meeting expectations can be exhausting. You want to live authentically, but it’s hard to know what that looks like. I see you. Together, we’ll explore how to let go of the pressures you’ve carried and make space for your true self to show up, without apology.
You’ve spent years holding it all together — strong, capable, and always there for everyone else. But lately, you’re tired. Anxious. Disconnected from who you really are. You wonder if anyone truly sees you… or if even you do.
You’ve spent years holding it all together — strong, capable, and always there for everyone else. But lately, you’re tired. Anxious. Disconnected from who you really are. You wonder if anyone truly sees you… or if even you do.
My approach is client-led, collaborative, and compassion focused, and I use a mix of cognitive and somatic (body based) techniques to help you strengthen your mind-body connection and heal your whole self - mind, body, and soul.
On the surface, you seem fine but inside, you’re overwhelmed, anxious and constantly doubting yourself. You struggle with saying "no" and asking for what you need. You aim for perfection, but there's still that nagging feeling that you're just not good enough. The pressure to be perfect and please everyone is exhausting and it can feel like there's no way out, but the good news is: you're not alone and it's possible to find relief. Together, we'll work on quieting your inner critic, setting boundaries without guilt, building healthy, authentic relationships with yourself and others, and finding peace and joy around and within you.
My approach is client-led, collaborative, and compassion focused, and I use a mix of cognitive and somatic (body based) techniques to help you strengthen your mind-body connection and heal your whole self - mind, body, and soul.
On the surface, you seem fine but inside, you’re overwhelmed, anxious and constantly doubting yourself. You struggle with saying "no" and asking for what you need. You aim for perfection, but there's still that nagging feeling that you're just not good enough. The pressure to be perfect and please everyone is exhausting and it can feel like there's no way out, but the good news is: you're not alone and it's possible to find relief. Together, we'll work on quieting your inner critic, setting boundaries without guilt, building healthy, authentic relationships with yourself and others, and finding peace and joy around and within you.
I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Person-Centered Therapy, while also incorporating somatic and mindfulness techniques to provide an integrative and holistic approach to therapy.
I specialize in working with teens and young women who have experienced trauma as they heal, grow, and find empowerment. My focus is offering a collaborative, compassionate approach to counseling in order to pave the way for personal growth and healing. I hope to meet you wherever you are on your journey, and through our work together, help you find alignment and fulfillment.
I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Person-Centered Therapy, while also incorporating somatic and mindfulness techniques to provide an integrative and holistic approach to therapy.
I specialize in working with teens and young women who have experienced trauma as they heal, grow, and find empowerment. My focus is offering a collaborative, compassionate approach to counseling in order to pave the way for personal growth and healing. I hope to meet you wherever you are on your journey, and through our work together, help you find alignment and fulfillment.
My number one goal as a therapist is to meet you with full acceptance of your entire lived experience and personhood. I value the time I get to spend with my clients and aim to provide an emotionally safe space for you to explore aspects of yourself you may have hidden or didn't even know existed. Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is my area of speciality that I use not only to help couples strengthen the connective tissue within their relationships, but I also help individuals restore supportive bonds with those they love.
My number one goal as a therapist is to meet you with full acceptance of your entire lived experience and personhood. I value the time I get to spend with my clients and aim to provide an emotionally safe space for you to explore aspects of yourself you may have hidden or didn't even know existed. Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is my area of speciality that I use not only to help couples strengthen the connective tissue within their relationships, but I also help individuals restore supportive bonds with those they love.
Sara Beth Austin | Perfectionism & Burnout Therapy
Professional Counselor Associate, MA, NCC, DARTT, RYT
3 Endorsed
Serves Area
Integrative counseling blends clinical science with somatic, attachment, and mindfulness-based interventions to foster safety and facilitate embodied healing experiences.
I help stressed, burnt-out perfectionistics learn to chill out and enjoy life. Whether you're a high-achieving student or health care professional, it’s exhausting to feel like you’re always ‘on’, performing, or wearing a mask. Too much of self-control, or overcontrol, makes it hard to relax, be present, and connect meaningfully with others. Overcontrol can lead to anxiety, depression, disordered eating, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and intimacy avoidance. You don’t have to struggle alone–I’ve been a therapist helping LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and other overcontrolled folx get unstuck for over 10 years.
Integrative counseling blends clinical science with somatic, attachment, and mindfulness-based interventions to foster safety and facilitate embodied healing experiences.
I help stressed, burnt-out perfectionistics learn to chill out and enjoy life. Whether you're a high-achieving student or health care professional, it’s exhausting to feel like you’re always ‘on’, performing, or wearing a mask. Too much of self-control, or overcontrol, makes it hard to relax, be present, and connect meaningfully with others. Overcontrol can lead to anxiety, depression, disordered eating, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and intimacy avoidance. You don’t have to struggle alone–I’ve been a therapist helping LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and other overcontrolled folx get unstuck for over 10 years.
I am trained in breathwork as well as dance and somatic movement, which can be valuable tools to connect body and emotions in the healing process.
I am honored to be a person with whom friends, colleagues and clients have trusted to share their stories and trials and triumphs of life. I believe that our shared connections, compassion and authenticity are precious gifts to our health and wellness. The ups and downs of life often get in the way of becoming our best selves. I love working with clients who are struggling to find that voice of authenticity that’s been hidden by loneliness, comparing themselves to an impossible ideal, or even years of trauma and abuse. Together, we’ll work in collaboration, incorporating connection to mind and body to reclaim a sense of wholeness.
I am trained in breathwork as well as dance and somatic movement, which can be valuable tools to connect body and emotions in the healing process.
I am honored to be a person with whom friends, colleagues and clients have trusted to share their stories and trials and triumphs of life. I believe that our shared connections, compassion and authenticity are precious gifts to our health and wellness. The ups and downs of life often get in the way of becoming our best selves. I love working with clients who are struggling to find that voice of authenticity that’s been hidden by loneliness, comparing themselves to an impossible ideal, or even years of trauma and abuse. Together, we’ll work in collaboration, incorporating connection to mind and body to reclaim a sense of wholeness.
Sometimes the days pass by and you still feel caught in the same patterns, feeling lost, or taken over by fear, grief, or shame. Perhaps you feel trapped in your own life, or have not felt heard for a long time. Maybe ever. If this is your struggle, I would love to work with you.
I am an anti-oppression practitioner. So, I want to help you see that you have intrinsic worth and dignity, despite layers of social and cultural conditioning that may make you feel otherwise. Together we'll deconstruct the power dynamics at play in your life, and consider the multitude of factors that have created you.
Sometimes the days pass by and you still feel caught in the same patterns, feeling lost, or taken over by fear, grief, or shame. Perhaps you feel trapped in your own life, or have not felt heard for a long time. Maybe ever. If this is your struggle, I would love to work with you.
I am an anti-oppression practitioner. So, I want to help you see that you have intrinsic worth and dignity, despite layers of social and cultural conditioning that may make you feel otherwise. Together we'll deconstruct the power dynamics at play in your life, and consider the multitude of factors that have created you.
Do you find yourself feeling anxious or worried, no matter how hard you try to relax? Do you struggle to connect in relationships or get caught in cycles of negative self-talk? Perhaps your grief or emotional pain feels overwhelming—like it might consume you at times.
You may be reaching a point where anxiety, relationship challenges, low self-esteem, or grief are taking too much from your life, leaving you feeling stuck or powerless to change things. Maybe it’s been so long since you’ve felt peace that you can hardly remember what that feels like.
But you are ready—for relief, for healing, and for a new way forward.
Do you find yourself feeling anxious or worried, no matter how hard you try to relax? Do you struggle to connect in relationships or get caught in cycles of negative self-talk? Perhaps your grief or emotional pain feels overwhelming—like it might consume you at times.
You may be reaching a point where anxiety, relationship challenges, low self-esteem, or grief are taking too much from your life, leaving you feeling stuck or powerless to change things. Maybe it’s been so long since you’ve felt peace that you can hardly remember what that feels like.
But you are ready—for relief, for healing, and for a new way forward.
I believe that healing begins with a strength that exists within ourselves. My role as a therapist is to help you connect with your inner strength that will provide the source of healing and creating meaningful change in your life. I also believe healing is fostered through healthy connection-with both self and with others. I take a holistic approach that honors the mind-body connection and recognizes how our thoughts, emotions, and physical experiences are deeply interconnected.
I believe that healing begins with a strength that exists within ourselves. My role as a therapist is to help you connect with your inner strength that will provide the source of healing and creating meaningful change in your life. I also believe healing is fostered through healthy connection-with both self and with others. I take a holistic approach that honors the mind-body connection and recognizes how our thoughts, emotions, and physical experiences are deeply interconnected.
Therapy is a place for you to name areas of pain, a place to feel without judgment, and a place to reclaim what is yours. Shame is the source of so much of this pain and judgment, convincing you that you are broken. Shame is often so intertwined with sexuality because of the societal silence around the topic. Perhaps sex is painful, perhaps you are more aware of others desires than your own, perhaps you feel empty from running on fumes and enjoyment is the last thing on your mind. Whatever the reason, engaging your sexual health can help overall wellness, and ultimately be the way back into relationship with yourself!
Therapy is a place for you to name areas of pain, a place to feel without judgment, and a place to reclaim what is yours. Shame is the source of so much of this pain and judgment, convincing you that you are broken. Shame is often so intertwined with sexuality because of the societal silence around the topic. Perhaps sex is painful, perhaps you are more aware of others desires than your own, perhaps you feel empty from running on fumes and enjoyment is the last thing on your mind. Whatever the reason, engaging your sexual health can help overall wellness, and ultimately be the way back into relationship with yourself!
I strive to create an affirming space where you can feel free to fully explore your inner world (even the messy parts!) and how it shapes the way you move through your life and relationships. My approach is integrative, drawing from various theories and modalities to create a therapy experience that feels safe yet challenging. Growth can be ugly and uncomfortable – and you don't have to do it alone.
I strive to create an affirming space where you can feel free to fully explore your inner world (even the messy parts!) and how it shapes the way you move through your life and relationships. My approach is integrative, drawing from various theories and modalities to create a therapy experience that feels safe yet challenging. Growth can be ugly and uncomfortable – and you don't have to do it alone.
With a keen emphasis on trauma-informed care,I address the brain's conditioned responses, emphasizing the importance of somatic, emotional and cognitive healing
You want to be the calm, loving, and present parent you never had, but the triggers, the guilt, and the self-doubt make it feel impossible. Maybe you lose patience and immediately spiral into shame, or you find yourself repeating patterns you swore you’d never pass down. You’re exhausted from walking on eggshells around your own emotions, terrified of "getting it wrong"
You’re trying to break cycles, but your past keeps pulling you back..
Healing while parenting is overwhelming—but you don’t have to do it alone
With a keen emphasis on trauma-informed care,I address the brain's conditioned responses, emphasizing the importance of somatic, emotional and cognitive healing
You want to be the calm, loving, and present parent you never had, but the triggers, the guilt, and the self-doubt make it feel impossible. Maybe you lose patience and immediately spiral into shame, or you find yourself repeating patterns you swore you’d never pass down. You’re exhausted from walking on eggshells around your own emotions, terrified of "getting it wrong"
You’re trying to break cycles, but your past keeps pulling you back..
Healing while parenting is overwhelming—but you don’t have to do it alone
Let’s explore what you need to feel listened to, supported and understood. Life is full of transitions and triumphs. The challenge is finding the strengths we already possess at a time when we don't especially feel our best.
Let’s explore what you need to feel listened to, supported and understood. Life is full of transitions and triumphs. The challenge is finding the strengths we already possess at a time when we don't especially feel our best.
Your life is a story of experiences that shape your thoughts, feelings, behaviors and relationships. My passion is to walk along side of you and share in your story to tap into your own internal, self healing capabilities to create the change you are looking for. I build on your strengths and add additional resources to build a solid foundation to support and guide your work. I can help adults who experienced trauma or loss, feeling stuck, anxiety, depression, anger or have relationship struggles.
Your life is a story of experiences that shape your thoughts, feelings, behaviors and relationships. My passion is to walk along side of you and share in your story to tap into your own internal, self healing capabilities to create the change you are looking for. I build on your strengths and add additional resources to build a solid foundation to support and guide your work. I can help adults who experienced trauma or loss, feeling stuck, anxiety, depression, anger or have relationship struggles.
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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.