Relational Somatic Psychotherapy

Counselling

We are all shaped by what we’ve lived through. Every one of us has a unique inner system — a mix of memories, body responses, beliefs, and ways we learned to cope. These experiences leave imprints in the body, and over time they can start to influence how safe we feel, how we see ourselves, how we make choices, and how we show up in relationships.

When those early or overwhelming experiences don’t get processed, they can pull us toward anxiety, shutdown, confusion, or a sense that we’re constantly bracing for something. This is a nervous system in survival mode.

But the good news is that our bodies are designed to heal. We just don’t heal well in isolation.

Relational Somatic Psychotherapy blends talking with slowing down enough to notice what’s happening through the lens of the body — sensation, breath, emotion, impulses, images. These are often the things that get missed when we’re trying to understand ourselves only from the mind.

Instead of analyzing or intellectualizing, we gently get curious about what’s happening in the moment. This is where survival patterns start to loosen, and where you begin to feel the difference between the parts of you that protect and the parts of you that want connection, clarity, or change.

This work can be really supportive for folks with complex systems — people who grew up with misattunement, are neurodivergent, have CPTSD, or have lived through relational trauma. It’s also helpful for people integrating psychedelic or spiritual experiences that felt too big or too fast for the system.

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"What was wounded in relationship heals in relationship." Mariah Moser