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Somatic
Therapy.

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The Approach

Healing through the body,
not just the mind.

Somatic therapy is a body-centred approach to healing that works with the nervous system directly. Rather than relying solely on verbal processing, it invites the body into the healing conversation — recognising that trauma, stress, and emotional pain are held not only in the mind, but in the muscles, breath, and physiological memory of the nervous system.

At Holina, somatic therapy is woven into every programme. Your somatic practitioner works in close collaboration with your psychotherapist and medical lead — ensuring body-level healing and clinical care move together from the first session.

Somatic therapy at Holina Healing
The Practice

What somatic therapy
involves at Holina.

Nervous System Mapping

We begin by understanding how your body holds stress and tension. Your practitioner guides you through exercises that build awareness of your physical patterns and automatic responses — without judgement, and at your own pace.

Breathwork & Body Awareness

Guided breathwork helps regulate the nervous system, creating physiological states of calm from which deeper healing becomes possible. Breath is one of the few autonomic functions we can consciously influence.

Trauma Release Exercises

Specific movement and tension-release practices help discharge stored stress responses held in the body — gently, progressively, and always within your window of tolerance.

Somatic Integration

What emerges in individual psychotherapy is brought into the body. What releases in somatic practice is explored in talk therapy. The two inform each other — creating change at more than one level.

Who This Supports

Somatic therapy tends to be
particularly helpful for:

  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Complex trauma and early life experiences
  • Chronic stress and nervous system dysregulation
  • Anxiety held in the body
  • Burnout and emotional exhaustion
  • Dissociation or disconnection from the body
  • Grief and loss
  • Those who have tried talk therapy and want to go deeper
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THE EVIDENCE

Backed by
peer-reviewed research.

Somatic Experiencing for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Outcome Study
Brom, Stokar, Lawi, et al. · Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2017

The first known randomized controlled study of Somatic Experiencing found significant effects on both PTSD symptom severity and depression, pre- to post-treatment and at follow-up.

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A Pilot RCT of a Body-Oriented Group Therapy for Complex Trauma Survivors: An Adaptation of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Classen, Hughes, Clark, et al. · Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 2020

A pilot randomized controlled trial testing a group-based adaptation of sensorimotor psychotherapy for complex trauma survivors.

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Somatic Experiencing – Effectiveness and Key Factors of a Body-Oriented Trauma Therapy: A Scoping Literature Review
Kuhfuß, Maldei, Hetmanek, Baumann · European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2021

A scoping review of 16 studies found preliminary evidence that Somatic Experiencing reduces PTSD, affective, and somatic symptoms, identifying resource-orientation and touch as key mechanisms.

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Integrated with: Polyvagal Therapy Sound Healing Individual Psychotherapy Group Therapy

Somatic therapy is part of every programme.
Let’s find the right one for you.

All enquiries are confidential, with no obligation.

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