Healing from the inside out.

Somatic Experiencing Therapy connects your mind to your body by learning how to regulate your nervous system and digest stuck stress energy (aka trauma). It teaches your body/mind/heart to experience emotions in a healthy way. You have the opportunity to unravel stuck trauma so you can heal your mind, body, and heart. This work will remind you how to be fully HUMAN.

You'll embark upon this type of work if:

Anxiety, disappointment, and stress have become unmanageable.
Depression or anxiety is present for you a lot of the time.
You feel unfulfilled, disconnected, addicted, angry, or sad a lot of the time.
You have trouble following through or feel blocked.
You have had major surgeries or chronic illnesses as a child or adult.
You experienced birth trauma.
You've been in a traumatic accident.
You're experiencing grief and loss of any kind.
You're going through a major life transition.
You've tried every alternative therapy that you can think of and nothing is giving you lasting results.
you experience an inability to focus
health challenges like sleep problems, weight gain, memory impairment, headache, chronic neck, shoulder, and back tension, stomach problems, and increased vulnerability to illness.

Specialty

While I work with all age groups, my specialty and passion is millennial women and/or their daughters who experience anxiety and depression, feeling stuck or have chronic pain. Also, women with a history of surgeries or medical procedures, and handling grief.

Somatic Therapy is offered in Andersonville, Chicago and as telehealth via skype or zoom.

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FAQ’s

Do you take insurance?
No. You will be paying out of pocket for Somatic Therapy with Dorie.

Are you a psychotherapist or licensed counselor?
I am a trained yoga instructor (been teaching and training teachers since 2001) and I am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner working with clients since 2017.

What does somatic mean?
Somatic means “of the body”. This type of therapeutic work will focus on your nervous system which is your brain in your body. We will definitely be talking but while your story is important, that won’t be the focus of the work. We will use story as an entry point into your body so you can work with it in a way that changes how you feel.

Will we be doing yoga in a session?
We may do yoga in a session if that’s what your body needs or to connect to your body. However, the skills learned in yoga are very different that the one’s used in Somatic Experiencing therapy sessions. We will be practicing Nervous system training exercises to help your system to regulate as well as developing a keen awareness of your body’s sensations and impulses, mental images/memories, and emotions.

I don’t want to dive into my past and talk about all of the hard things that have happened in my life. Will this still work for me?
Yes, this will be perfect for you. We will definitely use your story as an entry point into the nervous system but that isn’t the meat and potatoes of the work. The majority of the time we will be in a relationship with and tending to your nervous system which is your body’s experiences of things. For example, we will be tracking your body’s sensations, emotions, images, and impulses.