Hi, I'm Tara

The sessions are one hour. At times, the sessions may extend past one hour provided it is agreed upon by both parties.

You book the sessions as you feel required. Some clients are comfortable with one session. Having three or more sessions, or being in a 3-month program allows for a deeper experience and foundation to emerge. 

Each somatic session is a process that depends on each person independently, and takes different amount of times for for processes. This can occur quickly in a session, gradually or require more time to be engaged in an integrative process. During and after the sessions you will notice shifts in your ways of thinking, feelings in your body, and how you're showing up for yourself and others to know how the sessions are going. 

The sessions are based on empowering you with the tools and techniques to gain a more authentic, fulfilling and joyful life, eventually requiring less sessions, and enable you to master your emotions more easily while tuning into your body's awareness more naturally. Your nervous system is your guide.

There aren't any expectations in the sessions.

The sessions are created for you to explore emotions that you are comfortable with and reveal as much as you like as the session unfolds. 

There aren't any expectations about what needs to be shared as the unfolding of the session in each moment will guide your inner trust system. The supportive and non-judemental space of each session will provide you to adjust to your own comfort level. 

Being comfortable in each session is of primary importance, and what you choose to share will depend on your willingness and ability to tune in to what your body, mind and heart feels and have it received in a safe and supportive space.

As a result of internal changes in your mindset, your attitudes and behaviors may change and as a result, reflect in your relationships toward yourself and others.  

While each session offers a unique opportunity for exploration, be prepared for some changes in your life that vary in quality and intensity.

Follow-up is available at any time. This can be arranged by booking another session or by connecting through email to establish your needs and expectations. Support is always available throughout the program.

During sessions, a client may re-live a memory, experiences and feelings that cause emotional responses and bring awareness of possible pain points. Each process can be managed through patience and practicing self-care. The sessions offer a container where dysregulation may occur, but is monitored and shifted into a more regulated state.

You may feel these emotions arise during sessions and bringing awareness to them while being present to them, and approaching them compassionately.

It is recommended to have a free schedule for the remainder of the day after a session for any emotional processing, and to engage in self care practices that means taking it a little bit extra easy with yourself.

Emotions that arise from the sessions vary for each person, in quantity and intensity. The sessions encourage a space of compassion and supportive resources for you to support comfort and care.

Self-care practices can include drinking plenty of water, and having rest after a session.  Each person may have their own comfort routine and this is encouraged throughout the sessions and after.  Self-care can also include working less, taking time for yourself, going for long walks in nature, limiting tv and cell phone use, reading good books, listening to gentle music and pampering yourself.

Having had an extensive amount of training to be trauma-trained, I place the care and well-being of everyone I work in the highest importance. Being trained in the academies of leaders in the field of somatic therapy and decades of experience as a certified yoga instructor and facilitator ensures spaces are held with the highest ofintegrity and care.

I have certifications in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Practitioner, and Somatic Attachment Therapy Practitioner that includes study in the fields of Somatic Experiencing and trauma with Dr. Peter Levine; Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Parts Work with Fran Booth; Polyvagal theory and pathways to connection with Deb Dana; Somatic psychology and trauma recovery with Dr. Arielle Schwartz; Alchemical resilience with Nkem Ndego; Trauma and Embodied movement with Dr. Scott Lyons; Inner Relationship Focusing with Ann Weiser Cornell; Sensorimotor psychotherapy with Dr. Pat Ogden; Roots of Developmental Trauma with Dr. Ruella Frank; Hakomi Core principles with Manuela Mischke-Reeds; and Balancing Individual and Collective Trauma with Staci Hanes to name a few.