“Healing is about reclaiming our power and rewriting our future.”
–Peter A. Levine
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I'm am Integrative Somatic Practitioner and Nervous System Coach. I offer a body-based, bottom up, approach to healing. One that goes beyond just words and uses the language of the body (sensations).
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Together, we begin to open a dialogue with your body… so you can understand yourself more deeply and start to make sense of your inner world.
Because the truth is: Everything your body is doing makes sense.
Even the patterns, pains, and symptoms that feel confusing, frustrating, or overwhelming are not mistakes. They are your body’s way of protecting you - acting in loyal, intelligent, and deeply caring service to your survival.
At some point, your system adapted in order to get you through something that felt like too much. And those adaptations may have helped you survive.
But now, they might also be the very things keeping you from fully thriving.
My work is about gently supporting your nervous system to find more regulation, flexibility, and choice.
Using Somatic Experiencing® and somatic parts work (Inner Relationship Focusing), we begin to:
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unwind patterns that no longer serve you
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build a more compassionate relationship with your body
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and create space for new ways of responding to and moving through life
Instead of feeling like you’re in a constant inner struggle, we slow things down and begin to listen.
You get to know the different parts of yourself and in turn, those parts get to feel heard, understood, and supported.
Over time, this can feel a lot like reparenting... offering yourself the care, presence, and connection you may not have received when you needed it most.
From that place, something shifts.
There’s more ease.
More clarity.
More capacity to be with your life as it is.
And more room to become who you are meant to be.​
Hi, I'm Meredith
The term somatic refers to the body. In Somatic Coaching we work with the animal body and felt sense to find peace, ease, and safety.
To quote Bessel van der Kolk, "The body keeps the score".
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You might find this approach supportive if:
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You've been carrying a lot for a long time - stress, trauma, or just the weight of life.
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You understand your patterns intellectually, but that insight and knowledge hasn’t translated into real change
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You’ve done traditional therapy and/or you've read all of the self-help books but still feel stuck or like something isn’t quite shifting
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You notice yourself repeating the same habits/patterns/relationships - you may even believe you are 'self-sabotaging'
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You have a sense there's more available to you, but you're not sure how to access it
Somatic Work may also help if you're experiencing:
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Feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or like your system is always “on”
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Numbness, shutdown, or not quite feeling like yourself
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Trouble sleeping or fully settling
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Ongoing pain or health concerns that don’t fully make sense
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Holding yourself to very high standards - or feeling like you can’t slow down
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Struggles in relationships, or finding yourself in familiar dynamics
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Patterns that feel hard to stop, even when part of you wants to
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A quiet (or loud) sense of shame, self-doubt, or not quite trusting yourself
Who benefits from Somatic Work?
Key elements of Somatic Work:
Body Awareness: Somatic coaching helps you become more attuned to your body’s signals and sensations. This might involve noticing tension, discomfort, or sensations like warmth, tightness, or relaxation, and using these sensations as guides to understand emotional or mental states.
Mind-Body Connection: We explore how the mind and body are interconnected. For example, stress, trauma, or unprocessed emotions might manifest physically (e.g., chronic pain, headaches, tightness), and somatic coaching helps individuals address the underlying emotional or psychological causes of those physical experiences.
Embodied Practices: Together we may do exercises that involve breathing, movement, or mindfulness to help move stress and complete interrupted survival responses. Techniques might include deep breathing, grounding exercises, guided visualization, or movement practices like yoga or dance.
Healing isn’t something we’re meant to do alone.
We heal in connection - with presence, with care, and with someone who can meet us where we are.
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If you’re feeling drawn to this work, I’d love to connect.
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I offer sessions both virtually and in person in Cincinnati, Ohio.