Somatic Therapy

Maybe you’ve talked about your past. You’ve gained insight, made progress, even learned to manage the symptoms. But deep down, your nervous system still feels stuck.

You’re on edge without knowing why. Or numb when you should be feeling something. Your body knows the story—even when your mind has tried to move on.

At Rooted Therapy, we offer somatic therapy in Houston and virtually across Texas to help you reconnect with your body, release stored trauma, and find relief that talk therapy alone can’t always reach.

What Is Somatic Therapy?

Somatic therapy is a body-based approach to mental health that works with the connection between the mind and the nervous system. Instead of only talking about emotions, we tune into how those emotions show up in your body—through tension, shutdown, restlessness, or pain.

In somatic therapy, your body isn’t the problem. It’s the map.

This approach helps you:

• Recognize how your body responds to stress or trauma

• Learn to regulate your nervous system and come back to a sense of safety

• Release stuck emotions that talking alone hasn’t resolved

• Develop a deeper, more trusting relationship with your physical self

• Cultivate a sense of aliveness, agency, and inner stability

Whether your trauma is “big T” or built up over years of pushing through, somatic therapy offers a way to process it that includes your whole self.

Somatic Therapy Can Help If You:

• Feel disconnected from your body or emotions

• Have a hard time naming or accessing your feelings

• Experience anxiety, chronic tension, or numbness

• Shut down in moments of overwhelm or conflict

• Have a history of trauma, medical trauma, or emotional neglect

• Want to feel more grounded, embodied, and present

Somatic work is especially helpful for clients who’ve hit a wall with traditional talk therapy—or who know there’s more beneath the surface.

What Somatic Therapy Looks Like at Rooted Therapy

At Rooted Therapy, somatic therapy is integrated with trauma-informed care, meaning we go at your pace. There’s no forcing or flooding. Just gentle, curious exploration of what your body is already telling you.

Our sessions may include:

• Tuning into physical sensations and internal cues

• Tracking nervous system states (fight, flight, freeze, fawn)

• Breathwork, grounding, and resourcing techniques

• Movement or postural awareness (no yoga mat required)

• Connecting emotional patterns to bodily responses

We may also incorporate EMDR, IFS, or ACT depending on what feels most supportive for your healing.

You don’t need to have any experience with somatic work—we’ll guide you every step of the way.

Somatic Therapy in Houston or Online Throughout Texas

We offer in-person somatic therapy in Houston and virtual sessions throughout Texas, so you can access this work from wherever you are. Virtual somatic therapy can be just as powerful, especially with guidance and support.

Ready to Come Back to Yourself?

Your body has carried you through a lot. It deserves a chance to release what it’s been holding—and reconnect with ease, clarity, and presence.

If you’re looking for somatic therapy in Houston or online across Texas, we’re here to support your healing.

Schedule a free consultation today to learn more.