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How to run a Somatic Therapy Session

awareness embodied processing healing nervous system regulation May 13, 2026
 

Most therapeutic work happens from the neck up. Talking, analysing, reframing thoughts. For many people, especially those carrying trauma, that approach only goes so far before it hits a wall.

The reason isn't a lack of effort or insight. It's that the imprints we're trying to shift don't live in the thinking mind. They live in the body — in the nervous system, in the felt sense, in the survival patterns laid down long before we had words for what was happening.

In this live class, Ryan and Matt walk through how we structure a somatic therapy session inside the Embodied Processing framework: building somatic awareness, finding a resource, working with sensation rather than just emotion, inviting in the parts of ourselves we've been pushing away, tracing those parts back to their origins, and supporting the body to complete what it didn't get to complete the first time.

If you've ever wondered what a somatic session actually involves — or why this kind of work tends to reach the places talk-based approaches don't — this is a clear, practical walkthrough from the inside.

 


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What you'll learn

  • Why cognitive-only approaches reach a ceiling when working with trauma
  • How early imprints form, and why they continue to run our adult lives
  • The difference between emotion and sensation, and why that distinction is the gateway to deeper work
  • The full Embodied Processing session flowchart, from intake to integration
  • The orientation that holds it all together — "all is welcome here" and "no part of you needs fixing"

 

Who this class is for
 

Therapists, counsellors and coaches looking to add body-based approaches to their practice. Practitioners and healers exploring trauma-informed work. And anyone doing their own healing who wants to understand what a somatic session actually involves before walking into one.

 

Learn more about the Embodied Processing Practitioner Training here:
https://www.thecentreforhealing.com/embodied-processing


For taking this class we’re offering 40% enrollment.
Just enter coupon code EP40 at checkout :)