Somatic Experiencing® Touch Work

Somatic Experiencing® Touch offers a gentle yet profound way to help the body resolve the lingering effects of trauma. It is done while clothed and sitting or lying on a massage table.

Using light contact and supportive holds—anywhere from 1 to 10 minutes—this work supports coregulation, where a safe and regulated nervous system meets yours, helping it feel secure enough to soften, release, and restore.

Through this process, held survival energy can begin to move through the body—especially in the joints and the seven diaphragms, common places where the nervous system compartmentalizes energy to protect from overwhelm. This gentle unwinding can repattern the effects of early childhood neglect, offering your system the contact and holding it may have longed for but never safely received.

Unlike massage, Somatic Experiencing® Touch is not about manipulating muscles, but about meeting your nervous system where it is, with deep listening and steady presence. Sessions can feel calming and restorative, but may also bring moments of activation as long-held energy is freed. The result is often a greater sense of safety, vitality, and flexibility— both physically, and emotionally.

If you are interested in SE® Touch, we would start with a consult and then 1-3 sessions of Somatic Experiencing without touch, to assess whether touch work is the right fit for you.