SOMATIC THERAPY
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CONSULTATION
& THERAPEUTIC SOMATIC COACHING
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A RESTORATIVE PROCESS THROUGH THE BODY
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Somatic Therapy is an invitation to deepen the process of self-knowledge, change, and recovery by involving the body and nervous system.
It supports you in three main areas, integrated into daily life: increasing body-mind awareness, adjunctive support for somatic-level trauma processing, and providing resources for self-regulation and relational well-being.
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Our functional capacities, habits and routines, our emotional responses, and beliefs are grounded and shaped by the state of the nervous system: brain-body-relationships.
Somatic Therapy consultations and programs engages sensations (sensory systems), emotions (affect), cognition (meaning), and embodied action (behavior) using a combined top-down and bottom-up approach. This modality supports you holistically, moving beyond a purely verbal or mindset-focused therapeutic process.
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Somatic Therapy is person centered, neurodiversity affirming, intersectional, and trauma-informed.
I accompany you on your journey to deepen both self-awareness and self-knowledge, cultivate care for your nervous system, and become more present, regulated, and connected.
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THE TERM SOMATIC COMES FROM SOMA
Soma is your organism and its aliveness, its intelligence from experience that holds.
In Somatic Therapy ​we recognise that we embody our emotions, our implicit memories, our skills, our thoughts and actions. Our intuition is the connection of our feeling sense and our wisdom.
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Verbal therapy and coaching are very helpful, and incorporating the body in the process gives a deeper layer of integration, especially when working with the impacts in the autonomic nervous system, the alert or safety feeling sense, which is primarily informed by our sensory processing and somatic functions.
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SOMATIC THERAPY FOR
NERVOUS SYSTEM CARE
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The consultation is about one hour long. It requires that you are in a comfortable space: a sofa, chair, floor mat, wherever is accessible and safe for you.
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We start with an evaluation process that take at least the first session, but you will get practical tools from the beginning.
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The interventions are focused on attunement to body sensations (aka listen to your body), expansion of emotional (affect) tolerance, embodied mindfulness, and meaning making.
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I use psychoeducation about the autonomic nervous system (and the whole NS), about trauma and embodiment because knowledge is empowering.
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I offer you recommendations for adapting your daily routine and environment so it promotes volitional change and balance.
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THERAPEUTIC COACHING
FOR NEURODIVERSITY ​
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This support modality is targeted for adults identified or diagnosticated with ADHD or Au-DHD, but not exclusively.
In a bundle of 8 sessions we include evaluations, interventions, and integration practices. This structure allows you to deepening in the 3 dimensions of work:
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- Sensory modulation
- Sustaining Attention
- Executive Functioning
I offer a somatic approach to occupational therapy, informed by embodied self-awareness and trauma-informed mindfulness to address our ongoing experience engaging and participating in our daily activities.
The program cover key aspects for wellbeing and functional support such as routine and habituation strategies, emotional regulation, nervous system care, and psychoeducation.
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LET'S WORK TOGETHER
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Book a free 30 minutes call to get to know each other and address all your questions.
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Fees and accessibility:
My services are offered at fair pricing, with flexibility built in to accommodate diverse financial situations.
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Online session regular fee: 75€
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Membership and package discount for 4 sessions
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I offer two donation-based sessions each month, subject to availability. Feel free to reach out!
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​Write me a message using the CONTACT form.
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Find me through my email: hello@jennifergardenia.com
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SOMATIC THERAPY IS FOR YOU
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR:
​​Nervous system regulation and care
Mind-body integration allows to strengthen the connection between your mental, functional, and emotional well-being, by embracing with your singularities and feeling alignment to your purposes.
Out of Survival Mode: Learn through experiential somatic practice how to relax, rest, and restore balance while developing curiosity, a sense of safety and ease. Process stress and trauma to support a resilient and flexible nervous system.
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Feeling at home in your body
Socio-emotional resilience means to develop self-kindness, and embodied safety from a nervous system awareness perspective to cope with the stress and challenges associated with adaptation to new places, cultures or life seasons.
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Neurodiversity-affirming support:
Personalized Therapeutic Coaching supports you in embracing your unique qualities and clarifying specific goals. Work with me to understand and embody the nuances of your neurodivergent brain-body.
As an Occupational Therapist, I integrate sensory, psychomotor, cognitive, and social and spiritual dimensions to promote a functional and enjoyable balance in your daily life.
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Self-knowledge through embodied Self-awareness:
I work from a non-pathologizing and politicized framework in somatic bodywork, incorporating experiential interventions, habituation strategies, structured routines, and mindfulness-based tools to support emotional regulation and nervous system care.
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SOMATIC THERAPY FAQ
Frequently
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Questions
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​Is Somatic Therapy a type of mental health therapy?
Yes and no. In my experience working in both public and private mental health, psychiatry, and coaching, I see a division between body and mind, social and medical, emotion and reasoning. I dedicate my work to integration because focusing solely on mental health feels insufficient.
Here, we work in and through the nervous system from an ecological perspective.
Trauma, chronic stress, and dysregulation are deeply interconnected with external social conditions and systems of oppression, as well as with our internal conditions, such as the immune system, endocrine system, and beyond.
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Can I take Somatic Therapy if I am neurodivergent?
Yes, you can. Every-body can benefit of taking care of their nervous system and deepening self-knowledge through self-awareness. I work mainly with persons with ADHD, AuADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and bipolar diagnosis.Everyone is welcome, and if I feel we are not a good match I will suggest other care professional.
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Can I take Somatic Therapy if I am not neurodivergent?
Yes, of course. Everybody can benefit of taking care of their nervous system and deepening self-knowledge through self-awareness. In the neurodiversity-affirmative perspective we acknowledge and embrace all the different manifestations and singularities including those defined as neurotypical.
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Can someone with high support needs or intellectual and developmental disabilities take Somatic Therapy?
Yes. My services are neurodiversity-affirming and I am committed to offer the support to persons who embody diverse qualities across the spectrum. In some cases, a caregiver is involved along the process and Somatic Therapy can be highly supportive and empowering for them as well.
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Can I take Somatic Therapy if I have physical conditions, like pain, or limited movement?
Yes, totally.
You will always get benefits from caring and regulating your nervous system. I work directly with persons with physical disabilities and I am constantly deepening my learning to provide safe practices that better suits unique bodies with all range of capacities. I consider myself a disability advocate.
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Can I try only one session of Somatic Therapy?
Yes, of course. You are free to take as many sessions as you want. You will always get the information from my observations and advice. Even though the first session is mostly about evaluation and assessments you can get benefits from it and decide freely if you are ready to deepening your process.
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​Does Somatic Therapy works replacing psychological or psychiatric treatment?
No. While Somatic Therapy can be beneficial for supporting self-knowledge, self-regulation, well-being, and holistic mental health, it is not a replacement for clinical treatment. Somatic Therapy works well as adjunctive support alongside clinical care. Most of my clients are engaged in clinical treatment, with or without pharmacological support. Some clients grant me consent to connect with other professionals who are working with them.
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What does the word Somatic means?
Somatic comes from the Greek word Soma, simply referring to the body. In somatic practices, somatic studies, somatic psychology, somatic coaching, and somatic education, the body—as a process experiencing the Self—is always taken into account.
In many Eastern philosophies, indigenous traditions, and ancestral wisdoms, the body is considered an energetic vehicle intimately connected to the spirit, the land, nature, and the community. It is through the body that we access consciousness. I see somatic practices reflected in all ancestral traditions.
Our culture is currently facing the ecological and social consequences of centuries of disembodied living, shaped by collective traumas. That said, there is a rich development of disciplines from phenomenology, neuroscience, body psychotherapy, somatic studies, and somatic trauma resolution approaches in our contemporary times.
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Is yoga related to Somatic Therapy?
In my work, I prefer to integrate and nourish all the disciplines I have encountered. I see that neuroscience, mindfulness, and some evidence-based trauma therapies are a translation and confirmation of yoga practices and knowledge.
Yoga is an ancestral somatic practice, developed over ancient times, and it regards the embodied experience as a fundamental aspect of the discipline.
Yoga is a diverse system that has evolved across time and places.
Yoga can be therapeutic (there is an entire science behind it called Ayurveda, and today, yoga therapy also exists). Traditionally, however, yoga was a body-based practice aimed at unveiling the soul (Atman), identifying with the greatest consciousness (Purusha), and attaining liberation (Moksha).
I am a Sensorial Yoga instructor, and my professional service and practice are deeply influenced by somatic studies, relational neurosciences, yoga ethics, and Buddhism.
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