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Integrative Somatic Therapist

Somatic wisdom for awakening, healing and aliveness

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A gentle place to land

You may have arrived here after years of trying to feel better

Perhaps you have explored therapy, mindfulness, breathwork, self-help books or spiritual practice, and while some things helped, something still feels unresolved in your body. You might live with anxiety, burnout, emotional shutdown or a constant sense of holding it all together. Your nervous system may feel switched on even when nothing is “wrong”. Or you may be navigating recovery, neurodivergence or spiritual awakening, recognising how years of adapting, masking or pushing through have impacted your nervous system. We honour your natural wiring while supporting your system to feel safer and more resourced.

 

Many people begin therapy wanting to feel better. That’s understandable. But what if the task is not simply to feel better, but to learn how to feel? To stay with yourself rather than turn away when things become uncomfortable. To build the kind of inner trust that allows you to meet your experience without shutting down or pushing it aside.

Somatic therapy starts with the body

A trauma-informed, body-based approach to healing

Somatic therapy supports nervous system regulation by listening to how experiences live in the body, not just how we think about them. When stress, trauma or overwhelm happen, especially early in life, the body adapts to survive. Over time, those survival patterns can show up as anxiety, emotional numbness, people-pleasing, perfectionism, addiction or functional freeze.

 

Rather than analysing or reliving the past, my approach to somatic therapy works gently in the present moment. We build safety first, then support the body to unwind what it has been holding, at a pace your nervous system can hold. This work unfolds gradually and gently, yet its impact can be profound, reshaping how your nervous system relates to stress, emotion and connection.

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Hi, I'm Laura

Founder of Somatic Wellness, I’m a trauma-informed integrative somatic therapist and meditation teacher with over 25 years’ experience in mental health, trauma and substance misuse. Beyond my professional training, I bring lived experience. For much of my life, I survived through functional freeze, appearing capable on the outside while feeling numb, anxious and disconnected inside. Alcohol, overworking and perfectionism became ways to cope. Despite insight and spiritual curiosity, my nervous system never truly felt safe. Everything changed when I found a somatic path. Through sobriety, yoga, meditation and somatic therapy, my body began to soften. Awareness moved out of my head and into lived experience. Healing became less about striving and more about listening. Today, I support others to find an embodied, grounded reconnection. 

Do you long to feel at home in your body again?

This is especially supportive for therapists, carers, healers and space-holders who have spent years supporting others while neglecting their own nervous system. This work may support you if?

Ways to work together

I offer a range of trauma-informed, body-led spaces designed to meet you where you are.

1:1 Somatic Therapy

Personalised support for deep healing and regulation: My 1:1 somatic therapy sessions offer a slow, body-led approach to healing trauma, freeze, overwhelm and emotional numbness. This work is relational, attuned and deeply respectful of your pace. We listen to the body rather than pushing for insight or change. I offer both online and in-person sessions. My 1:1 in-person somatic therapy sessions are held at Waffle 21 in Beverley, every Tuesday and Thursday.

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“Laura was a revelation. For the first time I learned how to truly recognise the patterns in my body and what it feels like to be deeply relaxed.”

Sally

Healing doesn't come from forcing change

Change doesn’t happen by pushing yourself 

It happens when the right conditions for safety and connection are in place, allowing the nervous system to soften and new experiences of belonging, trust and aliveness to emerge. This work isn’t about fixing what’s broken. It’s about remembering what was never lost. If something in your body softened while reading this, that’s enough for now. You’re welcome to explore at your own pace, or take the next step when it feels right.

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