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Reconnect with your body

1:1 Trauma-Informed Somatic Therapy

For those experiencing freeze, overwhelm and disconnection

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What is Trauma-Informed Somatic Therapy?

Somatic therapy is a body-based approach to self- healing

It recognises that stress and survival responses live not only in the mind, but in the nervous system and the body.  You do not need to identify with the word trauma for this work to be relevant. Trauma-informed simply means we prioritise safety, pacing and choice. Nothing is forced. Your body sets the rhythm.  In sessions, you are supported to notice what is happening in your body, gently build capacity for regulation and work carefully with patterns of freeze, shutdown or overwhelm. Over time, this helps you reconnect with sensation, emotion and your own inner signals.  We work with what is present, without pushing or bypassing, allowing change to unfold in a way your system can integrate.

Who this work is for

Many of the people  I work with are deeply self-aware, yet feel something essential is missing. This work is about restoring that missing sense of connection from the inside out. You may understand your patterns, you may have insight, you may even know why you feel the way you do. And still, your body remains tense, numb, frozen or exhausted. Trauma-informed somatic therapy offers a different way - one that works with the nervous system, not against it. This is slow, body-based, relational work for women who are ready to come home to themselves.

What we work with together

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Each 1:1 somatic therapy session is responsive to you and your nervous system, but may include: tracking sensation and felt sense, gentle somatic awareness and grounding practices, working with breath, exploring freeze, shutdown and survival responses, resourcing safety, choice and self-trust, and integrating emotional experience without overwhelm. There is no expectation to talk about everything and there is no need to relive the past. We move at the speed your body allows.

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Clients often experience increased capacity to feel without becoming overwhelmed, a softening of chronic tension, numbness or shutdown, greater emotional range and presence, improved nervous system regulation, clearer boundaries and inner signals and a deeper sense of safety and self-trust. These shifts are often subtle at first but deeply meaningful. This work supports long-term change rather than quick fixes.

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Book a 1:1 session

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Laura offers both online and in-person 1:1 somatic therapy sessions. If you’ve been looking for a somatic therapist in Beverley or the surrounding East Yorkshire area, Laura's in-person sessions are available on Wednesdays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at Waffle 21, in a private therapy room designed to feel grounded, calm and contained. Evening appointments are available on a Thursday. Explore the 1:1 somatic therapy packages below and make some savings per session when you buy a bundle. Flexible payment options are available upon request. You'll be directed to the private studio hub to complete your booking.

1 x 75-minute Somatic Therapy session

(£75 per session) In person or online (to be used within 1 month of purchase). Includes access to a personal resource space with carefully selected somatic practices and resources to support your process. Access is available for 1 month from the date of purchase.

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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

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Practical details

Session format: Individual sessions either in person or online

Location: In person sessions take place in Beverley, East Yorkshire. Online sessions are available for those who prefer to work remotely

Session length: 75-minutes

Frequency: We’ll discuss what feels supportive for you

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If this work resonates, you are very welcome to book a free connection call. It is simply an opportunity for us to meet, share a virtual cuppa and explore whether somatic therapy feels like the right next step for you.

Meet Laura

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Laura Starky is the founder of the Somatic Wellness Hub and a somatic therapist with over 25 years’ experience in trauma, mental health and substance misuse. Her work draws on trauma-informed somatic therapy and non-dual contemplative wisdom, supporting adults who often have strong self-awareness yet still find themselves caught in repeating emotional patterns or nervous system overwhelm. Alongside her therapy practice, Laura teaches embodied meditation and holds small group circles that support people to reconnect with the body and integrate their experiences in everyday life.

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