what is somatic therapy?
Somatic Therapy for Mothers: A Body-Based Approach to Emotional Healing
If you’re a mother who feels overwhelmed, exhausted, or disconnected from yourself, you’re not alone and you’re not broken.
Somatic therapy is a trauma-informed, body-guided approach to healing that helps you:
Reconnect with your nervous system
Release stored stress and emotion
Return to a grounded, joyful sense of self
As a somatic therapist working with mothers for over 3 years, I’ve supported women through birth trauma, emotional shutdown, burnout, and disconnection. Not necessarily to understand why they feel the way they do, but to finally shift it.
Why Somatic Therapy?
Traditional talk therapy helps us make sense of our stories. But somatic therapy goes a layer deeper - into the body, where trauma and emotional patterns are often held.
For mothers, these emotional patterns can look like:
Reactivity or rage at small things
Overwhelm, fatigue, or numbness
Feeling like you’ve lost yourself
Disconnection from your joy, your body, or your partner
Guilt and pressure to "hold it all together"
Somatic therapy supports you to meet those feelings with compassion and intrigue instead of judgment or criticism.
It’s a way to come back home to yourself and rewrite your relationship with yourself.
How Somatic Therapy Works
We begin by building safety in the body - not by diving into your hardest memories, but by resourcing you with practices that increase your capacity to feel, rest, and regulate.
You do not need to have ever “worked” with your body before, nor understand how to connect with it. You are fully guided and supported to develop this skill.
Somatic therapy might include:
Awareness of sensations, breath, or energy
Gentle guidance through memory or emotion
Identifying protective patterns like people-pleasing or control
Observing images, visualisation, or energetic presences in your field
It’s a supported, guided reconnection to the wisdom your body already holds. At the pace that is right for you body.
What Makes My Approach Unique
As a certified Focalizing practitioner and mother-focused therapist, I bring:
Over 10 years of personal healing experience
3+ years working with mothers through transition, trauma, and reconnection
Deep intuitive and somatic attunement
A grounded, compassionate, non-judgmental space
Clients say they feel deeply held, surprised by how much can shift in a single session, and often begin to feel relief and reconnection from the very start.
"Working with Charlotte has helped me turn some big corners that I didn't quite know were there. She guided me to safe places within my body, letting my body speak and move without judgement." - Leonie
Is Somatic Therapy Right For You?
If you:
Feel like you’re constantly giving but never replenishing
Long for more presence and patience with your kids
Have tried other forms of therapy but still feel stuck
Feel tension or numbness in your body
Want to stop overthinking and start feeling again
...then somatic therapy can help.
You don’t have to force change. You can feel it unfold gently, at your own pace.
When your body feels safe and trusting, it is astounding what can emerge and shift in a short space of time.
Next Step: Explore The Embodied Mother
If you’re curious about somatic therapy and ready for deeper support, I invite you to explore The Embodied Mother - my signature 4-month 1:1 program designed specifically for mothers ready to reconnect with themselves, heal from the inside out, and reclaim joy.
Learn more about The Embodied Mother
Or book a free 45-minute call to ask your questions and discover if this work is right for you.
From Charlotte - on Somatic Therapy “The Process”