Somatic Experiencing Sessions
Stress Relief and Trauma Healing Online in SF Bay Area & Across CA
Feel more calm, centered, and in joy of life with 1:1 somatic support to gently heal your nervous system, without rehashing the past.
If you’re tired that your self-care routines aren’t giving you the results you need…
All of this will sound familiar to you…
You keep it together on the outside and deep down are overwhelmed and exhausted.
You are highly self-aware and have tried talk-therapy before and still feel stuck
You quickly say yes and put others first, when deep down you feel guilty because you actually want to say no
Let me show you a simpler way to heal, be in connection with others, and still honor your peace.
Healing doesn’t have to be complicated and you don’t need to retell your past.You can learn to listen to your own body and become your own inner-healer.
I’m Albania Alegria, LMFT, trauma trained and certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) dedicated to helping individuals like you to heal their nervous systems so that they have more life force energy and accomplish their goals.
Create a life that feels more stable than overthinking
You absolutely can…
Establish healthy boundaries, while being in authentic connection with others
Recover from stress and trauma and create a life of peace and joy.
How we create this transformation
What is Somatic Experiencing?
Recent research has shown us that trauma and stress lives and can get stuck in the body. If not attended to properly, we are susceptible to chronic illnesses and diseases that impact our overall wellbeing and relationships. Somatic Experiencing is a simple and slow body-led approach to heal stuck self protection patterns due to unresolved experiences in order to feel more nervous system regulation to feel more ease, joy, and connection inside and around you.
Benefits of Somatic Experiencing Sessions:
Reduction of fear: Experience relief from overwhelming feelings of fear.
Improved Emotional Regulation: Gain better control over your emotions and reactions.
Enhanced Positive Self-Perception: Increase your sense of self-worth and positive beliefs about yourself.
Relief from loss and grief: Reduce the intensity of grief and increase peace.
Improved perception of past trauma: Decrease of overwhelming emotions of the past event.
Discover the gentle healing of Somatic Experiencing and increase your life force energy that already lives inside you.
How does Somatic Experiencing
Sessions Work?
Somatic Experiencing is unlike other type of therapy, in that it follows your unique nervous system pattern, it’s slow, and involves moments of quietness to allow the body to integrate. Each session is different.
Here’s what you can expect:
Pre-work: The Intake Assessment
After applying, we meet for the first intake session, where we get clear on what your are experiencing (your nervous system state) and your goals. We also discuss your history, support system, and ways you’ve been coping. I provide recommendations and answer your questions.
We set the foundation for supporting your nervous system stabalization with tools tailored to your needs. There’s a lot of noticing, pausing, and less talking.
Note: We can be our own blind-spots, and having a trained somatic practitioner to slowly interrupt old stress and trauma patterns to heal is an important step in stress and trauma resolution. In order for you nervous system to truly heal long-term, it can take several sessions of slow body work to begin to see changes.
Resourcing Phase
Slow Trauma and Stress Resolution
We begin to get curious about challenging moments you would like to process. We engage with different channels in our physiology for the reprocessing. There’s a lot of pausing and noticing, and shifting to your resources, to build capacity. Here, the focus is on how your body speaks to you, on what it’s ready to release and integrate.
Lastly, we work towards integrating your new emotions, thoughts, and memories. This may look like quiet resting.
Integration
What do people say after trying Somatic Experiencing?
Clarity and action on how to support their nervous system
They have increased confidence to overcome stressors and challenges
Feeling neutral or little disturbance of the trauma or stress
Have new insights
Increased self-compassion and empowerment
More ease, calmness, groundedness, and peace.
Increased energy, strength, and resiliency
More authentic connections with self and others
Healthier and consistent boundaries
You’ll get access to:
60 minute intake assessment: get clear on your goals, receive recommendations, get a plan, and answer your questions
1:1 SE Sessions: Personalized sessions tailored to your nervous system and goals.
45 minute session
Actionable Feedback: Honest and constructive feedback to improve your skills
Somatic tools that work for your unique nervous system capacity and regulation.
Price: $230 (each session)
Currently not taking insurance. Private pay only.
What’s Included in SE Sessions?
faqs
Common questions about Somatic Experiencing
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Somatic Experiencing is a slow process unique to your nervous system. I use Somatic Experiencing and Polyvagal tools, to teach you about your nervous system and give you the tools for regulation. With longer term clients, I also incorporate Internal Family Systems-Informed, so you identify the parts keeping you stuck in survival mode, so you teach them a new way of being, feeling more self-compassion and confidence.
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Yes, you can do Somatic Experiencing online. Many people like to be in their home where they feel safe and supportive to engage in SE sessions.
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During the intake assessment, we get clarity on what you want to process, your current coping skills, and support systems.
However, if you are looking for a faster treatment, than it may not be a good fit for you yet, and it’s best to use other modalities.
You can take your time to prepare your mind and body in the future to engage SE work.
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Somatic Experiencing is safe when administered by a trained provider. Like many therapy modalities, SE may lead to emotional distress, re-traumatization or dissociation episodes. It’s important to let you provider know to tailor your treatment plan.
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You can apply first, and will contact you within 24-48 hours during Monday through Thursday. It’s important that you feel comfortable with me, so that you get the most of Somatic Experiencing. If we are not a good fit, I will provide you with referrals to other trained providers.
If we are a good fit, the first session will be an intake.
Let’s make healing simple.
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We’ll Connect
During our first 60 min intake session, you can share what your intentions are for healing and I’ll answer any questions you have. I’ll do an assessment and provide any clinical recommendations, and we can decide what path is right for you.
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Apply
Apply to see if we are a good fit.
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Doing The Work
We’ll start learning the tools to support you along the way, and continue on with the deeper work to meet your needs and intentions.