In-Person Somatic Intensives for Deep, Focused Trauma Recovery
For individuals seeking accelerated results, in-person somatic intensives offer immersive trauma healing using advanced Somatic Experiencing® methods, touch work, and personalized nervous system repair.
What Are Somatic Intensives?
Intensives are extended 1:1 sessions designed to support deeper shifts in a shorter period of time. They blend:
Somatic Experiencing
trauma-informed touch work
movement & grounding
embodied processing
resourcing and integration
These experiences allow your nervous system to settle, unwind, and reorganize at a profound level.
Who Intensives Are For
Ideal for individuals who:
have tried therapy but need deeper results
feel stuck in persistent patterns
want immersive trauma healing
are preparing for or recovering from major life transitions
want nervous system reset
prefer in-person somatic support
desire a transformative, high-contact format
What Happens During an Intensive
Arrival and Orientation
We begin with a slow check in to understand what feels most present and to help your system arrive.
Nervous System Mapping
We explore your patterns of activation, shutdown, and capacity to understand how your system is functioning.
Movement & Embodiment Practices
Through gentle sensation-based work & subtle movement, we engage stuck patterns and support more flow.
Somatic Touch Work
Some patterns don't have words. Somatic touch work reaches what talk and verbal practice sometimes can't.
Integration Process
We close by noticing what shifted and what is different, clarifying what supports you, and identifying what feels possible moving forward.
Benefits of Somatic Intensives
profound nervous system reset
deeper emotional release
breakthrough moments
renewed vitality & clarity
embodied safety
long-lasting integration
Frequently Asked Questions
Intensives run over 2 to 3 days, available on weekends or weekdays depending on your schedule. This format is also a more accessible way to approach concentrated somatic work. You don't need to commit to months of weekly sessions to make meaningful progress. For people who are traveling to Toronto, working around a busy schedule, or simply prefer a dedicated block of work over ongoing weekly appointments, the intensive format is worth considering.
No. Everything is consent-based. Touch work is one clinical tool available within sessions where it is appropriate and explicitly consented to. Many clients do significant work without any touch at all.
No. All bodies are welcome. The opening of the intensive is specifically designed to orient you to the work, whatever your starting point.
Weekly sessions work incrementally. There is value in that, but there is also a gap: you make progress in a session, then spend a week in your regular life before you can build on it. An intensive removes that gap. You get more time, more continuity, and fewer transitions between the work and everything else. For some presentations and some people, that continuity makes a significant difference in what becomes accessible.
The days following an intensive are part of the work. It is common to feel tired, or to notice things continuing to shift after the session ends. That is normal and worth planning for. Clear your schedule after if you can. If you are already working with a therapist, it is worth letting them know you are doing an intensive so they can support what comes up. A follow-up session can also be arranged if needed.
An intensive tends to be a good fit if you want to do significant work in a concentrated period, if you are traveling to Toronto and want to make a dedicated trip of it, or if weekly incremental work has not been moving things the way you had hoped. It is not a retreat and it is not a group experience. It is a dedicated block of one-on-one somatic work, structured around what you specifically bring to it. If you are not sure, a free consultation is the place to start.
Book an In-Person Somatic Intensive
Start a transformational healing process—deep, safe, embodied.