Mental health therapy at Soma & Soul provides online, trauma-informed therapy for adult individuals across Ohio. Services focus on anxiety, trauma, depression, chronic stress, and mind-body symptoms using somatic-informed therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?
In ACT, we focus on being present with your experiences rather than trying to push them away. You’ll explore what truly matters to you and learn practical tools to live in alignment with your values, even when emotions feel intense.
What is Somatic-Informed Therapy?
Somatic-informed therapy helps you tune into your body to understand how stress and trauma are held physically. Through gentle awareness and techniques, you can release tension, regulate your nervous system, and feel more grounded and present. This approach supports navigating emotions with greater ease and reconnecting with your body in a safe, empowering way.
What is Polyvagal-Informed Therapy?
This approach focuses on how your nervous system responds to perceived threats and safety. Polyvagal-informed therapy helps you recognize when your body is in “fight, flight, or freeze” mode, and teaches ways to bring yourself back to calm and presence.
Compassion-Based Therapy
Self-compassion is the practice of relating to yourself with the same kindness, patience, and understanding that you might naturally offer to someone you care about.
For many people struggling with anxiety or depression, the inner voice can become harsh, critical, or constantly questioning whether they are doing enough. Over time, this internal pressure can keep the nervous system in a state of stress and make emotional healing more difficult.
Self-compassion therapy helps shift this pattern. Instead of motivating yourself through criticism or shame, the work focuses on developing a more supportive inner relationship with yourself.
Research has shown that self-compassion practices are associated with lower levels of anxiety and depression, as well as greater emotional resilience. When people learn how to respond to their own struggles with understanding rather than self-judgment, the nervous system often begins to soften and settle.
In therapy, this might include learning how to notice self-critical thoughts with more awareness, practicing compassionate self-talk, and developing ways to care for yourself during moments of stress, pain, or disappointment.
Over time, self-compassion becomes less of a technique and more of a steady internal resource. It supports healing, emotional regulation, and a more trusting relationship with yourself.
Breaking Free From the Grip of Trauma, Depression, and Anxiety
Do you feel like your emotions, body, or thoughts are constantly on high alert? Are you exhausted from managing stress, physical tension, or mood swings, while wondering if things will ever feel “normal” again? You’re not alone. These experiences are common for women carrying both emotional and physical effects of trauma.
Imagine waking up with more ease in your body and clarity in your mind, meeting each emotion with curiosity instead of resistance and self-judgment. Picture moving through your day without feeling constantly on edge, finally enjoying your relationships, work, and personal life instead of just surviving. Life can feel meaningful, grounded, and free from the cycle of symptom management.
In my practice, I combine Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), polyvagal-informed techniques, and somatic-informed techniques to help you reconnect with your mind and body. I take an integrative approach, often exploring physical health factors such as hormone, gut, or stress-system imbalances that may be contributing to your symptoms. I regularly collaborate with or refer to functional medicine providers when needed, so you can address underlying causes as thoroughly as possible. Together, we will address root causes, not just surface-level struggles.
What is Thrizer?
I am currently a private-pay, out-of-network provider. While I don't accept insurance directly, your insurance plan may have out-of-network benefits, which means that they will reimburse you for a portion of our session cost. I have partnered with Thrizer to handle the out-of-network process automatically for you. With Thrizer, you will only have to pay a copay for our sessions post-deductible, instead of paying my full fee and waiting for reimbursements. This typically allows clients to save on average 70% upfront on our sessions. During our intake process, I can help you verify if you have out-of-network benefits and how much your copay would be.
