Honoring the Mind, Integrating the Body
Your insight, self-awareness, and cognitive understanding are powerful assets. You’ve done incredible work identifying your patterns, understanding your history, and bringing clarity to your story. Somatic therapy builds directly upon that strong foundation.
By taking what you intellectually know and connecting it with how your nervous system feels, we help bring your body into harmony with your mind. When we combine your cognitive strengths with gentle, body-based regulation, you unlock a deeper level of ease; allowing your physical self to catch up to the safety and understanding your mind has already cultivated.
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Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TSY)
A gentle, choice-driven somatic movement practice. No performance or strict alignment, just a safe space to rebuild self-agency, track bodily sensations, and gently restore nervous system regulation.
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Somatic Tracking & Parts Work
Learning to safely turn toward "messy" bodily sensations without fear. We help you process underlying body shame, dismantle perfectionism, and cultivate deep self-compassion.
EMDR allows us to access and process stored traumatic memories so they no longer trigger an overwhelming stress response in the present. By integrating bilateral stimulation with gentle somatic grounding, we help your brain and body naturally reframe painful experiences and restore an internal sense of safety
EMDR
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Somatic Care & Advanced Trauma Modalities
Locating and processing trauma through visual focus and somatic awareness. Brainspotting bypasses the conscious mind to access stored physiological stress where words alone fall short.
Brainspotting
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Somatic Healing Rooted in East Dallas
Located in the heart of East Dallas near White Rock Lake (1151 N. Buckner Blvd), AP + Co Collective provides a grounded, physical sanctuary away from daily chaos. Whether you are navigating trauma recovery, eating disorder healing, or burnout, our in-person sessions offer the regulatory power of shared physical presence.
Can’t make it to East Dallas? We offer secure, highly effective virtual somatic therapy sessions across Texas, allowing you to do deep nervous system work from the comfort and safety of your own home.
Is Somatic Therapy Right for You?
You feel disconnected, numb, or perpetually "stuck" in survival mode.
You are in eating disorder recovery and want an anti-diet, weight-inclusive approach to body peace.
You carry the physical exhaustion of high achievement, chronic illness, or anxiety.
You want to move past intellectualizing your pain and actually feel safe inhabiting your body.
Meet Your Somatic Specialists
Olivia Smith
LMSW, MDIV, EMDR Trained
Clinical Team
ADHD, Trauma Recovery
angela Prior
LCSW-S, ERYT, Brainspotting
Clinical Team
Eating Disorders, Trauma, Anxiety
Kierstin von Frangenberg
RYT-500, YACEP
Clinical Movement Team
Yoga Therapy, Trauma Sensitive Yoga
Amy Goins
LPC, MS, EMDR Trained
Community Partner
Frequently Asked Questions
About Somatic Therapy in Dallas
What is the difference between somatic and talk therapy?
What specific modalities are considered somatic therapy?
What conditions or symptoms respond best to somatic therapy?
How is somatic therapy integrated into other therapeutic modalities like EMDR or talk therapy?
What is the difference between somatic and talk therapy?
What specific modalities are considered somatic therapy?
What conditions or symptoms respond best to somatic therapy?
How is somatic therapy integrated into other therapeutic modalities like EMDR or talk therapy?
Standard talk therapy works "top-down" by analyzing thoughts and cognitive patterns. Somatic therapy works "bottom-up" by prioritizing physical sensations and nervous system responses. We track where stress is held physically to help your body complete its natural recovery process.
What is the difference between somatic and talk therapy?
What specific modalities are considered somatic therapy?
What conditions or symptoms respond best to somatic therapy?
How is somatic therapy integrated into other therapeutic modalities like EMDR or talk therapy?
Somatic therapy is an overarching, body-centered approach that encompasses several specialized modalities. At AP + Co Collective, our somatic tools include Somatic Experiencing (SE) (tracking physical sensations to complete trapped stress cycles), Brainspotting (using visual focal points to process neurophysiological trauma), and Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TSY) (choice-driven movement to rebuild bodily agency). We also integrate somatic parts work and somatic tracking to help you tune into internal sensations safely, without judgment or overwhelm.
What is the difference between somatic and talk therapy?
What specific modalities are considered somatic therapy?
What conditions or symptoms respond best to somatic therapy?
How is somatic therapy integrated into other therapeutic modalities like EMDR or talk therapy?
Because somatic therapy works directly with the autonomic nervous system, it is exceptionally effective for symptoms that feel "stuck" in the body. It offers profound support for chronic trauma, PTSD, anxiety, panic disorders, and burnout, as well as eating disorder recovery and body image distress. Additionally, clients navigating chronic pain, physical tension, grief, neurodivergent burnout (ADHD/Autism), and medical trauma often find that somatic practices provide a level of relief and grounding that traditional cognitive approaches alone cannot reach.
What is the difference between somatic and talk therapy?
What specific modalities are considered somatic therapy?
What conditions or symptoms respond best to somatic therapy?
How is somatic therapy integrated into other therapeutic modalities like EMDR or talk therapy?
Somatic therapy isn't an "all-or-nothing" alternative; it is a powerful integrative bridge. Rather than discarding traditional talk therapy, CBT, DBT, ACT or EMDR, we use somatic practices to support and deepen them.
For example, during EMDR or memory processing, we pay close attention to your heart rate, breath patterns, and muscle tension to ensure you stay within your "window of tolerance." By pairing your cognitive insights with real-time nervous system regulation, we help your body register the safety and healing that your mind already understands.
Frequently Asked Questions
About Somatic Therapy in Dallas
Do I have to do both Yoga and Therapy?
What is the difference between somatic and talk therapy?
What specific modalities are considered somatic therapy?
How is somatic therapy integrated into other therapeutic modalities like EMDR or talk therapy?
What conditions or symptoms respond best to somatic therapy?
What specific modalities are considered somatic therapy?
What is the difference between somatic and talk therapy?
Standard talk therapy works "top-down" by analyzing thoughts and cognitive patterns. Somatic therapy works "bottom-up" by prioritizing physical sensations and nervous system responses. We track where stress is held physically to help your body complete its natural recovery process.
What conditions or symptoms respond best to somatic therapy?
How is somatic therapy integrated into other therapeutic modalities like EMDR or talk therapy?
What is the difference between somatic and talk therapy?
What conditions or symptoms respond best to somatic therapy?
How is somatic therapy integrated into other therapeutic modalities like EMDR or talk therapy?
What specific modalities are considered somatic therapy?
Somatic therapy is an overarching, body-centered approach that encompasses several specialized modalities. At AP + Co Collective, our somatic tools include Somatic Experiencing (SE) (tracking physical sensations to complete trapped stress cycles), Brainspotting (using visual focal points to process neurophysiological trauma), and Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TSY) (choice-driven movement to rebuild bodily agency). We also integrate somatic parts work and somatic tracking to help you tune into internal sensations safely, without judgment or overwhelm.
What is the difference between somatic and talk therapy?
What specific modalities are considered somatic therapy?
How is somatic therapy integrated into other therapeutic modalities like EMDR or talk therapy?
What conditions or symptoms respond best to somatic therapy?
Because somatic therapy works directly with the autonomic nervous system, it is exceptionally effective for symptoms that feel "stuck" in the body. It offers profound support for chronic trauma, PTSD, anxiety, panic disorders, and burnout, as well as eating disorder recovery and body image distress. Additionally, clients navigating chronic pain, physical tension, grief, neurodivergent burnout (ADHD/Autism), and medical trauma often find that somatic practices provide a level of relief and grounding that traditional cognitive approaches alone cannot reach.
What is the difference between somatic and talk therapy?
What specific modalities are considered somatic therapy?
What conditions or symptoms respond best to somatic therapy?
How is somatic therapy integrated into other therapeutic modalities like EMDR or talk therapy?
Somatic therapy isn't an "all-or-nothing" alternative; it is a powerful integrative bridge. Rather than discarding traditional talk therapy, CBT, DBT, ACT or EMDR, we use somatic practices to support and deepen them.
For example, during EMDR or memory processing, we pay close attention to your heart rate, breath patterns, and muscle tension to ensure you stay within your "window of tolerance." By pairing your cognitive insights with real-time nervous system regulation, we help your body register the safety and healing that your mind already understands.
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