Somatic Trauma Therapy in BC
Trauma can live in more than our thoughts. It can also show up through tension, shutdown, anxiety, overwhelm or a nervous system that never seems to fully settle.
Somatic therapy gently includes the body in the counselling process, helping you build greater awareness, regulation and choice without pushing you beyond what feels manageable.
Secure online sessions throughout British Columbia
What Is Somatic Trauma Therapy?
The work is collaborative. You set the pace, and your consent and autonomy remain central throughout the process.
Somatic trauma therapy is a body-based approach to counselling that recognizes the connection between your thoughts, emotions, physical sensations and nervous system. Rather than focusing only on verbal and cognitive processing, we also build awareness of how your body responds in the present moment.
This could include becoming aware of tension, changes in breathing, impulses to move, numbness or the feeling of being on high alert. These responses are not treated as something wrong with you. They can be understood as ways your nervous system has learned to protect you.
By approaching these patterns with curiosity and care, somatic therapy can support greater emotional regulation, resilience and a deeper sense of safety and connection. Somatic therapy can include any or all of the following: grounding tools, trauma processing, trauma renegotiation, embodiment practices, and integration.
Notice Nervous-System Patterns
Develop awareness of the physical cues connected with stress, activation, shutdown and overwhelm.
Build Capacity and Regulation
Practise tools that can help you stay present with difficult experiences without becoming flooded.
Create New Possibilities
Strengthen your ability to respond with greater flexibility, choice and self-compassion.
What Somatic Therapy Works Best For
Sessions still include conversation. Somatic work simply expands what we pay attention to and gives us more ways to understand and respond to your experience.
Trauma and unresolved experiences
Including single-event, developmental, relational or complex trauma.
Anxiety, panic or hypervigilance
When it feels difficult to relax, feel safe or turn down the internal alarm.
Shutdown, numbness or disconnection
When you feel absent from yourself, emotionally flat or disconnected from your body.
Chronic stress, burnout or overwhelm
When your capacity feels stretched and ordinary demands begin to feel like too much.
Chronic pain or complex health challenges
Support for the emotional and nervous-system impact of living with ongoing symptoms.
Difficulty feeling at home in your body
Including experiences connected with identity, intimacy, sensory needs or body awareness.
When Talk Therapy or EMDR Hasn’t Felt Like the Right Fit
Some people find it difficult to talk in detail about painful experiences. Others may have tried approaches such as EMDR and felt it was overactivating, re-traumatizing, or simply not the right fit.
Somatic therapy offers another way of working with trauma. Instead of beginning with a detailed retelling, we can start with what you notice in the present moment and move gradually, in small and manageable pieces.
It is not about forcing a release or reliving the past. The focus is on helping your nervous system experience more stability, choice and support while making sense of the patterns that affect you now.
Every approach is different. A free consultation gives you space to ask how somatic therapy compares with your previous experiences and decide whether it feels suitable for you.
When Your Body Still Feels on Alert
Somatic trauma therapy may be helpful when you understand something logically, but your body continues to react as though the threat is still present. You do not need a formal PTSD diagnosis, a single defining event or a perfectly clear story to seek support.
Begin With Safety and Goals
We talk about what brings you to counselling, what you hope will change and what helps you feel comfortable and supported.
Notice What Is Happening Now
At your pace, we may explore sensations, breath, posture, emotions, thoughts or impulses that arise as we talk.
Build Regulation and Choice
We practise ways to recognize activation, return to the present and respond with greater flexibility in everyday life.
An Approach Shaped Around You
Somatic therapy is not a fixed protocol. Camber draws from his training in Somatic Experiencing psychotherapy, The Hakomi method, yoga therapy as well as his previous education as a massage therapist, to provide you with a holistic and integrative somatic approach to mental health.
As a somatic trauma therapist, Camber specializes in working with sexual assault victims, domestic violence survivors, as well as those who have been in car accidents and anyone with a PTSD diagnosis or history of complex trauma.
Rates, Insurance and Policies
Individual counselling
$165 for a 50-minute session
Somatic trauma therapy sessions are offered online throughout British Columbia.
Initial consultation
Free 15-minute phone or video consultation.
This gives you an opportunity to ask questions and decide whether Camber’s approach feels like the right fit.
Extended Health Coverage
Many extended health plans reimburse counselling provided by a Registered Clinical Counsellor or Canadian Certified Counsellor.
Camber is registered as both an RCC and CCC. Please check the details of your individual plan before booking.
Cancellation Policy
Please provide at least 24 hours’ notice when cancelling or rescheduling.
Sessions cancelled with less than 24 hours’ notice and missed appointments will be charged the full session fee.
Payment
Payment can be made through Jane’s secure billing system or by Interac e-transfer.
Credit cards registered through Jane are charged at the time of the appointment. Interac e-transfers must be sent before the session.
You Don’t Have to Know Exactly Where to Begin
A free 15-minute consultation is a chance to ask questions, learn more about Camber’s approach and see whether somatic trauma therapy feels like the right next step for you.
