Online Somatic Therapy
Come Home to Your Body From Anywhere in BC
If you’ve ever felt shut down, on edge, or disconnected from yourself, you’re not alone. Trauma and chronic stress often leave a lasting imprint not just in the mind, but in the body.
Online somatic therapy offers a powerful, body-based path to healing. From the comfort and safety of your own space, you can begin reconnecting with your body’s signals, responses, and wisdom at a pace that honours your nervous system.
At Tidal Trauma Centre, our somatic therapists offer secure, virtual sessions to clients across British Columbia including rural, remote, and underserved communities. You don’t have to be close to a clinic to access high-quality, trauma-informed care. This work meets you where you are.
What Is Online Somatic Therapy?
Somatic therapy supports emotional healing by working through the body not just the story. It helps you access sensations, movements, and nervous system patterns that words alone can’t always reach. It’s an experiential, moment-to-moment process that honours your body’s intelligence.
Online somatic therapy may include:
Body-based awareness and tracking
Grounding, breathwork, and regulation tools
Movement or stillness, guided by your needs
Emotional processing through felt sense
Co-regulation with your therapist in real time
Our therapists integrate Somatic Experiencing (SE), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and somatic attachment work adapted to a virtual format that’s safe and effective. Sessions often begin by helping you feel more resourced and supported in the present moment before exploring deeper patterns.
Does Somatic Therapy Work Online?
Yes. In fact, it’s often better suited for those who find traditional therapy spaces overstimulating or inaccessible. Online sessions allow you to:
Stay grounded in familiar surroundings
Access supportive tools like weighted blankets, pets, or rituals
Skip the commute and focus on your inner world
Choose your own pace and environment for healing
Many clients find that their nervous system is more responsive in spaces they’ve curated for safety and comfort. All you need is a private space, a stable internet connection, and curiosity about your body’s cues.
Our Approach to Online Somatic Therapy
No two bodies are the same, so no two sessions are either. We tailor each session based on your goals, your pace, and what your nervous system is ready for. This isn’t about performance or achieving outcomes. It’s about capacity building, presence, and deeper integration over time.
Somatic Experiencing (SE) supports completion of stuck stress responses. Rather than revisiting trauma stories, it tracks subtle shifts in breath, sensation, and movement, helping your system move out of freeze, collapse, or hypervigilance. Somatic experiencing often begins with tracking micro-movements and small shifts that can lead to big changes.
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy helps you explore how your body has adapted to stress through posture, tension, and holding patterns. With mindful awareness, you can open space for new patterns of resilience and emotional processing. It blends talking and noticing in equal parts, allowing the body to lead.
Somatic Attachment Therapy gently works with breath, regulation, and physical boundaries to support more secure connection, first with yourself, then with others. Over time, it can transform long-standing relational patterns from the inside out.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps you relate to the parts of yourself that carry pain, fear, or protection. In somatic therapy, we connect with these parts through sensation and impulse, not just cognition making healing feel more embodied. Parts may be experienced as tightness in the chest, numbness in the limbs, or a pull to fidget, hide, or retreat.
EMDR with Somatic Integration uses bilateral stimulation to reprocess stuck trauma and is enhanced when paired with somatic awareness. This combination allows the nervous system to release and reorganize past experiences with more safety. We focus on the felt sense of release rather than just cognitive insight.
What to Expect in a Session
Each session is a collaborative space for attuning to your body’s cues and building capacity over time. You might:
Use objects like grounding stones or blankets
Pause often to notice what’s shifting inside
Explore consent, boundaries, and sensory experience
Move, breathe, or stay still, depending on what feels right
Sessions typically begin by settling, checking in, and orienting to safety. You’ll always be invited, not expected to try new things. Nothing is pushed or rushed.
Somatic Therapy May Help If You:
Feel disconnected or dissociated from your body
Struggle with emotional regulation or shutdown
Carry trauma from chronic stress, illness, or caregiving
Feel overwhelmed by traditional talk therapy
Crave a slower, body-honouring way to heal
Even if you don’t feel ready, your body might already be asking for a different kind of care.
Online Sessions Available Anywhere in British Columbia
We offer online therapy across the province, including:
Urban areas such as Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Surrey, and Nanaimo
Rural and remote communities like Terrace, Fort St. John, Nelson, Castlegar, and Smithers
All you need is a private space, a secure internet connection, and a willingness to begin. We’ll meet you there.
Prefer in-person therapy?
Explore Somatic Therapy in Surrey
Next Steps
Fill out a New Client Form and we’ll match you with a somatic therapist.
Book a free consult or appointment on your own time using our secure JaneApp platform.
Not sure how to choose a therapist?
Client Guide to Consult Calls.
FAQs About Online Somatic Therapy
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No. Some clients choose audio-only to reduce stimulation or increase safety. Your therapist will adapt to your needs.
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That’s okay. Your therapist will gently guide you back to the present using grounding tools and co-regulation.
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No. Just a private space, a device with video, and anything comforting like a blanket, water, or notebook.
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Yes. Somatic therapy often begins with disconnection. Reconnection happens slowly, with care and safety.
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That’s very normal. You don’t need the perfect words, your body already holds the information we need to begin.