Somatic Therapy in Surrey

Your Body Remembers What Words Can’t Always Explain.

If talk therapy hasn’t felt like enough or you’ve struggled to “think” your way through anxiety, trauma, or overwhelm, somatic therapy may offer the missing piece.

At Tidal Trauma Centre, our trauma therapists specialize in somatic therapies that honour your body as a vital part of your healing. This work isn’t about pushing through. It’s about slowing down, listening deeply, and supporting your nervous system with care.

We offer in-person therapy at our Surrey counselling clinic, supporting clients from Langley, Vancouver, Delta, White Rock and nearby areas.

What Is Somatic Therapy?

Somatic therapy is a body-based approach to emotional and psychological healing.
It supports you in noticing physical sensations, movement impulses, and tension patterns that often carry unresolved experiences.

Unlike traditional talk therapy, somatic therapy helps you:

  • Release trauma stored in the nervous system

  • Access embodied emotions, not just intellectual insight

  • Rebuild trust between mind, body, and self

  • Regulate stress responses with real-time support

At Tidal, we offer several forms of somatic therapy, including Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Somatic Relational therapy

Person sitting in a calm, grounded posture during a somatic therapy session, eyes closed in quiet awareness

Why Clients Choose Somatic Therapy in Surrey

Clients come to somatic therapy when they:

  • Feel stuck in talk therapy or overly analytical

  • Have experienced trauma that lives in the body

  • Struggle with dissociation, freeze responses, or shutdown

  • Want a more regulated, embodied sense of self

  • Are managing stress, chronic pain, burnout, or medical trauma

Our therapists provide a calm, respectful space to move at your nervous system’s pace: never rushed, never forced.

Person sitting in a calm, grounded posture during a somatic therapy session, eyes closed in quiet awareness

What Somatic Therapy Can Help With

Somatic therapy may support you with:

  • PTSD and complex trauma (C-PTSD)

  • Anxiety and emotional dysregulation

  • Dissociation and numbing

  • Sleep disturbances and hypervigilance

  • Chronic tension or stress stored in the body

  • Feeling “disconnected” from yourself or your emotions

Sessions may involve grounding, posture work, imagery, breath, and gentle movement, always at your level of comfort and consent.

How We Practice Somatic Therapy at Tidal

At Tidal Trauma Centre, somatic therapy isn’t treated as a one-size-fits-all technique. Instead, it’s woven into a deeply integrative, trauma-informed approach that centres the whole person: your body, mind, emotions, and nervous system.

We recognize that trauma isn’t just a story from the past. It’s a pattern that can show up in the body, in how we relate to others, and in the ways we protect ourselves from overwhelm. That’s why somatic work here isn’t rigid or prescriptive. Your therapist will adapt their approach based on your needs, nervous system patterns, and personal goals.

EMDR Therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

To help the nervous system reprocess overwhelming or unresolved memories. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) uses bilateral stimulation to support the brain in releasing old survival responses and integrating experiences that may have felt stuck or fragmented. This can create space for new, more grounded ways of relating to the present.

IFS (Internal Family Systems Therapy)

To work with protective and exiled parts of you that may be carrying pain, shame, or fear. Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a compassionate, non-pathologizing model that helps you understand and shift the internal dynamics between parts of yourself, especially those shaped by trauma or survival needs.

AEDP and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)

To build emotional safety and increase your capacity to feel and process complex emotions. EFT helps you recognize, explore, and regulate emotional states with support, often uncovering adaptive needs underneath surface reactions. This can be a powerful complement to somatic work, especially when your body is holding what words can’t yet express.

Attachment-Based Relational Therapy

To rebuild trust in connection and create new relational experiences that support healing. Many people come to therapy carrying wounds from early relationships. A secure, attuned therapeutic relationship can be reparative, helping you feel safe enough to notice, explore, and eventually shift long-held patterns in how you relate to others and yourself.

Our Clinic in Cloverdale, Surrey

All somatic therapy sessions take place in our private, quiet offices in Cloverdale.

Our space is designed to support regulation: warm lighting, soft textures, and the option to use props (weighted blankets, movement cushions, grounding objects) during sessions.

We are easily accessible from Langley, South Surrey, Delta, White Rock, and Vancouver with free parking available.

Prefer virtual sessions? Explore Online Somatic Therapy

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Ready to Begin Somatic Therapy?

You don’t need to have the words.
You don’t need to be calm first.
You just need a willingness to begin listening to what your body already knows.

Fill out a New Client Form and we’ll match you with one or more counsellors trained in somatic therapies.

Book a free consult or appointment using our secure online platform, whenever you’re ready.

Not sure how to choose a therapist?
Client Guide to Consult Calls.

FAQs About Somatic Therapy

  • You might sit, lie down, or move gently. Your therapist may invite you to notice sensations, track body responses, or explore small movements. Everything is guided by consent and regulation.

  • No. Somatic therapy often allows you to work with trauma indirectly—through sensation, emotion, and regulation—without needing to recount the story.

  • No. While somatic therapy includes the body, it’s not physical therapy or manual touch. You remain clothed and in full control of your movement and experience.

  • Yes. Somatic therapy blends beautifully with EMDR, IFS, and EFT. Your therapist may combine approaches depending on what supports your system best.