Somatic Therapy
with the Rule 62 Therapy Team
Every therapist here understands how the nervous system shapes your emotions, relationships, and daily life. We combine Somatic Therapy with evidence-based approaches to help you be calmer, more present, and less overwhelmed.
Do you realize you feel tense even when nothing’s wrong?
Does your body seem to react when your mind doesn’t sense danger?
Do you freeze or shutdown when feeling overwhelmed?
Do you experience stomach aches, headaches, or back pain when stressed?
You may know you don’t need to feel this anxious, angry, or exhausted, yet your body keeps responding as if you are. You push through work, take care of everyone else, and tell yourself to relax, but your nervous system won’t listen.
It’s your body doing exactly what it learned to do to protect you. We help you unlearn the automatic behavior and get your choices back.
Clients Come To Us When They Experience:
- Constant tension
- Burnout
- Anxiety
- Overwhelm
- Low energy
- Work stress
- Relationship struggles
- Social withdrawal
Your body holds onto experiences long after your mind has moved on.
How Somatic Therapy Works With Us
Instead of only talking about your symptoms, we’ll help you understand what your nervous system is doing and why it’s happening. As your body begins feeling safer, your emotions become easier to manage and your reactions become less intense.
Our work together usually follows three stages
1
Understand Your Nervous System
We’ll start by learning what’s happening in your body. As you recognize your physical responses, they become less confusing and less frightening.
2
Recognize your patterns
Together we’ll identify where stress, anxiety, or overwhelm show up physically. Tight shoulders, shallow breathing, stomach tension, racing thoughts, and exhaustion all provide valuable information about your nervous system.
3
Build Regulation Skills
You’ll learn practical ways to calm your body before emotions become overwhelming. As your nervous system becomes more regulated, you’ll notice that your thoughts, relationships, and daily life become easier to manage.
Modalities We Use
Helps you recognize and regulate your body’s stress response so emotions become less overwhelming.
Helps you understand the protective parts of yourself that become activated during stress.
Helps you respond to difficult thoughts and feelings with greater flexibility instead of getting stuck in them.
Helps identify beliefs and thinking patterns that keep stress cycles going.
Builds awareness of your thoughts and physical sensations so you can respond instead of react and move from “doing” to “being.”
Explores how past experiences continue to influence your emotions, relationships, and nervous system today.
“There is hope simply by understanding why our body responds the way it does. Once you understand what’s happening, change feels more possible.” — Sam Kim, Clinical Director
Make Today Different
The goal isn’t to eliminate stress. It’s to help your body recover from it more quickly so you can respond with confidence instead of survival.
After Somatic Therapy With Us, Clients Report:
- More calm
- Less overwhelm
- Better resilience
- Easier communication
- More presence
- Self-compassion
- Better work performance
- Less physical stress
As your nervous system becomes regulated, you begin to experience life differently.
About Rule 62 Therapy
We believe lasting change happens when we work with both the mind and the body.
Every therapist at Rule 62 Therapy incorporates somatic principles into treatment because emotions don’t only exist in thoughts. They also show up through your nervous system, physical sensations, and automatic reactions.
Our sessions balance education with practical skill building. We’ll help you understand why your body responds the way it does while teaching strategies that create meaningful change between sessions. Our goal isn’t simply insight. It’s helping you experience greater calm, flexibility, and resilience in everyday life.
Availability: We provide online therapy throughout Virginia.
3 steps to get started
1
Reach out
Complete our contact form and tell us what you’ve been experiencing. We’ll connect you with the therapist who best fits your needs.
2
Free consultation
We’ll answer your questions, learn about your goals, and make sure our approach feels like the right fit.
3
Begin therapy
Together we’ll understand your nervous system, build regulation skills, and help you feel more at home in your body.
Request a free 15-minute call
No obligation, and completely confidential. Tell us a little about what’s going on and we’ll be in touch.
Not for emergencies. If you’re in crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or dial 911.