Brandy Vanderheiden, MA

     "My session with you was profound. I think it was part of the last key i needed to  unlock myself." MN

Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a method of renegotiating past events of overwhelming stress in our nervous system. It helps restore our body's own natural capacity to heal itself and gives us more capacity to enjoy life fully in the present.

During times of stress, the brain sends signals to the nerves for action plans of self protection. Often, these action plans are not completed either because an alternate plan happened or there was trauma. Not realizing the event has passed, your body is still on hold waiting to complete those plans, and the energy required is on hold as well. Imagine your body finally able to complete those action plans in a gentle, easy way.

Imagine the energy that you could put to use in other ways.

SE is done mostly seated through talk. It is gentle, not cathartic.
*We can work on particular symptoms, like chronic pain, anxiety, or anger,
or specific events, such as:
Accidents
Injuries
Falls
Violence by another person

Please contact me with questions or to make an appointment.

Learn More about SE

Somatic Experiencing Website

Video: Trauma Proofing kids

Preparing for surgery article by Twig Wheeler

 Twig's website- great resources and information

Informed Consent- thinking of having a session? This has more info about my training and the treatment.

Find an SE practitioner anywhere in the world. (I have availability in the South Bay Area (Mountain View/Los Altos) and Vancouver, WA (near Portland, OR)