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Somatic therapy in Dubai

Somatic therapy works with the body as well as the mind. In 50-minute sessions, in person in JLT or online, your psychologist helps you notice and gently release what your body is holding, calming the nervous system so you feel safer and steadier from the inside out.

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Fit comes before method
Sometimes you understand your problem perfectly and still feel it in your body — the tight chest, the clenched jaw, the restlessness, the shutdown. That’s because stress and trauma live in the nervous system, not just in thoughts. Talking alone doesn’t always reach them.
Somatic therapy works with the body as well as the mind. In 50-minute sessions, in person in JLT or online, your psychologist helps you notice and gently release what your body is holding, calming the nervous system so you feel safer and steadier from the inside out.
Somatic work is especially useful when distress shows up physically. It can help with:
The approaches we use

What somatic therapy helps with

Somatic work is especially useful when distress shows up physically. It can help with:
01

Trauma held in the body

releasing what talking alone can’t reach.

02

Anxiety & a racing body

calming a nervous system stuck on high alert.

03

Chronic tension & stress

easing the physical grip of long-held stress.

04

Feeling numb or disconnected

gently reconnecting with your body and the present.

05

Panic

working with the body’s alarm response directly.

06

Burnout

helping a depleted system genuinely settle and restore.

How it works

How it works

01

We tune into the body

We notice the physical signals — tension, restlessness, shutdown — that go with what you’re feeling.

02

We work gently with them

Through awareness, breath and gentle techniques, we help the nervous system discharge stress and find safety.

03

You build self-regulation

You leave with body-based tools to steady yourself when stress rises — not just understanding, but felt calm.

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A growing body of research supports body-based approaches for trauma and anxiety — because, as the saying goes, the body keeps the score, and healing has to reach it too.

Somatic Therapy Grounding
Before you begin

Common questions about somatic therapy

No. It’s talking therapy that also pays attention to body sensations and the nervous system. It’s not hands-on bodywork or massage.
People who feel their distress physically, who feel ‘stuck’ in talking therapy, or who are working with trauma, anxiety, panic or chronic tension.
Only gentle, optional awareness and breathing work — always within your comfort, and never forced.
Yes — somatic work pairs well with EMDR, IFS and CBT, and your psychologist will integrate it thoughtfully.
Available in person in JLT or online; we direct-bill most major UAE insurers — confirm via WhatsApp.
A gentle first step

Some things can’t be thought through — they have to be felt through. Somatic therapy helps your body let go of what it’s been holding.

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