Hi, I’m Kayla
a trauma informed somatic psychotherapist, yoga teacher and workshop facilitator.
I am a deeply curious, creative and highly sensitive being who is passionate about understanding the mind and body connection and helping others reclaim a sense of vitality, power and steadiness from within.
Healing from trauma involves more than just addressing thoughts and emotions. It’s about restoring balance to the nervous system, reconnecting with the body and integrating fragmented parts of ourselves to return to wholeness.
Through embodied transformation, our actions better align with our life vision, values and true essence. During sessions, we will talk, and we will also scan the body for sensations to explore, practice centering and grounding, explore with gestures or movement, embrace creative expression through writing or drawing, and more.
What is somatic therapy?
Somatic therapy is a modality of therapy that focuses on the connection between the mind and body to process trauma and release stored activation, tension and emotion. It aims to detect feelings, sensations, emotions, postural shifts, changes to breath, heart rate and muscle tensions rather than staying stuck in your head.
It draws from various techniques such as breathwork, movement, mindfulness, nervous system regulation and processing skills to support emotional regulation and healing.
The goal is to build a stable base within your body and nervous system to hold whatever surfaces, to create a sense of inner authority and safety, and to develop resources that will increase your capacity to be present. Somatic work allows for periods of reintegration, where your body can experience spaciousness and a fuller sense of aliveness.
What is Internal Family Systems Therapy?
Internal Family Systems Therapy is a non-pathologizing modality of therapy that recognizes we all have a “self” as well as various parts within us. Much like a family unit, our internal systems are dynamic and work to protect us from perceived threats. The goal of IFS is to access, connect and befriend protective parts (i.e. perfectionism, inner critic) and nurture “self-leadership,” allowing us to respond to stress with a greater sense of agency, compassion and consciousness.