Somatic Therapy in Miami

Mind-Body Psychotherapy for Women and Teen Girls

Heal through gentle awareness of your body’s wisdom. Our Miami somatic therapists help women release stress, trauma, and emotional blocks so you can feel grounded, balanced, and at peace within yourself.

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What Our Clients Are Saying

  • During our first session Hannah was proactive in creating a plan of action to properly diagnose me and address my concerns. Detailed. Office is beautiful. Love the decor, relaxing ambiance and free tea.

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  • She was very kind and thorough during intake and the entire office looks like something out of a lifestyle magazine.

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  • The office is lovely and welcoming, the in-take paperwork helped me prepare for what I wanted to talk about and gave me a starting point.

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  • Dr. Yang is warm and empathic, and made me feel comfortable from the very beginning.

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  • Emma has been very supportive through major life changes for me. Her sweet and gentle nature made it easy for me to feel safe to open up to her. I am very grateful for her support and kindness.

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  • It was my first visit and she made me feel so safe. I opened up right away!

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Meet Our Somatic Therapists

Are you struggling with fear, sadness, or anger that feels like it’s trapped in your body?

  • Do you have trouble sleeping and feel like your mind is racing?

  • Is it difficult for you to feel good in your body?

  • Have you wondered if unresolved trauma from your past may be lingering in your body, affecting how you feel right now?

Our mind works in conjunction with our body, and sometimes traditional talk therapy isn’t enough to really get us to where we’d like to be with our healing. As women or femme-raised folks, we can especially benefit from connecting to our body’s experience. Often, simply noticing and bringing more attention to the body during a therapy session can have a big impact on the way we feel. Our Somatic Therapists at Balanced Awakening have several unique ways of bringing the body to the session, and making the mind-body connection in the brain to facilitate healing.  

At Balanced Awakening, we specialize in therapy for women and teen girls who want to heal through a deeper connection with their bodies. Our somatic therapy approach helps women release stress, trauma, and self-criticism that often live in the body, restoring calm, presence, and self-trust.

What is Somatic Therapy?

Somatic therapy can look like becoming aware of what is happening in your body as you talk about something emotionally or mentally distressing. It may include guided movement, breathwork, yoga, or other mindful techniques to help access the connection between the brain and body—without the use of physical touch or massage. Somatic therapy can address pain, emotional distress, and muscle tension that can show up in your body.

Interested in learning how conscious breathing supports emotional regulation? Explore Breathwork Therapy!

Woman practicing yoga in a sunlit room, performing a side bend stretch on a pink yoga mat with candles and plants nearby.

How does Somatic Therapy work in practice?

Our therapists personalize somatic therapy for each woman’s unique story and nervous system needs, integrating gentle techniques that build awareness, safety, and emotional balance. Here are some examples of what it might look like in practice:

  • Your therapist asking you to check in with your body and say what you notice.

  • Doing some light movement in session guided by your therapist.

  • Taking some time to do some breathwork during a therapy session.

  • EMDR incorporated into sessions.

  • Brainspotting, which involves adjusting your focus with your eyes to access feelings and memories stored in the body.

  • Grounding meditation exercises and basic grounding techniques like noticing what part of your body is making contact with the chair, etc.

  • The incorporation of EFT or “Tapping” in sessions.

  • Yoga poses that are gentle and may even be done seated.

  • Talking with your therapist about an experience you had receiving massage, bodywork, or acupuncture and processing emotions that may have arisen in your body from the experience.

Benefits of Somatic Therapy

There are so many potential benefits of working with a somatic therapist! Here are some:

  • A reduction in pain or tension in your body.

  • Feeling more present or at ease in your body.

  • Having a greater range of movement.

  • Ability to access and release blocks that may be holding you back from feeling your best.

  • The ability to be more present in your relationships - including partner, children, etc.

  • Seeing quicker gains in therapy than you would without the incorporation of the body.

Cultural origins of Somatic Therapy

Somatic Therapy has roots in African, Asian, and Indian traditions, as many indigenous cultures recognized the connection between the mind, body, and spirit. Native American healing ceremonies, Ayurvedic medicine and Yoga from India, and traditional Chinese medicine, have emphasized the role of the body in healing emotional and psychological distress. Also, eastern philosophies, such as Buddhism and Taoism, have influenced somatic therapy by promoting mindfulness, meditation, and body-awareness practices as essential tools for emotional well-being. African healing traditions have utilized dance, movement, and drumming as a way of expression, communication, and healing. Somatic therapy is lucky to draw influence from all of these cultural practices and more.

Somatic Therapy at Balanced Awakening

Many of our therapists integrate Somatic Therapy into their work with women and teen girls in individual therapy. We understand how to adapt somatic therapy effectively in virtual sessions and are here to help you feel better in your body and mind : ). Contact us with any questions or book online with a somatic therapist of your choice in Miami.

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Somatic Therapy FAQs

  • The term “somatic” comes from the Greek word “soma,” which means “the body”. In the context of somatic therapy, somatic refers to anything related to the body or an embodied experience.

  • Somatic Therapy can help with a wide range of challenges, including trauma, anxiety, chronic stress, and feeling disconnected from your body or emotions. It’s especially supportive for women who experience tension, burnout, or difficulty relaxing. By bringing gentle awareness to the body, Somatic Therapy helps you process emotions, regulate your nervous system, and restore a sense of calm and balance.

  • In the first two sessions, your therapist will ask you questions about your life currently, your history, and where you hope to be in the future. From there, you and your therapist will discuss goals for somatic therapy and come up with a plan. Sessions might incorporate yoga, stretching, breathwork, EMDR, Brainspotting, and and other somatic therapy techniques.

  • Yes! But with some exceptions. There are 3 situations where, legally and ethically (whether we want to or not) we would have to break your confidentiality. These include if we learn of any potential child or elder abuse from you, we determine that you are at risk of harming yourself or someone else, or we receive a court order for your medical records. Also, some of our providers are under supervision and regularly consult with their supervisor about their client sessions. Supervisors have the same obligation to client confidentiality.

  • Our therapy rates for most of our therapists are $250 for the first two (2) 55 minute intake sessions and $225 for ongoing 55 minute sessions after that. If you’d like to work with Dr. Yang, inquire about her current rate. We are exclusively self-pay, meaning that we do not accept any insurance.

    Prioritize Your Well-Being—with Support for Out-of-Network Reimbursement

    At Balanced Awakening Miami, we are a self-pay boutique practice that serves high-achieving women who are ready to invest in meaningful, lasting change. While we are not in-network with any insurance plans, many of our clients receive significant reimbursement through their out-of-network benefits with providers like UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, and others.

    To make the process smoother, we’ve partnered with Thrizer—a modern payment platform that submits claims on your behalf and helps you access your benefits with ease. Thrizer takes care of the paperwork, coordinates directly with your insurance company, and helps you receive reimbursement faster. We can even provide a personalized estimate of your out-of-network benefits before you begin.

    Therapy with us is an empowering investment—and Thrizer helps make it more accessible.

    *Please note that appointments that are not canceled or rescheduled with a minimum of 24 hours’ notice will be subject to the full 55 minute session fee (either self pay rate or full contracted insurance rate). 

  • Maybe! It depends on the training and background of your somatic therapist and your preferences as a client. Usually if yoga is incorporated, it is only for part of a session, in order to leave time for verbal processing of your experience.

  • Yes! We offer virtual somatic therapy sessions Sometimes it’s easier for clients to engage in somatic therapy virtually. We’ve also thought about ways to specifically incorporate somatic techniques when sessions are held virtually.

  • Somatic therapy can help in so many ways! Usually longer-term benefits of somatic therapy are better sleep, feeling more grounded in your body, less emotional distress, increased feelings of satisfaction and pleasure in life, reduction in anxiety or depression, more stability in relationships, and more.