Rachel StaleyClinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW (she, her)

About

You're accomplished on paper but find yourself stuck in familiar patterns: anxiety that hijacks your body during conflicts, people-pleasing that leaves you depleted, or an attraction to emotionally unavailable partners. Perhaps you're a mother who wants to break generational patterns, healing your own attachment wounds to create security for your child. You recognize that traditional talk therapy hasn't accessed what your body has been trying to tell you—those physical sensations during triggers aren't just thoughts but nervous system patterns ready to be transformed. As a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), I access healing at the nervous system level where attachment patterns and trauma are stored. Through body-based approaches and Dynamic Attachment Repatterning, clients experience profound shifts: the knot in your stomach dissolves, freeze responses melt, and the constant scanning for rejection quiets.

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