SOMATIC THERAPY in Surrey, BC
Trauma transformation for the mind, body, and spirit
What is Somatic Therapy?
Somatic Therapy is a body-centered approach that focuses on the connection between the mind and the body. By focusing on the "felt sense" and our physiological responses we can release "stuck" survival or trauma responses.
Our bodies hold onto the memories of our experiences - in the form of posture, muscle tension, or nervous system patterns - even when our mind has moved on.
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." - Carl Jung
MEET KERRI NEILD
Kerri is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC) offering Relational Somatic Therapy. She is also a yoga teacher (E-RYT) working in Surrey, BC. Specializing in the intersection of neurobiology and trauma resolution, Kerri provides a "Bottom-Up" approach to mental health, focusing on nervous system regulation, chronic stress, and complex PTSD (C-PTSD).
"As a somatic therapist and yoga teacher, I integrate movement-based regulation with clinical trauma resolution."
Somatic work helps clients by addressing how the body stores "stuck" survival responses like Fight, Flight, Freeze and Fawn.
Kerri currently specializes in group somatic circles and rites of passage workshops for collective nervous system healing.
Kerri offers individual counselling, group work, yoga classes, workshops, and training.
She has created and facilitated many workshops and series.
Kerri Neild Relational Somatic Therapist
Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC)
Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists of Canada (ACCT)
Registered in the Province of BC -ID 2403
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What Can Somatic Therapy Help With?
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Anxiety, Emotional Dysregulation, PTSD, Complex Trauma (C-PTSD) and hypervigilance
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Dissociation, Burnout, numbing, feeling "disconnected" or on auto-pilot
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Chronic pain or tension, sleep disturbance
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Relationship challenges, Restoring connection to self, motivation, processing grief
How is Somatic Therapy Different from Talk Therapy?
Somatic Therapy typically uses a "Bottoms-up" approach whereas talk therapy typically uses a "Top-down" approach. "Bottoms-up refers to using our felt sense (interoception) and physiological sensations as a doorway into our stuck or habitual patterns to shift them. A Somatic session may include breath, imagery, movement, posture work, and self touch. Sessions are collaborative and always at your level of comfort and consent. That being said there is often some talk in Somatic sessions; conversation, meaning making, and story telling are all important elements of the human experience. What's exciting is that new meaning and updated stories often emerge when we include the body.
What if I Can't Feel my Body or Have No Previous Experience with Somatic Therapy?
You don't need to be able to feel your body or have previous experience with Somatic work. I will guide you with gentle somatic exercises to help you build awareness and attune to your own felt sense when you are ready.
Although no experience is needed, I do offer "Somatics 101 - 6 sessions to learn the skills and practices for safety, regulation, awareness and tracking.
How Do I Know What Nervous System State I'm In?
Understanding our nervous system takes time. It's nuanced and our experience is unique. That being said I've created this quick chart to get started. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE CHART
" You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf."
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
SOMATIC THERAPY COUNSELLING
If you are experiencing grief, stress, trauma, anxiety, PTSD, life transitions, illness, burnout, depression, addiction, stress-induced illness, or chronic pain and would like support, Somatic Therapy may be for you. Individual Somatic Therapy Counselling can help you recover your confidence, resilience, and sense of self by connecting your mind, body, and spirit.
A SAFE PLACE TO START
Somatic Therapy Counselling sessions include talk (left brain) and bringing mindfulness to the body's experience of the present moment (right brain).
Many of our unmetabolized past experiences are held in the body and need to be explored there. Some mindfulness practices we might utilize are breath, grounding exercises, gentle movements, embodying boundaries, guided meditation, self-soothing gestures, compassion, acceptance, and curiosity.
Kerri Neild Relational Somatic Therapist
Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC)
Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists of Canada (ACCT)
Registered in the Province of BC -ID 2403
GRATITUDE
"I have been having somatic therapy sessions with Kerri for about 9 months now and it has been amazing for me in so many ways. Doing this work has helped me connect to my body and notice what's going on, I dissociate alot less, anxiety and pain are more manageable most of the time, and I feel like I can breathe again.
Kerri is such a kind-hearted person, I am truly grateful for the safe, caring space she creates. Everything always moves at my pace, I always feel like I have options and there's never any judgement, only kindness, compassion and support. For me it's a slow process but totally worth it! Thank you Kerri!" - Lisa
CONTACT KERRI
AVAILABILITY
(evenings by request only)
TUESDAY (VIRTUAL ONLY)
10:30 - 2:30PM
WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY
(IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL)
10:30-4:30PM
SATURDAYS by appointment
Please call 604-868-5572 or fill in the form below if you have any questions, concerns, or want to book an appointment. I will reply within 48 hours.
Located in South Surrey, BC
Kerri Neild Relational Somatic Therapist
Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC)
Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists of Canada (ACCT)
Registered in the Province of BC -ID 2403
I acknowledge, and am grateful to be living and working on, the unceded, traditional and ancestral territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the Kwantlen, Katzie, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen First Nations.