SOMATIC & RELATIONAL THERAPY in Surrey, BC
At Life is Beautiful Somatic & Relational Therapy, I help individuals and couples uncover patterns that keep them stuck so they can move towards a life that feels more connected, easeful, and meaningful.
Perhaps you resonate with one or more of these experiences:
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Feeling constantly overwhelmed, stuck, scared, or uncertain—like you're "just waiting for the other shoe to drop."
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Noticing physical tension, like a clenched jaw, tight shoulders, pain beneath your ribs, or a persistently upset stomach.
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Repeating exhausting patterns in relationships, or struggling with intimacy and authentic closeness.
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Caught in cycles of "people-pleasing," utterly exhausted from trying to set boundaries and practice self-care.
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While every person's story is unique, we all share a fundamental need to belong and live meaningful lives. Good relationships—with ourselves, each other, spirit, and the natural world—are essential for true well-being.
As EFT founder Sue Johnson beautifully put it: "Belonging leads to Becoming."
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." - Carl Jung
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.
MEET KERRI NEILD
Hello! I'm Kerri. I'm a Relational Somatic Therapist and a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (ACCT #2403)
I am also a yoga teacher (E-RYT) working in Surrey, BC. Specializing in the intersection of neurobiology and trauma resolution, I provide 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."
Training & Qualifications
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Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC & MTC #2403)
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Opening To Grace - Relational Somatic Therapist 2019
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NARM Level 1 (Developmental Trauma)
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Emotionally Focused Therapy (in training)
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Somatic Parts Work
SESSION RATES
Individual Counselling
75 minutes - $150 (includes GST)
60 minutes - $130 (includes GST)
Couples Counselling
90 minutes - $185 (includes GST)
For Customized Workshops & Private Yoga please email me
kerri@lifeisbeautifulsomatictherapy.com
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
AVAILABILITY
(evenings by request only)
TUESDAY (VIRTUAL ONLY)
10:30 - 2:30PM
WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY
(IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL)
10am-4:30PM
SATURDAYS 11:30am - 4pm
CONTACT KERRI
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.