Somatic & Body-Based Therapy for Depression
88 vetted providers offer somatic therapy for depression. They are sorted by city below, and every other option is one click away.
Depression can feel heavy, numb or cut off from life. Those states are hard to think your way out of. Somatic work reaches them through the body.
Somatic therapy works on depression through the body and nervous system as well as the mind. You learn to notice physical sensations, use your breath and move with care, so held tension can let go and your system can settle.
Somatic and body-based therapies are Progressive care, given by trained therapists. They can help when talk therapy has not reached the physical side of depression. You can compare them here with every other option.
More depression treatments to compare: Ketamine Therapy · TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) · EMDR Therapy, or the full list for depression.
Somatic therapy in Jacksonville, FL
12 listed for this city.
- Sacred Spaces Counseling
- ITS Holistic Therapy
- EVOLVE THERAPY LLC
- Mindful Expressions Therapy, Inc
- Mindful Soul Counseling LLC
- Linda Gurt Therapy and Counseling
- Empowered Sol Wellness Center, LLC
- Leslie Casler LCSW
- Calm Mind Center LLC
- Serene Mind Counseling + Evaluations
- Florida Healthy Minds, Inc - Polly Charette, LCSW
- Headed to Healing LLC
Somatic therapy in Los Angeles, CA
4 listed for this city.
Somatic therapy in New York, NY
4 listed for this city.
Somatic therapy in Orlando, FL
3 listed for this city.
Somatic therapy in Winter Park, FL
3 listed for this city.
Somatic therapy in Seattle, WA
3 listed for this city.
Somatic therapy in Atlanta, GA
3 listed for this city.
Somatic therapy in Savannah, GA
2 listed for this city.
Somatic therapy in Madison, WI
2 listed for this city.
Somatic therapy in Jacksonville Beach, FL
2 listed for this city.
Somatic therapy in San Francisco, CA
2 listed for this city.
Somatic therapy for depression: questions people ask
How can somatic therapy help depression?
It works on the weight, numbness and disconnection of depression through the body, where thinking alone may not get far.
What happens in a session?
Your therapist guides you to notice sensations in your body, to work with your breath and sometimes to move gently. There is less retelling of events and more attention to what your body is doing right now.
Is there research behind it?
Some, and it is growing. Somatic Experiencing and similar methods have been studied most for trauma, mostly in small studies. Many are offered by licensed clinicians.
Will I have to relive painful memories?
No. A good somatic therapist moves slowly and puts your safety first. The goal is to keep you from feeling overwhelmed.
Want to weigh more choices? See every depression option in the US, from traditional to alternative to progressive care, or search the full Whole Wellbeing Atlas directory.