Somatic Therapy
for Anxiety & Panic Attacks in Amherst, MA

When Anxiety Feels Overwhelming

Even in calm moments — a quiet morning, time with friends, or a walk outside — anxiety can creep in. Your body may feel restless, your breath shallow, or your mind full of racing thoughts that won’t settle.

This doesn’t mean something is wrong with you. It means your nervous system is working hard to protect you — and it may just need new ways to find balance.

How Anxiety Can Show Up

Anxiety wears many faces. For some, it’s a tight chest and difficulty taking a full breath. For others, it may be thoughts looping endlessly late at night, a sudden rush of panic, or a freeze response during important conversations. Sometimes it shows up as a constant unease, even in safe places.

These patterns often begin in response to overwhelming experiences, whether early in life or later on. Your system learned to stay on guard, but that vigilance doesn’t have to run the show forever.

A Somatic Approach to Anxiety

Through Somatic Experiencing® and Organic Intelligence®, we work gently with your body’s natural rhythms. Instead of forcing change, we notice what is already happening that brings even a small sense of ease. As we pay attention to these subtle cues of safety, your nervous system begins to trust that it can return to balance.

In our work together, we slow down and follow the body’s lead. We notice sensations that bring a little more steadiness. When tension releases, even in tiny ways, it creates more space to breathe and think clearly. Over time, your system learns to let go of the stuck energy it has been holding and to settle into resilience.

What Begins to Shift

As the process unfolds, you may find that breathing comes more easily, that sleep is more restful, and that moments of panic no longer take over in the same way. Everyday challenges become easier to meet with steadiness and clarity. The spiral into blame or self-judgment begins to loosen, and there is more room for joy, connection, and presence with loved ones.

Healing doesn’t mean anxiety disappears overnight. It means your nervous system learns to come back to balance more often, with greater trust in your own capacity.

You Deserve Relief

You deserve to feel alive, connected, and at ease in your own body. Change begins with one step — and you don’t have to take it alone. Together, we can follow your system’s wisdom toward greater calm, resilience, and freedom.