'Somatic Inquiry' means working with the body to heal trauma

Arras Healing offers a blended and unique form of somatic therapy and coaching so that you can become empowered to rediscover your inner strength and wholeness. If talking therapies alone haven't helped you, it may be time to try a somatic approach. Read more below.

Working with a combination of somatic bodywork, breathwork and therapeutic techniques we can create a "conscious process" for the Nervous System (our fight/flight/freeze responses) to reorganise itself towards homeostasis (which essentially means a sense of wellbeing and safety). If you are struggling with your mental health or trauma, you may wish to consider a somatic approach.

 
'Somatic Inquiry' is working with the body, sensations, and emotions to create internal movement and spaciousness for healing to occur. This does not usually require hands-on work of any kind from the therapist, but sometimes we may work with physical movement together.

By becoming comfortable and familiar with what is known as our "felt sense"  we can gradually increase our window of tolerance and ability to be with ourselves during distress and strong emotions. We can recreate a self-relational container of self-trust and personal power.

Somatic Inquiry’s lineage comes down to us through Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing™  method and also draws on polyvagal theory in therapeutic practice, developed by Deb Dana and Dr Stephen Porges. There is a great deal of crossover with the breathwork and embodiment world, and also parts work such as Internal Family Systems and inner child approaches.

Through somatic therapy, we create conscious ways of relating to our experiences on a moment-to-moment basis. This is empowering work, giving us back movement, choice, and freedom in our healing journeys and our bodies. It is particularly powerful for working with trauma, PTSD, complex trauma, sexual trauma, dissociation, so-called personality disorders, anxiety, depression, autoimmune illnesses, loss, bereavement, and a range of other difficulties.

Clients learn how to grow their "somatic capacity"  to reach self-regulation and feelings of safety and connection within their mind, body, spirit, emotions.

Watch a video introduction to Somatic Inquiry recorded in 2023 on YouTube here.

Watch a brief demonstration of Somatic Inquiry on YouTube here which I recorded in 2024.

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Hi, I'm Candy, holistic somatic practitioner, trauma coach, trauma-informed breathworker and independent consultant at Arras Healing. I have trained in somatic trauma treatment approaches with Dr Thomas Hübl PhD and the AIR School of Breathwork and have been working with clients and groups since 2021.

I work holistically with trauma. My special interests are in healing complex trauma, anxiety, burnout, narcissistic abuse, sexual exploitation, relational abuse, and war trauma. I also work part-time as a tutor in breathwork for the Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB). In the past I have worked with organisations such as Public Health and Local Authorities in providing trauma-informed systems consulting. I regularly take part in continual professional development (aka CPD) with the likes of Peter Levine, Richard Schwartz, Gabor Mate, Diane Poole Heller and other leaders in the somatic trauma healing and bodywork fields. I'm fully insured and receive regular supervision, as well as facilitating online reflective practice spaces for other therapists, coaches, consultants, and practitioners on a regular basis. I have lived experience of trauma and hidden disabilities which bring a unique dimension and empathic connection to my work.