Best Resources for Somatic Therapy & Trauma Healing
A clinician-curated collection for driven women ready to work with the body, not just the mind, in healing trauma.
Trauma isn’t only stored in your thoughts and memories. It’s stored in your body — in the way your shoulders brace, your breath shallows, your jaw tightens when a particular feeling arrives. Talk therapy, for all its value, can miss this layer entirely.
Annie Wright, LMFT integrates somatic awareness into her clinical work because the body is where relational trauma lives. These are the resources she trusts most for women beginning to explore body-based healing.
Annie Wright, LMFT’s Clinical Guides
Free, long-form resources from 15+ years of clinical practice
What somatic therapy is, how it works, and why it’s essential for trauma that hasn’t fully responded to talk therapy alone.
Understanding how your body communicates what your mind can’t yet articulate — and how somatic therapy creates a new channel for healing.
The physiological foundation of somatic therapy — understanding your nervous system, the window of tolerance, and what regulation actually means.
“The body doesn’t lie. It holds the truth of what happened to you long after the mind has found ways to explain it away, minimize it, or simply not know.”
— Annie Wright, LMFT
Recommended Books
Clinically vetted, organized by where you are in your healing
The landmark text on trauma and the body. The essential starting point for understanding why somatic approaches are necessary.
The foundational text on Somatic Experiencing. Levine explains how animals naturally discharge trauma through the body — and how humans can learn to do the same.
The more clinically rigorous follow-up to Waking the Tiger. Explains the neurophysiology of somatic healing in depth.
The textbook on Sensorimotor Psychotherapy — one of the primary evidence-based somatic trauma modalities.
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Clinically Vetted Websites & Tools
Directories, research, and support
The official home of SE therapy — founded by Peter Levine. Therapist directory and training resources.
The professional organization for Pat Ogden’s Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. Therapist finder and clinical resources.
Search for somatic therapists in your area. Look for SE, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, or somatic experiencing in their listed modalities.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does somatic therapy feel like?
Somatic therapy involves paying close attention to physical sensations — noticing where you feel tension, contraction, heat, or numbness as you explore emotional material. Sessions move more slowly than traditional talk therapy and can feel unfamiliar at first.
Is somatic therapy evidence-based?
Yes — Somatic Experiencing and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy both have emerging evidence bases. The broader framework of trauma as a nervous system phenomenon is well-supported by neuroscience research.
Do I have to touch or be touched in somatic therapy?
No — most somatic therapists work entirely verbally, guiding your attention to internal sensations rather than using physical touch. Some modalities do incorporate gentle touch, but this is always consensual and clearly discussed.
Does Annie Wright, LMFT use somatic therapy?
Yes — Annie Wright, LMFT integrates somatic awareness and body-based approaches into her trauma-focused work with driven and ambitious women.
How do I work with Annie Wright, LMFT?
Annie Wright, LMFT offers 1:1 therapy for driven women with relational trauma backgrounds, as well as executive coaching for women navigating relational dynamics in leadership and life. You can learn more about therapy with Annie, explore executive coaching, or connect directly here.
Ways to Work with Annie Wright, LMFT
Deep relational trauma work in a private practice setting. Limited availability for driven and ambitious women ready to do the foundational work.
For driven women navigating relational dynamics in leadership, partnership, and life.
Annie Wright, LMFT
Annie Wright, LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 15+ years of clinical experience specializing in relational trauma, attachment wounds, and the psychology of driven and ambitious women. She is the founder of Evergreen Counseling and the author of a forthcoming W.W. Norton book. Book a complimentary consultation call to connect with Annie here.
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Annie Wright is a licensed psychotherapist (LMFT #95719) and trauma-informed executive coach with over 15,000 clinical hours. She works with driven, ambitious women -- including Silicon Valley leaders, physicians, and entrepreneurs -- in repairing the psychological foundations beneath their impressive lives. Annie is the founder and former CEO of Evergreen Counseling, a multimillion-dollar trauma-informed therapy center she built, scaled, and successfully exited. A regular contributor to Psychology Today, her expert commentary has appeared in Forbes, Business Insider, Inc., NBC, and The Information. She is currently writing her first book with W.W. Norton.
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