Where sensitivity meets somatic story healing
Deeply sensitive clients come to me because their bodies feel overwhelmed. They feel burned out and disassociated for everything they're holding in silence: all the energy, emotions and projections they absorb constantly with no idea how to protect themselves, and all the narratives that live in their body as a result of trauma energies that haven't been processed that make them feel . . . anxious. Disconnected. Not in love with themselves, not allowed to speak their truth, trust their intuition or prioritize themselves, and consequently at the mercy of a lot of body dis-ease: chronic sensation that never seems to stop, feeling unsafe or unsettled in their skin, self-judgement or hatred and diagnoses of things like adrenal fatigue, fibromyalgia, autoimmunity and more conditions with a mind/body root cause.
Highly sensitive womxn do not have the luxury of ignoring our emotional pain.
It shows up in our bodies every time.
The good news for you is that bringing resolution to that pain, to whatever you're holding that's gone unexpressed for too long, calms your body. Sensations immediately and perceptibly shift. You stop feeling the need to dissociate because you've integrated what you've been holding. You've unwound patterns and beliefs that have been locked in your body - probably for decades. Your body shifts out of fight or flight; your nerves can settle. All of which makes room for you to bloom into the version of yourself you most want to feel like and be.
Honoring your emotional pain is the stepping stone to being able to honor your emotions and your sensitivity throughout your life - two things you must be able to do (and make a practice of) if you want to thrive as a highly sensitive womxn. This is what your healed story looks like: stress released, trauma integrated, narratives rewritten, your sensitivity honored. Your body befriended. A whole heart beating inside you now, more empowerment than you've ever felt and a deeply anchored love for who you are. It would be my honor to guide you on this path.
Your Healed Story begins here.
Inside this private coaching container, you'll heal somatic trauma and come home to your body with compassion. Guided by someone who understands what it's like to be deeply sensitive with a highly reactive body, you'll feel seen in your experience and safe to be honest about your emotions - two really important elements for healing.
We'll talk boundaries, story healing, what we physically require for well-being; we'll dissolve blocks and help you step into your peace and power, resolving emotional pain and somatic trauma as we go.
Feel into your body for a moment: imagine everything you feel like you're holding as a tangled up ball of red yarn, just sitting behind your sternum. Making you feel heavy and hopeless, the whole story of how you got here so enmeshed and entwined. In our work together, we'll find a loose end of that tangled ball and tug gently: we'll talk, I'll invite you to journal (body write) in sessions, we'll talk about what comes up and journal into that too, repeating this process, healing deeper and deeper layers until we resolve your heart of the matter.
The details:
I offer two separate coaching packages for this work: 8 sessions or 12 sessions. Each session is a full 60 minutes long, and is ideally taken weekly. How much time you need depends on where you are and how you're feeling before we begin.
8 Session Package: $2400 (USD)
12 Session Package: $3600 (USD)
Each coaching package includes:
- Weekly sessions that take place over Zoom or the telephone - your choice
- Unlimited email access to me Monday - Friday (10:00 am - 5:00 pm MST) for coaching, support, victory sharing, questions, an emotional touchstone or prompts on request to further support your healing
- The Body Story Somatic Journaling Course and BodyLove Prompt Book for free (combined value: $300)
Payment plans are available.
Training & Qualifications
In addition to university and a lifetime spent writing, I have written fiction and memoir with Judy Reeves (A Writer's Book of Days), and have attended writing workshops with Janet Fitch (Paint It Black, White Oleander) and Tom Spanbauer, founder of the Dangerous Writing method.
Over the last five years, I have developed a framework for embodied processing and trauma resolution that pulls elements of somatic trauma integration, IFS parts work, Somatic Experiencing and journaling, and weaves them into an intuitive process I call Body Writing, that is as gentle as it is powerful.
I have the lived experience of being a highly sensitive cptsd survivor and living with chronic mind/body conditions most of my life; I am also a Certified Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Coach through The Embody Lab.
Within that certification, I studied Embodiment, Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems and Parts Work, Complex Trauma, Somatic Psychology, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Post-Traumatic Growth and more.
I have also completed the Master Workshop "Healing Trauma with Dr. Peter Levine" in 2023.
What my clients say:
"When I first started working with Jennifer, I tried to keep hope for monumental success at arm's length, because being free of the pain in my life just didn't seem realistic. I didn't want to be disappointed. And honestly, I was a bit, when I heard her first writing prompt. I was like, "Really? That's not going to work." But my doubt disappeared as soon as I started writing. It worked, immediately and astoundingly well. I trust her and her process implicitly. I've had so many epiphanies since working with her that even if I had remaining doubts (I don't), they wouldn't compare to the actual progress I've made in mindset, hope for the future and feeling whole in my heart. I have accomplished more in three months with her than I have in twenty years of traditional therapy." Tarla T.
"Jennifer, thank you so much for your presence in our sessions. It is profoundly healing to know that you will stay with me even when I move through the darkest places, that you won't be frightened away by them. You stayed with me and let me know I wasn't alone. Thank you." Ramona S.
"After a particularly powerful session with Jennifer, I noticed spontaneous healing of some deep wounds on my arms. This could be [considered] woo woo but the truth is, after one particularly deep session with her, there was healing in a visible way where prior, there had just been stagnant wounds. It's really hard to put the experience of working with her into words but maybe it's best to simply say: if you allow Jennifer to guide you through her process, you will set yourself free. You will write and speak the words to set yourself free." K. B.
"Jennifer is a genuine badass. As a coach, she has a quiet but fierce strength and lovingly holds space while you excavate your depths, and offers caring reassurance. She holds a light for you and helps you realize it's your light. That spark of light you thought for sure had died out, and she's standing there smiling at the end of the tunnel saying, 'See? Isn't it beautiful?'" Jessica M.
"Before working with Jennifer I had just come into awareness of how my life has always felt difficult, how I've never felt comfortable, how just being in the world with this body has always been hard. I'd been in therapy for complex PTSD and done a lot of good work. But I never felt like I could relax into my life, soften and just feel good. I hadn't felt anything good in my body for about 2.5 years. After working with Jennifer, I feel more like myself than I have in a really long time. More expansive on the inside, softer and stronger both. I feel like I understand a piece of myself that I never did. I feel hope again. I felt very heard and seen by Jennifer and she has made things that I thought were impossible for me seem easy - that is an enormous gift. My sessions with her are the highlight of my week." Ramona S.
"Working with Jennifer has changed my life and my perspective. I've made sense of, cleared things and uncovered more than I ever realised I could, and started to chip away at pain that has been there for decades. It's helping me get unstuck in areas that I thought would be there for life. I'm deeply grateful for her, her support and her incredible work." Eleanor L.
"Before working with Jennifer I felt skeptical that I could ever experience the healing I needed. The thought of actually getting to the place I wanted to be felt impossible. By far the biggest issues I faced were self-hate and criticism, accompanied by unhealed childhood traumas, resentment, rejection and feelings of unworthiness. What changed after working with Jennifer? Everything! For one, I don't hate myself anymore. That's HUGE. I feel so free and at peace with myself, I'm actually optimistic about my trajectory. I'm not triggered by things I used to be, and when I find myself bothered, I know what I need to do to process through the feelings. If you're considering working with Jennifer, go for it. She will 100% improve your quality of life. She creates a safe, warm space that allows you to open up in your own time, while offering loving and insightful nudges and feedback to help you along the way. No other individual has brought about healing in my life in such a short period of time, in such an effective way. She really is a gifted individual. I know I deserve credit for my healing as well, but I truly don't know how I would have achieved it without her." Felicia K.
