Reset your Nervous System
with Somatic Therapy

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Somatic Therapy for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Burnout, Pain, Career & Relationships

The Beyond Approach works at the nervous system level and is evidence-based.

We bring compassion and awareness to your patterns and gently guide you to your core issue.

We then implement somatic tools that restore your nervous system to its full robust capacity.

Once you feel good in your body, good things start to happen in all areas of life.

Our somatic therapy was developed by training personally with:

Meet the Beyond Team

  • Sarah Bibbo, ASW

    PSYCHOTHERAPIST ASSOCIATE

  • Flavia MacMenamin, AMFT

    PSYCHOTHERAPIST ASSOCIATE

  • Rosalie Maduro, AMFT, APCC

    PSYCHOTHERAPIST ASSOCIATE

  • Angie Bradshaw, LMFT

    PSYCHOTHERAPIST

  • Steven Bradshaw, LMFT, SEP

    PSYCHOTHERAPIST

Meet the Beyond Network—our referral community

Medical Advisory Board

The Beyond Approach

Somatic therapy doesn’t have to be mysterious or “woo-woo.”

Talk therapies often describe the issue without fixing it, or they attempt what can’t be done, e.g., thinking your way out of anxiety. It can often feel like talking in circles without anything changing.

That is because stress, anxiety and pain are rooted at the body level where unprocessed emotion, trauma, and life energy have become stuck. 

We treat the core process of nervous system dysregulation directly. Evidence shows that our modalities are effective in person and online

In somatic sessions you can expect:

  • Healing begins with a safe and supportive connection. We work at your pace without rushing or pushing.

    (This stage applies relational and person-centered therapies)

  • We build a shared understanding of how your symptoms operate and what keeps them in place today. In the process, we meet your protective parts that guard emotional burdens and unprocessed losses and we map out what needs to happen in order to heal.

    (This stage applies Internal Family Systems & psychodynamic therapies)

  • Inside every session, we use focused somatic techniques to get to the root of your symptoms. 

    You'll learn how to listen, really listen, to the signals your body is sending. 

    This awareness work allows blocked energy to discharge and restores you to a baseline of restful alertness and natural motivation and energy. This state becomes a home base you can keep coming back to.

    Exercises include: 

    • State awareness training 

    • Down-regulation & up-regulation–through breath, sound, self-touch & movement

    • Restoration of boundaries, voice & healthy aggression

    You can try out some of our somatic tools here

    Read here for more detailed information on how Somatic Therapy works on the nervous system.

    (This stage applies Somatic Experiencing and Attachment-Focused EMDR Therapies)

You’ll learn to integrate these tools into work, relationships, exercise and sleep to create a positive upward spiral that supports long-term resilience.

You may not realize your pain, stress, anxiety & burnout can be shifted in a repeatable & reliable way.

Try our somatic toolkit

10 quick and easy instructional videos you can try before even starting therapy

  1. Name to Tame

  2. Inner Soil

  3. Urge Surfing

  4. Brace, Collapse, Rebound

  5. Sounding (voo)

  6. Healthy Aggression

  7. Intention Breath

  8. Receiving Eyes

  9. Widening the Vision Cone

  10. Tap, Shake, Sway

Hear from our clients

We’ve helped clients who were feeling: 

Best somatic therapy near me in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
  • Anxious, overwhelmed or hyper-vigilant

  • Trapped by racing, incessant thinking

  • Depressed, stuck, or hopeless

  • Reacting or avoiding in relationships

  • Body symptoms like IBS, migraines, back pain & autoimmune disorders

These symptoms are your body calling you back into connection, you just need to learn how to listen.

Results after somatic therapy with us

After working with us, clients report: 

  • The body feels safe

  • They have a “new story”

  • Better sleep & physical wellbeing

  • Inner strength & resilience

  • Reduced anxiety & depression

  • Less physical pain

  • Feeling “less burdened”

  • Improved personal & work relationships

Somatic Therapy Techniques and tools for nervous system regulation in Los Angeles California

Story follows state.

The story that appears true depends on the state of your nervous system. When you are dysregulated, hopelessness and despair prevail. When you are well-regulated, hope and optimism appear naturally.

By helping your body find safety and connection, your perspective on life shifts and your whole identity updates. You’ll start getting reflections that “something has changed” and that you are “lighter” or “easier” to be around. This energetic shift is magnetic and attracts good people to your cause.

Beyond fear

Beyond pain

Beyond scarcity

Beyond doubt

Beyond just coping

There is a place you feel deeply at home in your body & the world