SOMATIC THERAPY

​​Matt is a trauma‑informed Somatic Therapist trained in Gabor Maté’s Compassionate Inquiry Professional Training and The Boulter Method.

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Somatic Therapy recognizes that trauma and emotion are not stored only in the mind — the body holds a vivid emotional memory connected to every story in your life. This modern and deeply humanizing approach to counselling supports a reconnection to the wisdom held in your body, beyond the narrative of your experiences.

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Many of us are conscious of the difficult events we’ve lived through, yet disconnected from the emotional and embodied impact of those memories. To survive, we often separate from what we feel. The pain doesn’t disappear — it becomes stored in the body and shapes our unconscious mind. In Somatic Therapy, we explore, reprocess, and integrate your relationship to your lived experiences, traumatic events, family system, and cultural conditioning.

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Through reconnecting to the language of the body, we begin to understand our emotions and behaviour differently. Depression, anxiety, addiction, insomnia, chronic pain, and burnout can all begin to heal when we release what the body has been holding. Breathwork, IFS‑informed Parts Work, sound healing, and bodywork may be woven into sessions to support deeper integration.

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When we become conscious of how pain influences our mind, body, behaviour, and emotion, we are empowered to live fully in the present and begin healing. This work supports you in becoming conscious and empowered in your struggle, transcending victimhood, and reclaiming your highest expression of self.

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Matt offers in‑person somatic therapy sessions in Squamish, BC, both in studio and in nature, as well as virtual sessions worldwide.​​​

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