Integrative Soma Sessions
One-on-one support to help you reconnect with yourself and navigate life's transitions.
with Kelly Heath
in Santa Barbara, CA
and/or via zoom.
Sometimes Sadie supports our sessions together
Is an Integrative Soma Session a Good Fit for Me?
This is a question I am often asked.
Over the years, I have come to believe that many of the challenges we face cannot be solved through insight alone. While understanding ourselves is important, lasting change often requires us to include the body in the process.
Our experiences, relationships, and life transitions shape not only the stories we tell about ourselves, but also how we feel, respond, and move through the world. At times we may find ourselves stuck in familiar patterns, disconnected from our needs, overwhelmed by stress, or uncertain about what comes next.
Many people who come to this work have already spent considerable time thinking about their challenges. What they are seeking is not necessarily more information, but a different way of listening…one that includes the wisdom of the body alongside the mind.
An Integrative Soma Session may be a good fit if you are curious about yourself and open to exploring your experience through multiple lenses, including embodiment, mindfulness, relationship, personal meaning, and lived experience.
You do not need to have a specific problem to solve.
You may simply feel that something in your life is asking for attention.
Together, we create a supportive space to slow down, listen more deeply, and explore what becomes possible when awareness, curiosity, and compassion are brought to the places that need them most.
While my work is informed by contemporary studies in psychology, attachment, development, trauma, mindfulness, yoga, and embodiment, I am not a licensed psychotherapist and Integrative Soma Sessions are not psychotherapy or a substitute for mental health treatment.
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
Carl Rogers
Through Our Work Together You May Experience
• A deeper connection to yourself and your inner wisdom
• Greater trust in your own decisions
• More ease in your body and nervous system
• Increased resilience during times of stress and change
• More self-compassion and less self-criticism
• Greater clarity about what matters most
• More meaningful and authentic relationships
• A stronger sense of purpose, direction, and possibility
• A feeling of being more fully at home in yourself
“When you shut down your emotions, you are also affecting your immune system, your nervous system. So the repression of emotion, which is a survival strategy, then becomes a source of physiological illness later on.”
Gabor Mate
What Happens in a Session?
Every session is unique because every person is unique.
Some sessions begin with a question, a challenge, or a life transition. Others begin with a feeling that something isn't quite right, even if there aren't words for it yet.
Together, we create space to slow down and explore what is asking for attention. Depending on your needs, our work may include conversation, reflection, mindfulness, embodiment practices, nervous system awareness, values exploration, and practical tools that support meaningful change.
There is no agenda to fix you or force a particular outcome.
Instead, we listen with curiosity—to the mind, the body, and the deeper wisdom that often emerges when we slow down enough to hear it.
Testimonials
"Working with Kelly helped me reconnect with what I truly want in this season of life and take clear, kind action toward it. I feel grounded, clear, and excited about what's ahead."
"Kelly's coaching gave me the space to pause, breathe, and re-align with what matters most. It's been transformational."
"I felt deeply nourished, seen, and supported by my time with Kelly. I always left our sessions feeling inspired, renewed, and with a greater sense of clarity and vision. Kelly helped me feel better resourced in all areas of my life. She shows up with immense sincerity and presence and carries a wealth of wisdom that she shares in abundance."