“Jamie holds a spacious attentiveness that invites one's inner energy to move in its natural patterns. From there, his teachings and technologies of amplification, slowing down, bringing in breath or sound, repeating micro movements that come from a felt inner sensing, or working with opposite impulses (to name just a few!) help to bring a more intimate relationship with what is alive in the moment and what maybe wants to be born.” - Jeremy, psychotherapist

“You seemed to effortlessly distill the essence of what was internally going on, help me name it, and then gave tools to attend to where I am at right now. I'm feeling much gratitude for the awareness, for the suggested methods of leaving my self imposed dark tunnel, as well as your ever-ready permission and support.” - Ann, massage therapist

Somatic Expression Individual Sessions

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Deepen awareness of your body

Enlarge your expressive range

Increase sensory-motor perception and decrease mental chatter

Learn practical tools for self-care

Uncover personal meaning in somatic feedback and symptoms

Identify creative solutions for your life

Integrate awareness and action into your personal daily practice

I offer individual somatic coaching sessions in person in Western MA or on Zoom with a "pay what you are able" sliding scale. (Zoom sessions are recorded for your personal use.)

Sliding scale: 30 minutes ($45-90) or 60 minutes ($80-160)

Contact me here to arrange a session

OVERVIEW: Since 1989, I have been a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist through ISMETA (The International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association), and in 2022, was recognized as a Master Somatic Movement Therapist (MSMT) for my many years of service. In individual sessions, I draw from my eclectic skill base to support people living with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, life-threatening illnesses, chemical dependencies, eating disorders, anxiety, and stress to find pragmatic tools and action strategies for collaborating with their own healing process. For a fuller overview of professional experience, see my resume HERE

Fundamental to personal empowerment and proactive change is the inquiry into basic pre-verbal actions: how we breathe, vocalize, sit, stand, and move. This somatic infrastructure reflects our history, habits, and identity.

Our process is a collaborative inquiry drawing on a broad range of resources, using the somatic technologies of breath, vocalization, contact, movement and stillness in tandem with verbal reflection and dialogue.

By starting with the state of your your body and introducing somatic activities relevant to your individual issues and needs, we establish a baseline of support and activate a dialogue between the voluntary and involuntary, brain and belly, and the verbal and preverbal.

I work closely with your needs, interests, and comfort level to determine which direction to take and what resource to use. Alternating between action and reflection clarifies what is needed for further exploration and what would support moving forward.

I am a witness - absorbing your preverbal language of gestures, eye contact, posture, movement, breathing rhythm, vocal tone and tempo, and the silences as well as your verbal expression of words and images. And I am a coach - offering responses, resources, possibilities and encouragement.

Giving full attention to these varied modes of self-expression helps me empathically tune in and get a glimpse into your world so I can respond with targeted tools and resources to coach you in effectively reaching your personal goals.

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“Jamie is not adequately nor accurately described by words like dancer or movement therapist - he is much more for which there are no good words. Transformative artist may approach his ability to utilize the non-verbal (movement, vocalization, drawing) not only expressively but also conjointly with the psychological/ insightful to promote a healing integration of awareness." - George F. Solomon, M.D., UCLA