Somatic Parts Work: Integrating Mind and Body for Deep, Lasting Healing
If you’ve found that traditional talk therapy hasn’t brought you the level of transformation you’re seeking, you’re not alone. Many people reach a point in their healing journey where they crave a more embodied, integrative approach—one that addresses not only thoughts and behaviors, but also the nervous system, trauma responses, and internal patterns of self-protection.
Somatic Parts Work is a powerful therapeutic method that combines the principles of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy with somatic trauma healing. This integrative approach supports deeper emotional healing by working directly with the mind-body system and the inner “parts” or subpersonalities that shape our experiences.
What Is Somatic Parts Work?
Somatic Parts Work is a gentle, yet effective method for treating trauma, emotional distress, and chronic internal conflict. It is rooted in the belief—central to IFS—that the human psyche is made up of multiple parts, each with its own perspective, emotion, and role. Some of these parts carry burdens from the past, while others try to protect us from emotional pain by suppressing vulnerability, controlling our environment, or avoiding risk.
Through somatic therapy, we can tune into these parts not just cognitively, but felt-sense-wise—through bodily awareness, nervous system cues, and physical sensation. This embodied access allows for profound healing and integration.
How Does Somatic Parts Therapy Work?
In a typical session, your therapist will guide you in cultivating a deeper connection to your Core Self—the wise, compassionate, and calm inner presence that exists beneath your protective parts. From this grounded place, you'll begin to gently explore the parts of you that may be:
Hyper-vigilant and anxious
Avoidant or disconnected
Critical or perfectionistic
Emotionally reactive or shutdown
Stuck in fear, shame, or grief
Rather than pushing these parts away, we create space for curiosity and compassionate understanding. With this shift, parts that once seemed “stuck” or sabotaging can begin to relax, reveal their deeper story, and integrate into a more cohesive, resilient whole.
Benefits of Somatic Parts Work
This integrative therapy process is ideal for those looking to go beyond surface-level change and address the root causes of emotional and relational difficulties. Through Somatic Parts Work, you may:
Develop a stronger connection to your authentic self
Heal unresolved trauma and emotional wounds
Release internal blocks that hold you back from change
Repattern negative self-beliefs and self-concept
Improve emotional regulation and stress resilience
Strengthen your sense of wholeness and internal safety
Enhance intimacy and emotional connection in relationships
Who Is Somatic Parts Work For?
This approach is especially helpful for individuals who:
Have a history of trauma or early attachment wounds
Struggle with self-sabotage, anxiety, or inner conflict
Want to understand and transform their protective patterns
Feel “stuck” despite previous therapy or personal growth work
Desire a more embodied and integrative path to healing
Whether you’re navigating painful memories, chronic overwhelm, relationship struggles, or a disconnection from your body or inner voice, Somatic Parts Work provides a path toward integration, clarity, and emotional freedom.
What Makes This Approach Different?
Unlike traditional talk therapy, which often emphasizes cognitive insight, Somatic Parts Work bridges the gap between mind and body, helping you understand your inner world on a sensory, emotional, and energetic level. Sessions are experiential and intuitive, often incorporating practices such as:
Somatic tracking and nervous system awareness
Parts dialogue and inner listening
Grounding and resourcing techniques
Trauma-informed mindfulness and self-regulation
Visualization and memory repair
This work goes beyond symptom management—it's about coming home to yourself, creating internal alignment, and restoring access to joy, vitality, and choice.
Somatic Parts Work in NYC: Start Your Healing Journey
If you're in New York City and looking for a holistic, evidence-based therapy that addresses trauma, negative self-concept, or emotional overwhelm, Somatic Parts Work may be the approach you've been searching for. In my Manhattan-based practice, I offer individualized therapy that blends IFS, EMDR, and somatic interventions to help you build inner harmony and live with greater purpose and ease.
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Kimberly Seelbrede, LCSW is a New York State Licensed Psychotherapist, Advanced EMDR and Somatic Therapy Practitioner, and Couples Therapist with a boutique private practice in New York City. With extensive post-graduate training and certifications from globally renowned institutions and experts, Kimberly offers a deeply personalized, integrative approach to psychotherapy that bridges science, somatics, and soulful insight.
Her clinical expertise includes EMDR therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), CBT and DBT skills training, positive neuroplasticity, hypnotherapy, and attachment-based couples therapy. Kimberly also provides crisis-focused counseling, coaching for high-functioning professionals, and emotional health assessments related to perimenopause and menopause—an area of specialization rarely addressed in traditional mental health care.
As a New Yorker, Kimberly is uniquely attuned to the demands of high-achieving, high-profile individuals. She offers discreet, concierge-style therapy and coaching for executives, creatives, public figures, and professionals navigating anxiety, burnout, trauma, life transitions, and complex relationships. Her therapeutic space is confidential, attuned, and trauma-informed—ideal for those seeking depth, transformation, and emotional recalibration.
Kimberly is also trained in Urban Zen Integrative Therapy, combining energy psychology, breathwork, and restorative yoga therapy—a holistic, somatic modality designed to calm the nervous system and support whole-person healing.
At Holistic Psychotherapy & Wellness NY, Kimberly provides online therapy and coaching for individuals, couples, and professionals experiencing:
Anxiety, panic, and chronic stress
Depression and mood dysregulation
PTSD and trauma-related symptoms
Relationship and intimacy issues
High-conflict couples and attachment wounds
Grief, loss, and life transitions
Identity concerns, burnout, and executive overwhelm
Hormone-related emotional challenges (perimenopause, menopause)
Career stagnation and creative blocks
Through a carefully tailored, evidence-based approach, Kimberly helps clients cultivate inner resilience, emotional clarity, and sustainable well-being. Her therapeutic process is both deep and actionable—designed to help clients clear emotional obstacles, gain insight, and reconnect with a greater sense of meaning and vitality.
Virtual Therapy for Busy New Yorkers
Kimberly understands the fast-paced, often overwhelming nature of life in New York City. That’s why her practice offers flexible virtual therapy designed to meet the needs of busy, high-functioning individuals balancing demanding careers, relationships, parenting, and personal growth. Services include:
Weekly and biweekly psychotherapy sessions
Short-term intensive or crisis-focused therapy
EMDR intensives and trauma reprocessing
Virtual couples therapy and relational coaching
Mind-body interventions for stress, sleep, and hormonal shifts
Concierge therapy packages with between-session access
Whether you're navigating trauma, burnout, performance anxiety, or relationship distress, Kimberly’s integrative approach meets you where you are—while supporting you in where you long to go.
Schedule a consultation today to learn more about working with Kimberly Seelbrede, LCSW at Holistic Psychotherapy & Wellness NY—serving Manhattan and beyond via secure telehealth.
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