It WILL freak people out

I’ve thought long and hard about sharing Somatic Psychology online.

Why?

Because it’s a direct path into The Wounded Self (the parts of us shaped by pain and trauma) and many mental health professionals consider it confronting.

Meaning it bypasses surface-level coping and goes straight to the root—your limbic system—so the immediate impact can be shocking to experience.

Where talk therapy can take years, Somatic Psychology brings progress in as little as 20 minutes.

And you might be surprised to hear this, but some mental health professionals might consider that dangerous.

Extreme… but true.

Somatic Psychology opens up your nervous system so people who try it often experience a wave of sensations, memories, and emotions.

Well they’re not new—they’ve been stored in the body for years—but they feel new because this is the first time they’re being acknowledged.

And, the therapeutic world is often terrified of legal liability (which makes sense, and yes, ethics are important), so collectively there’s an unspoken memo around modalities that work fast:

Don’t go too deep or it will freak people out.

People don’t know what’s right for themselves, and they can’t be trusted to make decisions around:

• When to push

• When to rest

• When to reach out for support

• And when to trust their intuition

The irony? Somatic Psychology actually builds these skills—and yes, it can be done alone.

It teaches you to reclaim trust in yourself by finally nurturing your body, your instincts, and your innate capacity to heal.

It’s a complicated subject, and after working with hundreds of clients, I understand why some mental health professionals might feel cautious.

But it goes against everything I believe:

I trust people to know what’s right for them.

And I definitely trust the natural healing power of their body—which Somatic Psychology so beautifully initiates— to know better than I do.

This is the essence of Somatic Psychology:

Take responsibility for your life, develop deep self-trust, and uncover the wisdom you already hold within.

Yes, the breakthroughs, the moments of deep transformation, and the emotional cleansing can feel challenging, but it also feels exciting, liberating, and rejuvenating.

In my opinion, that’s not a bad trade-off.

Because the alternative? Staying stuck in cycles of stress and overwhelm, disconnected from the life you’re meant to live.

I’d choose liberation every time.

With love,
Brian Maierhofer