Root Down to Rise UpOnline Somatic Therapy in Boston and Across Massachusetts
Online somatic therapy in Boston and across Massachusetts for adults and parents who understand their anxiety but still feel it in the body.
Bilingual, Spanish and English
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
EMDRIA Certified Therapist
EMDRIA Approved Consultant
Online, five states
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in Training
Based in Boston, Massachusetts
Bilingual, Spanish and English Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker EMDRIA Certified Therapist EMDRIA Approved Consultant Online, five states Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in Training Based in Boston, Massachusetts
The approach
What is somatic therapy, and why does this kind of nervous system therapy reach what talk therapy can't?
You can know exactly why you feel anxious and still feel your chest tighten or your thoughts race before you've decided anything. That gap lives in the nervous system, not in your understanding. Somatic therapy works from the body up rather than the mind down. Instead of only talking about what happened, we notice how your body holds it, so the pattern can settle where it actually lives. For many people, this is the part that talk therapy alone never quite reached.
People sometimes call this somatic healing, and the word healing is the right one, though not in the sense that anything was ever broken. The goal is not to manage the anxiety better but to let the nervous system finish what it has been holding, so that steadiness is something you have rather than something you practice.
I draw on EMDR, Brainspotting, and Somatic Experiencing to do this work, gentle, body-based approaches that help your nervous system feel safe enough to change.
Sound familiar?
You might recognize yourself here
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Individual therapy
You've read the books and done the talk therapy. You understand your patterns. And still your body reacts before you can catch it, with anxiety, overwhelm, or a bracing you can't think your way out of. Somatic therapy for anxiety starts there, with the reaction itself.
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Parent support
Your child does something ordinary or they are having a hard time and you feel a reaction far bigger than the moment or one that is difficult to manage inside. You want to understand where it comes from so you can stay present and connected, instead of getting pulled under.
Methods
How I work
Body-based therapy for anxiety and trauma, shaped around what your system needs.
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EMDR therapy
A structured way to reprocess the memories and beliefs that keep your body on alert. I am an EMDRIA Certified Therapist and EMDRIA Approved Consultant.
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Somatic trauma therapy
Body based therapy for trauma that does not require you to retell the whole story. We work with how the past shows up in your body now, at a pace your system can hold.
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Therapy for anxiety and highly sensitive people
For people who feel everything a little more, and have been managing anxiety that never quite settles. Steadiness that is built in the body rather than argued in the mind.
Alongside EMDR, I use Brainspotting and Somatic Experiencing, and I weave parts work and mindfulness into everything.
Offerings
Therapy and Consultation
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For Individuals
Therapy that helps you root down into stillness, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect with your inner wisdom. From this grounded, steady place, you can rise up, speaking and living your truth with greater confidence, clarity, authenticity, and ease.
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For Parents
Support for parents who want to stay grounded in hard moments and build a deeper connection with their child. Together, we gently tend to the parts of you that didn't receive what they needed, so parenting can come from a resourced, steady, and connected place. This work helps you tune out the noise, trust your intuition, and build a deep, authentic connection with your child.
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For Therapists
Consultation for EMDR therapists who want to integrate this modality with greater self-trust, confidence, and nervous system awareness. Together, we strengthen your ability to stay connected to your clinical intuition, especially when trying something new feels unsettling or pulls you away from your inner knowing.
Over time
What somatic healing can change
Your body stops reacting before you have caught up with it, or at least gives you a moment first.
Anxiety becomes something that passes through rather than something that runs the day.
You can hear other people's opinions without losing hold of your own.
Hard moments with your child, your partner or your work land in the present instead of on top of the past.
Rest starts to feel safe again.
Meet your therapist
Meet Liza
Hi, I'm Liza Detenber, a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and somatic therapist based in Medford, just north of Boston, offering online somatic therapy across Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and South Carolina. I draw on EMDR, Brainspotting, and Somatic Experiencing, and I weave in parts work and mindfulness throughout. As a therapist and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, my work is a natural extension of my own lifelong path of embodied practice as a human, parent, and therapist. From a childhood rooted in mindfulness, to my clinical focus on embodied healing, I bring a grounded, heartfelt lens to therapy, one that moves beyond 'fixing' and instead honors the unshakable wholeness you already possess.
Getting startedHow it works
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Reach out
Schedule a free 15 minute consultation. I'll share how I practice, answer any questions you have, and together we can decide if we're a good fit.
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Root down
We ground down with compassion, deep listening, and connection to unearth what is there and meet these pain points with tenderness and nurture.
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Rise up!
We will check in along the way to make sure our work continues to feel aligned. Through our work together you will tap into your inner wisdom to grow into the fullness of you!
LocationsWhere I work
I see clients online across Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and South Carolina. I'm based in Medford and work with many people across Greater Boston, including Somerville, Cambridge, Arlington, Malden, Melrose and Winchester. In-person parent circles are held in Medford.
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
South Carolina
Frequently Asked Questions
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Somatic therapy is a body-based approach to therapy. Rather than only talking about what happened, we pay attention to how your nervous system holds it, in your breath, your posture, the tension you carry, and work there so the pattern can settle. I draw on EMDR, Brainspotting and Somatic Experiencing, with parts work and mindfulness woven throughout.
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Individual therapy and EMDR consultation are online. In-person parent circles are held in Medford, Massachusetts.
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I am licensed to see clients in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey and South Carolina, and I am a telehealth registered provider in South Carolina.
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I am an out-of-network provider. I can give you a superbill after each session to submit to your insurance for possible reimbursement, and I am happy to talk through what that involves in a free consultation.
Ready to get started?
Book a free 15-minute consultation. Nothing to prepare, and no need to explain it well.