Somatic & Bottom-Up Therapy in Scottsdale, AZ
Starting with the body.
The modality
Bottom-Up Resourcing
Bottom-up resourcing works through the body—breath, movement, and mindful attention—rather than only through insight.
These practices build capacity to stay present and support deeper processing work.
Why the body
Insight alone is sometimes not enough.
Many people understand their patterns clearly — where they come from, why they happen — and still feel just as braced, restless, or numb. That is because stress and trauma live in the body as much as in thought.
Bottom-up resourcing starts there. Rather than working only through conversation and insight, it uses breath, movement, and mindful attention to speak directly to the nervous system.
When the body has more ways to settle, everything else in therapy becomes more accessible — including the deeper processing work that asks more of you.
Simple and chosen
What resourcing looks like in session.
Practices are small and adaptable: noticing the support of the chair, slowing the exhale, gentle movement, orienting to the room. Nothing is forced, and every practice is offered as an invitation you can decline or adjust.
Over time, these become resources you carry outside the session — ways to steady yourself in a difficult meeting, a hard conversation, or a sleepless night.
Bottom-up resourcing is woven throughout our work, supporting and preparing for approaches like EMDR, DBR, and IFS rather than standing apart from them.