Bellingham and Whatcom County Somatic Experiencing Practitioners

Networking, referrals and professional awareness of local trauma and stress resolution specialists as community resources.

Somatic Experiencing™ Practitioners (SEP) LISTING

Kendall Cline, SEP, EMDR Therapist and Consultant, WA State Supervisor | astracounseling.com

I work with adults from a variety of of backgrounds, including those who have experienced trauma, dissociation, or attachment wounding; nurses, veterans and first responders; queer/NB/trans folks; people with anxiety/depression.

Lindsay Dickes, SE Advanced Student, MSW, LSCW, LISCW | compassionatebodymind.com

I work with women, femmes and gender expansive clients navigating life changes and transitions: divorce/separation, perimenopause/ menopause, cancer diagnosis and survivorship, career change, new relationship or empty-nester. Focus on healing past relational and sexual traumas. (Virtual sessions only).

Matt Dowling, SEP, LSCW | no website; (360) 927-8582

I work with veterans and first responders.

Kara Eads, LMHC, Sex Therapist, EMDR, SEP | karaeadscounseling.com

Sex Therapy, EMDR, Somatic Experiencing® (SE) Touch. My approach to counseling incorporates humanism, existentialism, body-centric trauma-informed therapies, and mindfulness-based cognitive behavior therapies.

Annie Elder, MA, LMHC, SEP | annierosecounseling.com

I have been a therapist since 2014, and I have worked in social services since 2007. I have experience working with youth and adults in lots of contexts including complex trauma, peer conflict, behavioral issues, gender and sexuality, and adoption.

Matthew Fogerty, MS, MA, LMHC, SEP | truenaturecounseling.com

Offering counseling and coaching for adults and youth. I offer Somatic Experiencing™, Organic Intelligence™, and Somatic Resiliency and Regulation, mindfulness, HeartMath™ and nature-based therapy to move through fixed mental, physical, and emotional patterns.

Ann MacDonald, MA, MM, LMHC, SEP | annmacdonaldsep.com

I bring genuine care and compassion for your well-being. In addition to the SE techniques used in sessions, I will often weave traditional psychotherapy methods, mindfulness and Dynamic Attachment Repair into our work. I love working with children, youth, adults, couples and families.

Nichole Proffitt, SEP, CMT-P, SSHP | nicholeproffitt.com

My practice focuses on sexual trauma/sexual healing, dysfunctional family/alcoholic family system/abusive relationship trauma, toxic stress/anxiety, chronic pain, and I teach at UCSF in the community education program and on mindfulness research teams.

Laura M. Ridenour, MA, Mind-Body Leadership Coach, SEP | lauramridenour.com

I love working with youth, women and queer identifying humans interested in pragmatic support for addressing cultural, racial and systemic trauma and stress, Long COVID/chronic pain, body image/ worthiness, functional freeze/fawning/fitting in, and major life transitions. I offer SE Touch as well as relational, cosmological, spiritual and embodied coaching interventions toward living a regenerative, resilient, eros-centered life.

Amanda Smith, MS, LMFT, Advanced SE Student, Sex Therpist | restoreandrisetherapy.com

EMDR and Somatic Experiencing® for Adults and Couples; My practice focused on trauma - both acute and chronic - PTSD, CPTSD, dissociation, attachment wounds, childhood abuse and neglect, sexual abuse, incest, sexual and desire difficulties, couples experiencing intimacy difficulties. (Virtual sessions only).

Chloe Stanage Advanced SE Student, LMHC | songthrushcounseling.com

Youth, teens, adults, couples, families; I have worked exstensivley with DV, low income, rural communities with a focus on C-PTSD, mood disorders, and poverty. Indigenous populations: First Nations, Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islanders. Grief and loss, depression, anxiety, panic disorders. Cultural, racial, systematic trauma.

Elizabeth Stanton, SEP, MA, LMHC, LMT | Elizabeth Stanton

My holistic therapy practice for adults, includes Somatic Experiencing®, EMDR, breathwork, plant spirit medicine and SE Touch sessions designed to meet each individuals needs and nervous system regulation.

Andreas Weinrich, LMT, Transforming Touch Therapist, SEP | deep-peace.net

I use touch-based Somatic Experiencing® (SE) and Transforming Touch® (TEB) to support your nervous system in recovering, repairing, and regrouping from trauma – thereby allowing a greater sense of ease, vitality and choice in life.

Kelsie Wheeler, MA, ABS, LMHC, SEP | kelsiewheeler.com

I work with youth ages 15 years and up, and adults. I specialize in Family Systems therapy and Somatic Experiencing interventions that honor the body’s wisdom, recognizing how trauma and stress are stored physically and how healing can happen through bodily awareness.