Does Any Of This Resonate With You?
You are looking for something more. You want to feel more like yourself, more at home in your body, more alive in your relationships. You feel stuck in old patterns and the pressure of “shoulds”. You want real change, not just better coping strategies. You might be functioning, but you want to be flourishing.
Moving through life differently doesn’t mean overhauling everything. It means finding more ease, more presence, more you in the life you’re already living.
Whether you’re already drawn to body-centered work or just have a sense that talking alone isn’t enough, we can help.
Even If You Look Okay On The Outside
There’s a gap between how your life looks and how it feels. You’re capable, you’re managing. But underneath, you’re not quite thriving.
- Your body is holding more than you realize: chronic tension, shallow breathing, restless energy
- You have anxiety that doesn’t match the circumstances: it’s confusing why you feel as stressed as you do
- Your relationships drain more than they nourish: it feels like you’re doing everything for everyone all the time
- Your creative energy is missing: things are mostly running on autopilot
- You have a persistent sense that there could be something more: even if you’re not quite sure what or how to get there
You’re not looking for more of the same or for just talking in circles about your “issues”. Maybe you’ve already discovered that self-awareness is overrated when it doesn’t lead to change. You’re just stuck with trying harder, but not getting anywhere. We can help you get out of your head and work with what’s under the surface. The stuff you can’t “think your way out of.”
Your body and your nervous system are holding your stress, but they also hold the key to healing and growth.
How Healing and Change Happen
Here’s what decades of neuroscience, trauma research, and clinical practice tell us:
Thinking about your problems differently isn’t enough.
Real change happens in your nervous system. When your body can relax and you can breathe easier. When your baseline is that you feel okay, safe, and engaged. When you recognize the cues of your stress, anxiety, trauma, anger, confusion, or joy and can respond to them effectively.
Talk therapy helps you understand your patterns. Somatic therapy helps you change them.
At Movement Matters, we integrate approaches that work with your whole self:
- Somatic | Body-Centered Psychotherapy
- Mindfulness & Body-Awareness
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
- Movement Psychotherapy
- Polyvagal-Informed Therapy
- Nervous System Regulation
- Creative Arts Therapy
- Trauma-informed care
- EMDR
Within your being, within your mind and your living body, lies a world of joy and power.
Within you lies a kingdom that you know little of.
The kingdom of fearless living, of sharing love, and the unfolding glory of your infinite being.
All this and more is yours.
-Ruth St. Denis
Imagine What Change Could Feel Like
What if you could reconnect with yourself – with vitality, creativity, and sense of direction?
What if you could feel at home in your body – having both more calm and more energy?
What if relationships brought joy and connection instead of depletion?
What if you could show up for yourself the way you care for everyone else?
What if you felt free to express yourself, be more authentic, more you?
What if you had the confidence to pursue your dreams and desires?
What if you got started today?
Schedule your free phone consultation.
413-644-0171
hello@movementmatterstherapy.com
Meet the Movement Matters Therapists
Our therapists all have specialized training in holistic & somatic therapy approaches, including Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. We are continually expanding our knowledge and proficiency. We truly enjoy the work we do and feel honored to be a part of our clients’ journeys.
Annabelle Coote, Founder & Director
Arin Willey, Therapist
Monica Thomas, Therapist
Jesse Carter, Therapist
** NEW: Somatic Therapy Intensives – Learn More**
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