You can be capable, competent, and passionate, yet feel like you aren’t doing enough.
You can lose your sense of yourself when you feel pulled in too many directions.
You can have a full life and still sense that something is missing.
You are looking for something more.
We work with people who…
Have been in therapy before or simply know they are looking for something that goes beyond talk therapy.
Appear capable and productive from the outside, but underneath it all they feel drained, overwhelmed, or uncertain.
Carry stress or anxiety in their bodies, feeling chronically tense, restless, or on edge even when life seems “fine.”
Are trying to make sense of trauma, loss, or change, and want to feel more grounded, present, and regulated.
Are very self-aware but get stuck in their heads and feel disconnected with themselves, their creativity, and their vitality.
Want more from their relationships, are tired of taking care of everyone else, and have a difficult time making time and space for themselves.
Imagine what it could be like to feel more like yourself, more at home in your body, and more fully alive.
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. It means reconnecting to your creativity and vitality.
We help people reduce anxiety, heal from trauma, recover from burnout, and navigate the transitions that leave you wondering who you are or where you went.
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.”
When you bring the body and mind together in therapy, it changes what’s possible.
You start making space for yourself. The tension you can’t let go of starts to ease. The thoughts constantly running in the background make less noise. You feel less overloaded, more grounded, more like yourself, and you start to feel what it’s like to actually be in your life.
Ready to get started?
Your body and your nervous system are holding your stress, but they also hold the key to healing and growth.
How Change Happens in Somatic Therapy
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
- EMDR
- Trauma-focused Therapy
- Creative Arts Therapy
- Nature-based Therapy
Learn more about how somatic therapy works. »
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
What if you got started today?
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Meet Our Therapists
Movement Matters was founded by Annabelle Coote, licensed mental health counselor, certified Sensorimotor Psychotherapist, and certified dance/movement therapist. We are an integrative somatic therapy practice that welcomes clients of all identities, backgrounds, and orientations.
Our therapists all have in-depth training in somatic therapy methods. Our work is grounded in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, movement psychotherapy, and contemplative psychology, and we draw from many body-centered and experiential approaches. We love the work we do, and we are continually expanding our knowledge and proficiency.
Annabelle Coote, Founder & Director
Arin Willey, Therapist
Monica Thomas, Therapist
Jesse Carter, Therapist
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?
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About Creative Arts & Movement in Therapy
Therapy as a Creative Process In our practice, we love using creative and experiential approaches. We believe that all people have an innate drive toward well-being and that our role as therapists is to support you in connecting to your own vitality and developing...
About Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP) is our primary approach to somatic therapy in our practice. It’s one of the most current and effective approaches in therapy; and, in our experience, it’s nearly magical in how it helps people to heal and...