Embodied Depth Therapy
Awakening the Felt Sense of Wholeness
Head · Heart · Body
Belonging and Becoming
A Somatic–Archetypal Path
What do belonging and becoming mean to you?
Do you sense them as essential conditions in your inner life?
For me, they are the two pillars of healing — the foundation of good therapy and the heart of inner work.
Belonging signifies connection, safety, and rootedness. The felt sense of being at home in yourself and in life. It’s the quiet trust that allows the body to rest, the openness that lets relationship feel safe enough to nourish you.
Becoming speaks to growth, creativity, and aliveness. The movement toward possibility, truth, and expression. It’s the impulse in all of us to unfold, to integrate, and to live more fully from our essential nature.
When belonging and becoming are both supported, life feels coherent, meaningful, and alive.
When one is missing, we lose touch with the qualities of being that make life feel whole.
The Work We Do
Exploring the Essential Qualities of Wholeness
Therapy that helps begins by slowing down enough to feel what’s already here — the subtle qualities of being that make life feel whole.
Safety. Connection. Curiosity. Warmth. Aliveness.
These inner experiences are not goals to achieve but states we remember through the body. Our work is about re-establishing contact with these qualities and learning to live from them again.
Together we listen for what each part of you — mind, heart, and body — is longing for and how it already knows the way home.
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Through psychodynamic exploration, Internal Family Systems, and the Enneagram, we bring gentle awareness to the patterns and parts that shape your experience.
Insight here isn’t analysis; it’s compassionate seeing — recognizing the intelligence within your defenses and the deeper need beneath them.
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Using Somatic Experiencing®, EMDR, and somatic hypnosis, we create room for emotion to move in a way that feels safe and supported.
When feelings are met instead of managed, the nervous system finds regulation, and the heart can trust connection again.
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Informed by Polyvagal theory and principles of sensory integration used in occupational therapy, we engage and support the vagus nerve through gentle, body-based practices that help restore the system’s natural capacity for orientation, flow, and rest.
Movement, bilateral input, and grounding practices rebuild a felt sense of safety and vitality.
Hi, I’m Tammy
I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with two decades of experience as a therapist and Enneagram practitioner. My background includes doctoral-level training in psychodynamic psychotherapy and advanced certifications in the Enneagram and Somatic Parts Work.
I’m also trained in Somatic Experiencing® (SE), Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, Somatic Hypnosis, and Polyvagal-informed approaches.
Clients often describe me as warm, grounded, and intuitive. My work blends deep somatic and psychological insight with lived experience — supporting you through complexity, transition, and the ongoing process of becoming more fully yourself.
Whether you’re moving through change, healing old wounds, or longing to reconnect with your vitality, I offer a compassionate, down-to-earth space where every part of you is welcome.
Reflections That Ground and Inspire My Work
What is Embodied Depth Therapy?
All of my work falls under the umbrella of depth therapy—an approach that looks beneath the surface to uncover the patterns, archetypes, and stories shaping your life. Rooted in my PhD studies in psychodynamic psychotherapy, this depth weaves through every modality I use.
By rebuilding the body’s natural wholeness and working with archetypes like those in the Enneagram, we access healing that is both grounded and transformative.
Let’s Dive Deep…
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Personalized support for growth, healing, and self-discovery.
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A space to deepen connection and work through challenges.
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Tap into your subconscious and soothe your nervous system for somatic transformation.
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Gain insight and clarity through the wisdom of the Enneagram.