Welcome to The Holding Ground.

A gentle space to slow down, settle your nervous system, and reconnect with yourself.

You may be noticing:

  • anxiety that doesn’t respond to insight

  • feeling shut down or numb

  • looping thoughts or emotional overwhelm

  • burnout from holding others

  • your body holding stress long after events are over

  • talk therapy helped, but something still feels stuck

This is a place of soft landings, grounded presence, and quiet care. This is a place to reconnect, rebuild, and rest.

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Who I Support

I work with people who feel like they’re carrying more than they can comfortably hold.

It may show up as:
• stress or overwhelm
• shutdown or burnout
• emotional heaviness
• feeling alone even around others
• old patterns that keep repeating
• a sense that something in you needs a slower pace

Sometimes there’s a clear reason, life transitions, grief, chronic stress.
Sometimes there isn’t. Both are welcome here.

I also work with helpers, caregivers, and people others rely on, in their work or in their lives. The ones who are often steady for everyone else rarely get to set things down.

This is a space where you don’t have to perform, hold it together, or stay “on.”
You can arrive as you are and let yourself be supported.

What I Offer

Somatic Experiencing® Healing Sessions

Somatic Experiencing® sessions are slow and steady. We work at your pace, following what feels safe and possible in the moment so your body can begin to settle and unwind.

People come in with overwhelm, old patterns, transitions, or simply the sense of holding too much. Together we make room for your system to soften and find a bit more steadiness.

Optional touch sessions
With your consent, gentle supportive touch can be included.
Light, steady contact can help the body feel grounded and supported, especially in places that feel tense, overwhelmed, or distant.

There is space to pause.
Space to not know.
Space to be human.

People often leave feeling:
• calmer
• clearer
• more present
• more themselves

Trauma Informed Support for Healing Businesses

This offering is for healers who want the behind the scenes parts of their work to feel as steady as the spaces they hold for others.

I help care for the administrative pieces that often become overwhelming or draining, bringing structure and clarity so your practice can run more smoothly.

This can include:
• scheduling and calendars
• client communication
• invoicing and payments
• help in organizing

Everything is approached with care for your capacity and the natural rhythms of your work, not pressure or productivity expectations.

The goal is simple:
You can focus on the people you serve, while feeling supported in the background of your business.

Services

  • Connection Call

    This free Connection Call gives us a gentle space to get to know each other and see what kind of support feels right for you. It’s an opportunity for you to share your goals, concerns, and hopes, and for me to share how I work, the training I bring, and what you can expect from our time together. You’re welcome to ask any questions you have.

  • Somatic Experiencing Session

    A 30 or 50-minute Somatic Experiencing® session either online or in person offers time to gently explore what your nervous system is holding and what it may be ready to release. We move slowly and intentionally, following your body’s cues to soften activation, unwind long-held patterns, and reconnect with a sense of internal steadiness.

  • Trauma Informed Business Support

    Together we gently care for the behind the scenes parts of your practice that can start to feel heavy or draining. This might include scheduling, client communication, invoicing, or simple systems that help your work flow more easily. We move at a pace that respects your capacity and the natural rhythm of your practice, so you feel quietly supported in the background of your business.

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About Jen:

I’m a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner and social worker. I support people who tend to carry a lot inside, especially helpers and healers who are used to holding things on their own.

The Holding Ground grew from my own experience of learning that healing doesn’t come from pushing harder, but from slowness, safety, and steady support. Through my personal work with Somatic Experiencing®, I began to feel how much the body needs time and steady presence to settle. That experience eventually led me to train and practice this work with others.

I care about offering a space where nothing has to be performed and you don’t have to carry it by yourself.

Somatic Experiencing® is a way of working with what your body is holding. Sometimes you understand things in your mind, but your body still feels tense, anxious, or shut down. Instead of trying to change that directly, we slow down and pay attention to what your system is doing right now. With time and support, it often begins to settle on its own.

Sessions are steady and collaborative. We start by noticing how you’re arriving and follow what feels manageable that day. I may invite grounding, awareness, small movements, or optional supportive touch. Nothing is forced and nothing has to be relived. The goal is simply to help your body feel a bit safer, so it can soften and come back into balance.

What Somatic Experiencing® is:

What Somatic Experiencing® is not:

Somatic Experiencing® is not talk therapy, cognitive processing, or a method of revisiting traumatic memories in detail. It does not require you to analyze your experiences, re-live painful events, or push yourself into anything overwhelming.

Somatic Experiencing® is not a quick-fix technique or a forceful approach to emotional release. It doesn’t involve diagnosing, giving advice, or telling you what your experiences mean. Instead, it follows your body’s natural pacing and supports change through gentle awareness, regulation, and the completion of what your system has been holding.

Somatic Experiencing® is not a replacement for talk therapy or mental health treatment. It does not take the place of psychotherapy and is not intended to treat mental health diagnoses. It can be a supportive companion to therapeutic work, offering a body-based approach that helps the nervous system settle, integrate, and find more ease.