What Is Christ-Centered Somatic Healing?

Most of us have tried to heal by thinking our way to freedom—more Bible studies, more willpower, more talking. But when our bodies are stuck in survival mode, no amount of trying harder will bring the peace we’re craving.

Somatic healing is grounded in neuroscience and is a body-based approach to trauma and emotional healing. Instead of just focusing on thoughts or behavior, it gently helps your nervous system shift out of chronic fight, flight, freeze, or fawn.
It’s not about fixing yourself—it’s about learning to listen to your body, respond with compassion, and find safety from the inside out.

But here’s what makes it different at Daughter’s House:

Jesus is at the center of it all.

God created your body on purpose and he calls it very good— your nervous system is part of that design. We invite Jesus into every part of this process. Not as a quick spiritual band-aid—but as the loving Presence who meets you in the places you’ve disconnected from, who weeps with you, and who brings resurrection life where things have felt dead.

This work is sacred.
It’s gentle.
And it’s powerful.

Because when your body feels safe, you can finally show up as the woman God created you to be—fully human, fully alive, and deeply loved.

The Clinical Side of Somatic Therapy

Somatic therapy is a research-based approach to trauma healing that focuses on how emotional pain and trauma live in the body—not just the mind.

When we experience trauma (whether “big T” or “little t”), our nervous system responds by going into survival mode: fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. If the body doesn’t have the opportunity to fully process that experience, it gets stuck in a dysregulated state—leading to chronic anxiety, depression, irritability, emotional numbing, panic attacks, and physical symptoms like fatigue, pain, or digestive issues.

Somatic therapy works by helping the nervous system complete those survival responses and come back into regulation.
It uses gentle body-based tools like:

Breathwork
 Grounding techniques
 Sensation tracking
 Movement and posture awareness
 Touch (when appropriate and with consent)
 Orientation and resource building

These practices increase interoception (your ability to feel and interpret what’s happening in your body), and support your brain and body in creating new patterns of safety, resilience, and connection.

Christ-centered somatic therapy brings this body-based work into alignment with God’s design for healing. Instead of pushing through pain or bypassing emotions, we create space to notice, honor, and invite Jesus into those places—trusting that true restoration involves both body and spirit.

Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Healing

Why talk therapy alone isn’t always enough

Most traditional approaches to healing are top-down. That means they focus on changing thoughts, analyzing behaviors, and trying to “fix” how we feel by starting in the brain.

And while mindset work and talk therapy can be incredibly helpful, they don’t always reach the places where trauma lives—because trauma isn’t stored in your thinking brain.
It’s stored in your body.

That’s where bottom-up healing comes in.

When your nervous system is dysregulated, your brain can't access logic, empathy, or peace—no matter how hard you try.
Bottom-up therapy gently helps your body feel safe again, which allows your mind to come back online and your spirit to connect more deeply with God.

In other words: we don’t just talk about healing—we help your body experience it.

At Daughter’s House, we combine the wisdom of the nervous system with the compassion of Christ. Because true healing is not about striving—it’s about returning to the safety, truth, and love you were created for.