The Felt Sense
In somatic psychotherapy, the phrase “felt sense” refers to something subtle yet profoundly important: the body’s lived, internal experience of a situation. It is not just an emotion, a thought, or a physical sensation — it is the whole, embodied sense of “what this is like for me.”
Meet Charge With Charge: A Somatic Approach to Trauma Healing
In somatic psychotherapy, you may hear the phrase “meet charge with charge.” While it can sound like advice, it’s more of a guiding principle—a way of understanding how the body moves toward healing when trauma has impacted the nervous system.