You look strong, but inside you’re overwhelmed & exhausted. You’re not meant to carry all of this alone.
Healing what your body has been carrying all these years.
Somatic & Trauma Therapy Serving Ellicott City, Maryland & Virginia
|Somatic Therapy for healers, leaders and cycle breakers in Maryland & Virginia
“Healing begins when your body feels safe to soften”
| “I’m tired of being the strong one all the time…
Holding it all together even when I'm falling apart inside.”
Hey sis, can I be real with you for a minute?
You’ve mastered pushing through, showing up, and carrying the weight of everything—even when your body is begging for rest.
People see your power…
But they don’t see your shaking hands at night.
They don’t hear your chest tighten the moment you try to slow down.
You stay busy because stillness makes the anxiety louder.
You keep moving because you’re afraid of what might rise if you stop.
You feel numb and overwhelmed at the same time—present, but not fully here.
And the truth is:
You can’t process what you’ve endured if your body doesn’t feel safe enough to feel.
Strength became your cape
Your armor.
Your survival.
But somewhere along the way, you stopped feeling like yourself.
I’m here to help you take the cape off—slowly, gently and un a way your body can handle.
To help your body learn it’s okay to soften.
Okay to rest.
Okay to breathe.
Okay to feel again without falling apart.
You don’t have to carry this alone anymore.
You deserve space to be human, too.
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My Specialties
Trauma Therapy
Are you having trouble feeling grounded and connected to yourself? Do you often feel so overwhelmed that you can’t make decisions or maintain healthy boundaries?
Therapy for Black Women
Do you have a hard time feeling seen and heard in your day-to-day life?In caring for everyone else, is it difficult for you to take time for yourself?
Somatic Experiencing
By helping the body complete its trauma response, somatic therapy actually leads to a reduction in disruptive symptoms and an improvement in overall wellbeing.
HELLO,
I’M DENISHA
I support high-achieving Black women—healers, leaders & cycle-breakers who look strong on the outside but feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or exhausted on the inside.
You’ve spent years holding everyone else together.
But now your body is telling the truth your smile has been covering.
You don’t need more strength.
You need safety. Rest. Space to feel again.
Through somatic therapy, I help you gently release
what your body has been holding in silence,
so you can breathe, soften, and come back to yourself
without collapsing.
It’s your turn now.
Let’s begin your reset.
Somatic & Trauma Therapy Ellicott City, Maryland
You may have mastered survival by…
Holding everything together for everyone else, even when you were quietly falling apart inside.
Performing strength so convincingly that no one could see how exhausted you really were.
Pushing past your body’s signals because slowing down never felt like an option.
Smiling through the overwhelm, shutting down in private, and telling yourself you were “just tired.”
But now you want to learn how to…
Feel grounded in your body instead of bracing for the next thing.
Say “I need support” without feeling weak or dramatic.
Be present in your life again, not just pushing through it.
Feel safe, steady, and connected to yourself — not just “functioning.”
If you’re ready for support that goes beyond talking about the problem and into real, embodied change, this approach may be a strong fit. Here, we work with the nervous system, not just the mind, so you can experience regulation, capacity, and connection in a way that talking alone can’t reach. If you’re looking for something different, you’re in the right place.
Somatic in Therapy in Elliocott City, Maryland
Is This Approach Right for you?
“You were never meant to carry this alone.”
You’ve been the strong one for so long that you forgot what it feels like to be supported.
You keep pushing because slowing down feels risky like everything might fall apart if you stop.
But your worth was never measured by what you hold together.
You don’t have to prove your value through holding it all.
You’re allowed to rest.
You’re allowed to need.
You’re allowed to be held.
Here, you get to stop performing strength and simply BE..
