Somatic Psychotherapy
Hello dear one, I'm Dana.
I'm a somatic psychotherapist, educator, bodyworker, mover, and educational supervisor in Bodynamic Analysis. For more than fifteen years, I have worked with people across countries and cultures living with pain syndromes, psychosomatic symptoms, trauma, and complex patterns of disconnection from the body.
But before any of these, I was someone living with chronic pain, deep disconnection, and chronic overwhelm—with a deep felt sense that something in me was wrong.
The path I'm inviting you into changed everything for me.
It transformed fifteen years of chronic pain.
It changed the way I related to myself, the way I set boundaries, and the way I entered intimate relationships.
It has profoundly shaped the way I mother, the way I work,
and the direction of my life.
As the years passed, I also began to witness something.
What transformed my own life was not unique to me.
Again and again, I witnessed what became possible when people began to listen to and build a relationship with their bodies — how it changed the way they related to themselves, to others, and to life.
That became the foundation of my work: a growing trust in the intelligence of the body, and in what becomes possible when we learn to listen to it.
We live in a world that constantly pulls us away from ourselves.
Towards certainty. Towards external authority. Towards someone else's answers.
And somewhere along the way, we begin to lose trust in our own experience.
So there is a way back.
Back to the body.
Back to ourselves.
Back to becoming so familiar with our own inner landscape that, instead of asking "What's wrong with me?", we begin cultivating a relationship with what is here.
Over time, that relationship becomes wisdom.
This is the path I'm still walking.
And if our paths meet here, you're warmly welcome.
Thank you for being here,
I'm looking forward to witness how this will unfold for you...
Beyond fixing, trying, and figuring it our - your body is speaking.
Maybe you have spent years trying to understand yourself.
Why you react the way you do.
Why certain patterns keep returning.
Why your body holds tension, pain or overwhelm.
Why you know so much — and still find yourself in the same places.
We are often taught to meet these experiences by trying to change them.
To regulate. Fix. Control. Understand. Get rid of the symptom. Become a better version of ourselves.
But your body is not simply the place where the problem shows up.
It is part of the conversation.
The way you breathe. The places you brace. The movements you hold back. The impulses you override. The emotions that become too much — or disappear altogether.
Your body carries ways of responding that have been shaped across a lifetime.
And when we begin to listen rather than immediately trying to change what is there, something different becomes possible.
Not another attempt to fix yourself.
A relationship with yourself from the inside.
Your body is a bridge
between your physical experience and your inner world — between sensing and meaning.
Ways to work with me
Different pathways. One underlying inquiry.
Working with people worldwide.
About Me
Dana B. Fernandes
For over fifteen years, I have worked in the space where body and psyche meet — as a somatic psychotherapist, fascia manual therapist, certified supervisor and educator.
Alongside my private practice, I supervise and educate practitioners within the Bodynamic Analysis system and serve on the board of the Association for Bodynamic Psychology.
Grounded in Bodynamic Analysis — the Danish school of somatic developmental psychology rooted in psychomotor research — my work draws on more than two decades of study and practice across psychotherapy, somatic developmental psychology, trauma, neuroscience, fascia, nervous system science, and transpersonal psychotherapy perspectives.
Over the years, these different fields have come together into an integrative way of working with the body — not as something to fix or control, but as a living intelligence to be in relationship with.
And when we learn how to listen,
something begins to shift.
Not only in how we feel,
but in how we relate,
parent,
lead,
love,
work,
and ultimately, in how we live.
"It was life-changing.After years of anxiety and PMDD, I didn't have to retell my sad story like I had a million times before. It was about being present with my body.In such a short time, my anxiety symptoms were gone. My PMDD symptoms improved so much. I learned to identify, hold, and feel my emotions instead of pushing through. Big shifts came through small and simple exercises.But more than anything, I found safety within. I am now able to be with myself and truly enjoy my own company. I feel so much more capable and present in my life."
Clients stories
"It was life-changing. I didn't have to retell my sad story like I had a million times before.
It was about being present with my body. In such a short time, so much shifted.
I learned to identify, hold, and feel my emotions instead of pushing through. Big shifts came through small and simple exercises. But more than anything, I found safety within. I am now able to be with myself and truly enjoy my own company. I feel so much more capable and present in my life."
J. United States
I learned to manage my chronic tension and stress. I got back in touch with my emotions after not crying for over 20 years. My wife said this process was the best investment I'd ever made
k.J.g Norway
Dana never fails to amaze with her knowledge, her intuitive approach, and her ability to guide you to find your own body's way.
Lilli Hantke, Germany
She works intuitively and listens to the unspoken needs of the client.
I recommend her soft yet strong and deeply supportive sessions.
Mariel Kvaale, Oslo
Start to learn to listen
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