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INDIVIDUAL THERAPY

Where the body can finally reorganise around life, not survival.

Somatic psychotherapy, one to one. Mostly online, or in person in Ericeira.

The patterns that shape our lives rarely formed overnight.
They deserve more than techniques.
They deserve relationship.

About the work

The body needs to be met, not fixed.

Not fixed. Not managed.
But met, listened to, and reorganised from within.

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Many of the patterns we carry in the body did not form in a single moment.

They developed over years through experience, adaptation, and protection.

Muscle tone shifts.

Breath patterns change.

Emotional responses organise themselves in ways that once helped us survive.

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Real change happens when awareness becomes embodied, when new movement, sensation, emotion, and experience begin to shift the patterns and imprints we carry.

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Not another attempt to fix yourself.

A relationship with yourself, from the inside.

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When we learn to listen, patterns reveal themselves.
The body begins to speak more clearly.
Embodied change takes place.

This is for you if

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You understand yourself intellectually, yet your body keeps responding in the same ways.

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Your body holds experiences that insight alone has not been able to reorganise.

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You feel disconnected from your body, your emotions, or your sense of direction

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You are ready for depth, not surface-level tools

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You are willing to engage in a process over time

This may not be the right fit if

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You are looking for quick fixes or techniques

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You prefer occasional sessions without commitment

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You want intellectual understanding without embodied work

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You look for strategies to control experience rather than relationship with it

How we work together

Three ways to work together. Choose the rhythm that fits your life right now.

3 SESSIONS · 3–5 WEEKS

Threshold

A short process within 3–5 weeks. For meeting the work before committing to a longer process, or for focused support through a transition or a difficult period. Includes support between sessions. The third session includes a review together: whether to continue into a container, to close, or whether another form of support fits better.

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€570

4 MONTHS · 8 SESSIONS

Container, bi-weekly

8 sessions of 90 minutes, bi-weekly. An ongoing process with space to integrate between sessions.

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€1,440 · €360 per month

4 MONTHS · 16 SESSIONS

Container, weekly

Every week, for deeper, more continuous work.

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90-minute sessions: €2,880 · €720 per month

60-minute sessions: €2,080 · €520 per month

Containers include support between sessions. Payment plans are possible.

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Reduced rates

I work with people across many countries and very different life situations. To keep this work accessible, I hold a small number of places at reduced rates, for people for whom the full rate would be a real barrier.

The full rate is the default. If it would be a real barrier for you, you are welcome to apply for a reduced rate in your application form, with a sentence or two about your situation. No proof is needed; I trust what you share.

Places at reduced rates are limited. If none is open, I will offer you a payment plan or a place on the waitlist.

If you are a Bodynamic student, please mention it in your application.

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What brings people here

When life feels stuck
The same patterns keep repeating in relationships. Overwhelm, anxiety or panic. A body that never quite settles.

When the body is speaking
Pain, tension, fatigue or symptoms that keep asking for attention. This work doesn't replace medical care; it can sit alongside it, as a way of listening.

When life is changing
A change of direction. A crisis. A threshold.

What becomes possible

Over time, this allows

  • More capacity to feel without overwhelm

  • Greater clarity and internal direction

  • Movement where there was stuckness

  • Boundaries that arise from within, not from effort

  • A sense of coherence between body, emotion, and action

  • Connection to the body as a compass to life

"It was life-changing. I didn't have to retell my story like I had a million times before. It was about being present with my body. 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

Container structure

Investment

A minimum 4-month process. Choose the rhythm that fits your life.

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What makes this work different

I don't begin by asking how to change the symptom.

I begin by asking what experience gave rise to it.

Because the body is not malfunctioning.

It is expressing the way experience became organised.

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We work with muscles, fascia, movement, emotions, attachment, developmental experience, and the nervous system. Not as separate systems, but as different expressions of one organising process.

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Rather than teaching the body to override itself, we create the conditions in which it can begin responding differently from within.

How to begin

THREE STEPS

1. Apply. Fill in a short application form. It helps me understand what brings you, and whether this work is appropriate for you right now.

2. I respond personally. Within 3–5 working days, with my sense of whether and how we can work together. If something needs clarifying, I may suggest a short call.

3. We begin. Our first session includes a careful assessment, so we start from where you actually are.

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This work can support you through difficult periods. It is not an emergency service. If you are in an acute crisis, or need more frequent support than sessions every one or two weeks, I will tell you honestly what I think you need, which may be a different kind of care alongside or instead of our work.

Not sure which way to begin? Choose "I'm not sure yet" in the form, and we will find it together.

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