Where to Find Somatic Therapy for Neurodivergent Adults in the UK

If you’ve ever tried to “think your way” through anxiety, burnout, or trauma and found it didn’t help much you’re not alone. For many neurodivergent adults, traditional talk therapy can only go so far. That’s because your body holds just as much of your story as your mind does.

This is where somatic therapy comes in a body-based approach that helps you reconnect with your nervous system safely and gently.

🧠 What Is Somatic Therapy?

Somatic therapy focuses on how your body stores stress and trauma.It uses gentle awareness, movement, and nervous-system techniques to help you process experiences that words alone can’t reach.

Instead of analysing every thought, somatic therapy asks:

“What is your body trying to tell you right now?”

This might look like:

Tracking sensations such as tightness, warmth, or numbness
Learning to regulate through breath, movement, or grounding
Understanding triggers as body memories rather than character flaws
Building awareness of how safety and connection feel physically

🌈 Why Somatic Therapy Is Especially Helpful for Neurodivergent Adults

Autistic and ADHD adults often experience chronic dysregulation, that feeling of being “switched on” or “shut down” more than others.Somatic therapy works with your unique sensory and emotional patterns rather than against them.

Here’s why it fits so well:

It recognises stimming, movement, or stillness as self-regulation.
It helps you reconnect with your body after years of masking or shutdown.
It honours your nervous system’s pace, no pushing, forcing, or flooding.

When done with a neuroaffirming therapist, somatic work becomes a way of returning home to yourself not “fixing” yourself.

🪞 Somatic Approaches We Use at The Neurodivergent Therapy Space

At The Neurodivergent Therapy Space, our trauma and somatic-informed therapists support autistic and ADHD adults through:

Body awareness and interoception work
Grounding and containment techniques for overwhelm
Gentle movement and sensory regulation
Processing trauma through nervous system safety, not exposure

Our approach combines somatic and talk therapy, creating a balance that helps your body feel safe enough to release what it’s been holding.

💬 Getting Started with Somatic Therapy Online

Somatic therapy can be done online too safely and effectively.You’ll always stay in control, choosing what feels right for your body at each step.

To begin, you can:

1️⃣ Explore our therapists trained in somatic and trauma-informed practice.

2️⃣ Book a consultation to talk about your needs and comfort levels.

3️⃣ Start sessions from your own calm space, with blankets, pets, and your sensory tools nearby.