Experience safety, belonging, and connection. Just as you are.
Somatic Therapy and Energy Healing
for Queer & Neurodivergent Trauma Survivors
You’ve always felt “different”, but didn’t know why.
Between work, school, and the general chaos of your brain, you’re constantly overwhelmed.
Your body feels it first. Tension creeping into your shoulders, restless nights leaving you exhausted. You’re falling behind on work, struggling with basic tasks, and snapping at your partner(s) over the smallest things.
Enter stage right—the chorus of shame and unworthiness:
If you can’t be productive, what good are you?
If you can’t be a good partner, then why are you in a relationship?
If you can’t manage your life, then what’s the point of it all?
You feel like an outsider, except with your partner(s), your quirky friend group, or the people who share your special interests.
But even then, that nagging voice lingers, whispering that something bad is bound to happen.
WHAT DO YOU WANT THE MOST?
A space to truly belong, just as you are
To feel seen, with your pain understood and validated.
To feel safer with your partner(s), friends, and co-workers.
Full-body acceptance, knowing that you are loved and belong here.
Not just with your people, but on this earth.
From Chaos to Calm: What Somatic Therapy or Energy Work Can Bring To Your Life
In Relationships
You see your partner(s) smiling, their face lighting up as you share about your hobbies. You feel less triggered, more trusting.
When they say, “I love you,” you actually believe it—letting it soak into your bones. Instead of thinking, I’ll never measure up, you focus on the connection and gratitude you feel toward them.
In Life
You feel better—but not in the way you expected. You came into therapy hoping for a magic wand to fix you. But now? You realize there was never anything to fix.
You’re no longer chasing a false sense of belonging (like those unbearable team-building exercises at work) because you know you’ll never fit into the mainstream—and you wouldn’t want to anyway.
At Work
With a sense of calm, you take breaks before overwhelm takes over. You allow yourself to fidget, stim, pace, and move your face and body however you need to.
And when masking is unavoidable, you have micro-practices (self-compassion, somatic tools, etc.) to minimize the toll. You know there’s nothing wrong with you, and that you’re coping the best way you can.
But here’s the catch…
To get there, you’ll have to do the thing you fear most—be curious about your body and its survival mechanisms.
You learned to disconnect from your body to survive this capitalist, ableist, re-traumatizing, neurotypical world—a world where you were bullied, screamed at by your parents, shamed for an honest social faux pas, and left to feel the depths of loneliness.
You’ve already read all the books, taken the courses. You’ve worked with talk therapists, intellectualizing just enough for them to feel like they did a good job, so you could gracefully exit. Again and again, you found yourself stuck in the same cycle of invisibility and people-pleasing, instead of experiencing the healing you actually craved.
I’m Cher Hamilton-Tekautz (she/her)
Somatic Guide, Energy Healer, and Fellow Queer Neurodivergent Trauma Survivor
I work with people who often feel like they don’t belong—typically neurodivergent, queer, and/or poly/kinky folks who experienced traumatic childhoods or emotionally volatile parents.
I’m an energetically attuned, trauma-informed therapist here to help you stop feeling “different” and experience more belonging and connection within yourself and relationships.
I bring the lived experience of a queer, neurodivergent survivor of childhood trauma. You don’t have to ‘explain’ things to me. (Just ask me about my involuntary membership to the Angry Fathers Club.)
I’d love to see you release the burdens of childhood trauma, societal conditioning, and stories of worthiness—so that you can feel true belonging in yourself and your relationships, even if the world remains a hard place to live.
THE TOOLS TO HELP YOU HEAL
LGBTQ+ and Neurodivergent-Affirming Services
Because the neurodivergent brain is so unique and trauma impacts us all differently, I offer a variety of affirming services to help you feel less overwhelmed and more rooted.
Somatic Trauma Therapy
$210 | 60 min session
Somatic therapy helps you reconnect with your body through movement, gestures, and body awareness practices. By exploring how emotions show up physically, you can release stress and experience deeper healing than talk therapy alone.
Reiki/Energy Healing
$50 | 30 min session
Reiki is a Japanese energy healing technique that promotes deep relaxation and stress reduction by channeling universal life force energy. It helps calm the nervous system, making it especially beneficial for those with PTSD, anxiety, or panic disorders.
Somatic Therapy & Reiki Healing Intensives
$255 | 90-min session
By blending trauma-informed somatic therapy and energy healing (Reiki), we can create shifts within your body and your energy field, often resulting in immediate ease and relief, allowing us to go deeper into the somatic work.
On the other side of a somatic therapy or energy healing session, you might:
Feel more ease and energy in your mind, heart, and body
Befriend your body’s wisdom: understanding how it’s been your most devoted caretaker throughout your life
Feel self-love, acceptance, and even pride in who you are at your core
Mask less–and learn how to quickly recover from situations where masking is necessary
Use conflicts and differences in relationships as an opportunity for growth, not disconnection
Engage wholeheartedly and enthusiastically in your special interests and hobbies
WHAT TO EXPECT
WHAT’S NEXT
Start Somatic Therapy or Energy Healing Today
Schedule a Free, Low-Pressure Consultation
Complete Your Intake Paperwork & Share History
Experience Your First Therapy or Energy Healing Session
Check-In After 2-3 Sessions to Ensure You're Feeling Relief.
FAQ: Answers to Your Important Questions
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I hear you—feeling like nothing has worked can be exhausting. What makes this approach different is that we’re not just talking about your struggles; we’re working directly with your body, nervous system, and energy to create real, lasting shifts.
Healing isn’t one-size-fits-all, and our work together will be tailored to what feels most supportive for you. If something isn’t working, we adjust—not because you’re failing, but because your needs matter.
Most therapists don’t offer energy work, and most energy workers don’t have clinical training. With my unique blend of somatic therapy and energy healing, you may find relief in ways that weren’t accessible through talk therapy alone. I also offer extended sessions so we can go deeper than a traditional 55-minute session allows.
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No, I work with all types of folks, although I specialize in working with neurodivergent folks, including those with ADHD, autism, complex trauma, and other ways of experiencing the world differently.
If you're questioning whether you're neurodivergent, that’s completely okay—you don’t need a diagnosis to be welcomed here. What matters most is whether my approach resonates with you and supports your needs.
Neurodivergence is a broad umbrella that includes many experiences, and I don’t claim to specialize in everything. However, my practice has been devoted to neurodivergent folks for years, and I bring both professional training and lived experience to this work.
If your neurodivergence presents in a way that I’m less familiar with, I’m committed to learning, adapting my approach, and, if needed, connecting you with a specialist who can better support you.
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Not everyone I work with identifies as a trauma survivor, and that’s okay. My approach is trauma-informed, which means I prioritize safety, consent, and working at your pace—whether you’re healing from acute trauma, chronic overwhelm, or simply seeking a deeper connection with yourself.
A trauma-informed approach is especially beneficial for LGBTQ+ individuals, poly/kinky folks, and neurodivergent adults, as navigating a world that wasn’t built with you in mind can create layers of unspoken stress, self-protection, and nervous system sensitivity. Even if you don’t see your experiences as “trauma,” you still deserve a space where your identity is understood and affirmed, and consent is prioritized.
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Absolutely. Your relationships, identities, and desires are never something you need to hide or justify here. Whether you’re polyamorous, exploring nontraditional relationship structures, or part of the kink community, our work will always be affirming, nonjudgmental, and centered on what feels right for you.
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You may experience shifts as early as the first session. Depending on your brain, trauma history, and attachment style, our work together might last a few months or several years.
Working with me is about creating long-term change while navigating systems that continue to cause harm (capitalism, ableism, etc.), which means we need to be realistic about results within the context of our world.
That said,if you're not noticing shifts within a couple of sessions or months, we’ll adjust our approach, whether that means incorporating more somatic work, parts work, Reiki, or a blended method, and at the end of the day I’d rather help you find another therapist that’s a better fit for you, than waste your time and money
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Questions are welcome and encouraged. Feel free to email me at cher@bodywisdomcounseling.com with anything I haven’t addressed here.
UNLOCK THE WISDOM OF YOUR BODY