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Marian Thompson, LCSW, SEP

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Marian Thompson, LCSW, SEP

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Through Somatic Experiencing (SE) and relationship counseling, I help my clients heal from their old relationship wounds so that they can be present and connected in their current relationships.

09/24/2025

If you feel constantly on edge, here's what you need to know:

Your nervous system is doing its job - it's trying to predict the future in order to keep you safe.

That constant feeling of being "on edge"? That jumpiness when someone walks up behind you? The way your heart races when you tell a story even though you thought you were "over it" by now?

It's might not be "just anxiety" and you're definitely not "too sensitive."

Your body's early warning system got REALLY good at keeping you safe. But now it needs new information that you're actually okay.

This is why understanding your trauma mentally isn't enough. Your nervous system holds the memories, and it needs body-based healing to update its safety database.

If you've done years of talk therapy but still feel stuck in hypervigilance, you're not broken - you just need a different approach.

I help exhausted women and moms who've outgrown talk therapy find more resilience and calm through somatic therapy so that they can show up the way they want to be in their relationships

09/18/2025

If you've ever been told to 'calm down' or felt like your emotions are too big, this is for you.

You're not 'too much.' You're maxed out.

When you're busy juggling kids and family and pouring your heart into your work, your nervous system can get stuck in overdrive.

Those 'overreactions' you feel guilty about? They make perfect sense when we understand what's happening in your body.

Chronic stress and past experiences can overwhelm our capacity to manage life’s ups and downs.

We snap at our loved ones without meaning to or we shut down during difficult conversations or avoid them altogether. We find ourselves agreeing to things that drain us because setting boundaries feels impossible.

The beautiful thing? Regulation is a skill, not a personality trait. Your body can learn to feel safe again. We can build more capacity for you to show up as the person you want to be.

If talk therapy helped your mind but you're still dealing with physical symptoms – the racing heart, the tension, the overwhelm that lives in your body – somatic work might be the missing piece.

Ready to build more capacity to handle life's challenges? I offer 1:1's. Send me a message through my website if you're in Texas 💙

09/08/2025

Do "small things" send you into a panic, then leave you completely drained for hours?

Chronic stress and unprocessed trauma can push you outside your window of tolerance - that sweet spot where you feel calm yet alert, able to handle life's challenges without becoming overwhelmed or shutting down.

A healthy nervous system naturally moves between activation and settling throughout the day. But when we're stuck in survival mode, we lose this natural rhythm.

This is where Somatic Experiencing comes in. Our work together focuses on retraining your nervous system little by little, helping you experience small, manageable amounts of activation in a safe space so you can learn to settle again.

The Smoveys you see here are one of many tools we can explore together. Filled with ball bearings, they create interesting vibrations and textures that some people find helpful for gentle activation while staying connected to body sensations. Will always follow what feels right for your nervous system.

If it feels too hard to track your body or slow down and be present with what you're feeling, tools like these can offer a gentle bridge back to embodied awareness.

Your nervous system can heal. You don't have to keep missing out on connections, opportunities, and joy because your body is stuck in protection mode.

09/03/2025

Your stomach drops when you hear that disappointed tone. Your whole body braces for criticism. That's not just sensitivity—it's information and wisdom from your body.

Here's what's actually happening when you feel an emotion:

Step 1: You take in stimulus from your environment Step 2: Your body responds first (heart rate changes, muscles tense, breathing shifts) Step 3: Your mind interprets and names: fear, sadness, joy

Your emotions begin in your body first.

Your nervous system is constantly learning to keep you safe by connecting what's happening now to what happened before. It remembers every threat and says "Hey, this feels familiar!"

This is why your body might react to your boss's tone the same way it did to criticism in childhood. Your nervous system isn't being dramatic—it's doing its job.

The key is learning not to override when your body speaks. Somatic work gives you space to feel those big feelings, hold difficult memories, AND remember you're safe in the present moment.

It creates the opportunity for something new to happen.

Ready to learn more about honoring your body's messages? contact me through my website. I offer 1:1's if you're in Texas.

08/26/2025

Exhausted but deeply moved after another weekend as a training assistant in Somatic Experiencing. ✨

Watching new students discover and embody this work never gets old. There's something profound about witnessing that moment when understanding moves from the mind into the nervous system.

By the time these students become Somatic Experiencing Practitioners, they'll have invested three years in training, countless hours in individual consults, and crucially—12 hours of their own personal sessions (at minimum). Most students will do many more hours of their own work. This isn't just about learning techniques; it's about integration at the deepest level.

Why does this matter? Because when you're in session and your biggest activations surface, when old trauma patterns emerge, you need a practitioner who has done their own work. Someone whose nervous system may still get activated, but who knows how to recognize it, work with it, and come back to regulation. A practitioner who's aware of their own patterns and has the tools to navigate them - who can help you because they've been there too.

The knowledge living in their bodies—not just their minds—is what creates the safety and co-regulation that makes healing possible.

So grateful to be part of this community. 🙏

08/18/2025

Sometimes somatic therapy is the missing piece! Reconnecting with your body and building capacity and presence for difficult sensations can ultimately help you find more vitality in your life.

08/10/2025

Ready to learn to tune into your body? DM to set up a free 20 minute consult.

08/07/2025

Healing doesn't have to break you down to build you up! There's a better way and your body holds the key.

Address

1221 W Ben White Boulevard, Suite 108A
Austin, TX
78704

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 3:45am
Tuesday	9am - 3:45pm
Wednesday	9am - 3:45pm
Thursday	9am - 3:45pm
Friday	9am - 3:45pm

Telephone

+15125405854

Website

https://marianwthompson.com/

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