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Somatic Creative Depth Therapy
Healing from the inside out
Somatic Creative Depth Therapy is an integrative, body-aware, creative approach to psychotherapy that works at the level of meaning, not just symptom relief.
It's designed for people who sense that their distress is not only psychological, but also embodied, relational, ancestral, spiritual, and systemic.
Rather than asking only “What’s wrong?” this approach also asks:
What is trying to be known?
What has been silenced, fragmented, or forced to adapt?
What is asking to be integrated, reclaimed, or re-authored?
Guided by wholeness over fixing, integration over performance, and relationship over pathology, this work prioritizes understanding and coherence rather than correction.
This approach is shaped and offered by Ursula Graham, whose work centers depth, embodiment, and creative integrative care.
If you are curious about whether this approach is a fit for you, you are welcome to schedule a consultation to explore the work together.
How the work is oriented
This therapy is multiple therapeutic tools woven together in a way that responds to you, rather than following a fixed formula. What guides each session is what feels most present and meaningful in your body, emotions, and inner experience.
The following approaches inform the work as interdependent threads, not standalone offerings:
Supporting the Nervous System & Trauma Healing
(for overwhelm, shutdown, and feeling stuck)
This work helps your nervous system find more safety and ease.
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Somatic approaches and EMDR support the body and mind in processing experiences that live more as sensations, emotions, or reactions than clear stories.
With time, many people notice less tension, less reactivity, and more room to respond rather than brace.
Working with Inner Parts & Emotional Patterns
(for self-criticism and inner conflict)
Instead of trying to get rid of parts of you, this work invites relationship with them.
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Protective and wounded parts are met with curiosity and care, often softening inner conflict and restoring trust in yourself.
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Over time, this work can support a deeper sense of personal power, rooted in self-understanding, choice, and alignment.
Working with Images, Dreams, and Creative Process
(when words fall short)
Some experiences are easier to access through image and hand-on process than through talking alone.
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Dreamwork and symbolic exploration offer ways to engage inner material that is difficult to name directly.
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Clay work and guided drawing allow emotions and memories to take shape through the hands and senses, especially when experiences are pre-verbal or deeply embodied.
Voice, Breath, and Embodied Expression
(for grounding and emotional release)
Sound and breath can help the body settle and come back into the present.
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This may include vocal tuning, breath awareness, silence, or gentle sound to support regulation and expression without pressure to explain.
Connecting to Nature, Spirit, and Meaning
(for values, identity, and belonging)
When relevant, reflection on nature, spirituality, and belief systems is welcomed as a source of grounding and meaning.
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Attention to ancestry, the natural world, and ethical or spiritual frameworks may be part of the work, and always approached collaboratively and with care.
Touch, Safety, and Attachment Repair
(for care, protection, and relational healing)
In some cases, safe, consensual, trauma-informed touch can support healing around attachment wounds, trauma, and safety.
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This may include guided self-touch, reflection on touch within trusted relationships, or clinically appropriate neuroaffective touch.
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All touch is optional, clearly consented to, and held with respect for boundaries and choice.
Talk Therapy and Reflection
(for being heard and making sense of your experience)
Talk therapy offers a relational space to speak what’s true and feel met.
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Reflection and journaling help what emerges settle into lived understanding, not just insight.
Who This Therapy Is For
This work may be a good fit if you:
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Understand your patterns intellectually but do not yet feel free from them
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Notice the same dynamics repeating in relationships, even when you want something different
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Experience anxiety, depression, grief, or trauma that feels held in the body
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Carry relational wounds shaped by early experiences, family systems, or past and/or current partnerships
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Have learned to be the caregiver, the “strong one,” or the one others rely on—and feel emotionally exhausted from years of adapting or holding it together
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Struggle to name, trust, or communicate your needs, boundaries, or desires
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Are navigating identity shifts, spiritual questioning, or a loss of joy, creativity, or aliveness
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Want therapy that honors complexity without rushing resolution
This work is for adults and is well suited for individuals, romantic partners, and relational dyads (such as parent and adult child, siblings, or close friends), seeking to better understand their patterns, deepen connection, and relate with greater honesty and choice.
You do not need to identify as an artist. You only need a willingness to engage your inner life beyond words alone.
Why This Work Matters
This work helps you move beyond managing symptoms toward understanding yourself, how your body responds, how your emotions communicate, and how your patterns formed.
Rather than treating reactions as problems to eliminate, this approach listens to them as meaningful signals, often shaped by past experiences and relationships.
Over time, this work can support you in feeling more at ease in your body, more compassionate toward yourself, and more present and grounded in your relationships. As inner clarity grows, many people notice greater ease in connection, boundaries, and emotional honesty.
Healing here is not about fixing yourself.
It is about reconnecting with your sense of self and strengthening your capacity to respond; with choice, care, and agency.
How Sessions Are Held
Sessions are responsive rather than scripted. While there is clinical structure and ethical containment, the work itself is guided by paying attention and relationship, rather than protocol.
A session may include conversation, silence, movement, image-making, symbolic exploration, or focused trauma processing. Some sessions feel grounding. Others feel emotionally charged or quietly clarifying.
You may notice:
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Attuned dialogue that helps name patterns, meanings, and relational dynamics
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Tracking of bodily sensation and nervous system cues
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Gentle engagement with traumatic material when appropriate, without rushing or overwhelm
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Creative or symbolic processes to access what lives beyond words
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Space for emotional truth-telling and ethical reflection
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Support in linking insight to lived choices, boundaries, and relationships
You do not need to arrive knowing what to say. Clarity often emerges through the session itself.
Session Cadence and Care
Depth work requires care not only in what is explored, but in how it is held.
Sessions are typically held biweekly, allowing time for integration, nervous system regulation, and reflection between meetings.
Planned two-week pauses occur during:
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Spring (end of April–beginning of May)
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Summer (end of August–beginning of September)
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Holiday/Winter (end of December–beginning of January)
Planned holiday observance
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Labor Day
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Thanksgiving
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MLK Day
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St. Patrick's Day
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Memorial Day
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Juneteenth
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4th of July
This work may not be a good fit as a sole therapeutic option if you are:
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Actively suicidal, self-harming, or engaging in violence against others
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In an acute or ongoing crisis
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In need of weekly or higher-frequency sessions for stabilization
In these cases, this work may be more appropriate as a complementary or future option once greater stability is in place.
Session Structure and Fees
Format:
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In-person
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Virtual
Session length:
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60 minutes for individual sessions
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75 minutes for romantic partnership/ relational dyad sessions
Fee:
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$150 per individual session (private pay)
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$225 per romantic partnership/ relational dyad session (private pay)
Insurance accepted:
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BCBS
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BCN
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Aetna
An Invitation
This is not fast work.
It is not performative healing.
It is deliberate, relational, and deeply human.
If you are seeking therapy that meets you at the intersection of body, mind, imagination, and meaning, this work offers a space to listen more closely and to respond with care.
You are welcome to schedule a consultation to explore whether this approach is a fit.
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