The path to wholeness is within you.

Find healing through the guidance of your own wisdom with the support of somatic psychotherapy and spiritual exploration services based in Milwaukee, WI.

  • somatic therapy and counseling for trauma, anxiety, grief and transitions; line drawing of head and brain

    Somatic Psychotherapy

    A holistic approach to therapy grounded in interpersonal neurobiology, attachment, and somatic modalities. These sessions integrate the wholeness of who you are into your mental health treatment. Traditional talk-therapy is combined with various mind-body practices to support your emotional, relational, physical, and spiritual well-being.

    In-person and Telehealth sessions offered for residents of Wisconsin.

  • somatic experiencing for trauma; line drawing of body sitting crosslegged and vagus nerve

    Somatic Experiencing

    A gentle process to integrate and heal traumatic experiences stored in your body. These sessions invite you to listen to your story as stored in and told by your nervous system. While engaging with the subtle experiences of sensations, images, movement, emotions, and meaning, the mind and body work together to seek healing and integration.

    In-person and Telehealth wellness sessions offered.

  • spiritual direction for discernment, meaning and purpose; line drawing of hands holding heart

    Spiritual Direction

    An opportunity to slow down and become more deeply connected to the Sacred Mystery many name God. These monthly sessions create an intentional space to explore your stories and become more attentive to the presence of the Sacred and to the invitations to love within the concrete particulars of your life.

    In-person and virtual sessions offered for seekers of any spiritual tradition or path.

Headshot of somatic therapist and spiritual director Nicki Nelson, MA, MA LPC-IT

Caring for YOU - mind, body, and spirit.

Hi, I’m Nicki.

I believe that your healing and integration is best led by the wisdom you hold within you. My holistic, body-based, and spiritually-integrated services invite you to listen to the fullness of your experience so that you can create a life of wholeness, meaning, and purpose.