ESSENCE ALIVE
With Brianna Lia Ho, NARM Master, Somatic Experiencing & Somatic Attachment Practitioner
Meet Brianna & Her Approach
As a non-therapist, I had the rare privilege of training at the NARM therapist and Master's level which gave me skills to support clients to connect with their aliveness. I became a Somatic Experiencing (SE) practitioner and pursued further training in somatic attachment work. I'm continually training, assisting (in SE), consulting with teachers and diving deep in my personal work. I'm a proud mom, able to love my son more fully because my heart is more healed. I grew up in Vancouver B.C. but currently live in Fairfield, IA.
I help people reconnect with their real self using a psychobiological (mind-body) approach. Long held beliefs can be questioned. Emotions that hold patterns in place can be processed.
We track subtle impulses, movements, and breath, so you gain awareness to how your body braces so you can mindfully soften the grip.
We may dialogue with your mind, heart and body. Old terror may discharge. By meeting all parts of you in a relational field, you can come home to you. Over time, your internal system builds pathways for sustainable shifts.
Womb or preverbal distresses can be so deep and hidden. I have specific skills to help as well as for traumas like sexual or physical abuse. Please see Modalities for details on my trainings.
"The spontaneous movement in all of us is toward connection, health, and aliveness. No matter how withdrawn and isolated we have become ..."
- Laurence Heller, PhD & Aline Lapierre, PsyD
"Brianna's support has been invaluable in my own healing journey with pre-verbal trauma. We work with my nervous system in real time. I've learned skills and tools to regulate my infant nervous system and have felt deeply validated and understood in regards to my attachment patterns. Brianna's Presence is felt strongly and is a big part of the healing in our work together.
L.K., Therapist & Coach
My personal healing journey, marked by neglect from birth and major stresses in early life, became a gateway to my life's work. I majored in psychology and spent 28 years in personal and spiritual work before realizing I needed trauma healing that included the nervous system. Synchronicities led me to train in Dr. Laurence Heller’s NeuroAffective Relational Model™ (NARM) for healing attachment, relational and developmental trauma.
