Amanda Patterson

Somatic Therapist

Amanda is a Somatic Therapist with a gift for supporting you into healthier relationships, more regulated nervous system states, and breaking through long-standing patterns that are no longer working for you. If you are feeling stuck in collapse, confusion, worry, longing, or constantly controlling or fighting for your needs, this work may be the right fit for you.

Amanda uses a grounded, body-focused therapy that combines nervous system tools, attachment healing, and voice dialogue (integrating the different parts of you) to support you to build well-being and thriving, as well as recover from early attachment wounds or trauma holding you back.

She believes that the root of many of our adult struggles lies in missing needs from childhood, and her sessions are geared to support you to heal and rewire these foundational places, so that you can move in the world from fullness, rather than lack.

Amanda has over 25 years of experience in personal and professional development, working as a therapist, coach, bodyworker, facilitator and trainer.

She has developed and trained practitioners in her own trauma-informed modality: the Somatic Soul Method, and is the creator of Embracing the Inner Critic and Mastering Trauma-Informed Leadership Certification (recognised by IICT).

She consults as a trauma-informed expert in sexuality and self-development programs, and is passionate about helping people find their joy, peace and wellbeing from the inside out.

Amanda is also a long-time ecstatic dancer, follower of non-duality, an artist, poet and mother of a beautiful adult daughter. She respects the unique wisdom, worldview view and life experience that each client comes with.

See more about Amanda here.

Somatic therapy sessions with Amanda are great for:

• Improving boundaries and unlearning the “fawn” response,
• Healing attachment wounds and creating more openness to love (so you spend less time longing or fighting for what you want, and more time in your heart),
• Refining communication skills for more harmony in relationships,
• Deepening trust in your body intelligence and desires (so you don’t need to rigidly plan everything or find yourself in repeated chaos or confusion),
• Empowerment & personal growth. Sessions support you to trust yourself, set boundaries, and engage in intimacy or relationships more consciously.
• Dealing gently with trauma or abuse,
• Nervous System Regulation & Emotional Safety. This helps to shed stress and the “rev” in the nervous system, so your base rate becomes calmer and more balanced. Helpful for people experiencing panic, overwhelm, or physical tension, giving tools to self-soothe and regulate in daily life.
• Business mentoring and Support. Guiding you to bring your emotions and subconscious drives into harmony, creating space for clear decisions and business growth that feels whole, aligned, and deeply authentic.

Sessions are available on Wednesday at the Centre for Mind Body Wellness or online.

Session Details:
Amanda offers sessions in packages of 3, which include:

• 3 x 1.5-hour online or in-person sessions,
• Email contact between sessions (you are welcome to reach out with questions or reports between sessions),
• Full access to my resource library of audios, processes and meditations to support your integration and shifts,
• Recording of online sessions.
• The sessions are valid for 3 months after the first payment date, but are often held weekly or fortnightly. After 3 months, any remaining sessions become forfeit.

COST: Packages are on a sliding scale between $750 and $660 (concession). There is a 10% discount for cash payments.

To enrol in a series of sessions, please book a free 15-minute chat here. This helps Amanda to ensure she’s the right fit for you.

“Amanda is an incredibly intuitive and gifted facilitator, with much to offer in the space of nervous system regulation and repair. I have benefited greatly from a handful of sessions with her and I recommend her highly. Every time I leave a session, I feel more whole, better balanced and significantly improved within my sense of self and wellbeing. More than worth the investment.” – Dana

“This has been my first experience in life doing somatic-based therapies. I’ve gone down many other paths but was yet to find something that had significant change in my body and mind. When I worked with Amanda I was a mess but I immediately felt comfortable, seen, heard and held. The work is gentle and paced beautifully. Throughout the sessions, I had shifted patterns and behaviours that had been there my whole life. I am grateful I found her, and I look forward to doing more work with her to keep peeling back the layers. Thank you Amanda, you’re definitely working in your gifting.” – Monique

“I feel so grateful for Amanda’s gentle way and her ability to help me access to goodness that was always present in me that I somehow believed to be bad or wrong. Even after just one session, something switched in me, and the ability to see myself differently has given me a quiet confidence and relaxation back into the centre of my being. My heart feels so happy! Thank you so much!” – Chani