When you've sprinted for years, and feel ready to exhale
Whether you're the golden child, the generous friend, the exemplary employee, or the reliable partner, being the steady one can be both meaningful and exhausting. Somatic therapy gives you a gentle space of your own to slow down, notice what you've been carrying, and let your nervous system rest. Sessions are available in person in San Diego and online across California.
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When Your Mind Knows You're Okay, But Your Body Hasn't Caught Up
Maybe it shows up late at night, when you're ready to sleep but your chest feels tight and your mind is racing. Or in the middle of a busy workday, when you notice you've been hunching over for hours, drained from handling one crisis after another.
From the outside, you look like you have it handled. Most people would never guess how tired you really are, or how long you've felt this way.
You might notice that:
- You snap at the people you love, then spend hours wishing you had reacted differently
- You have a hard time keeping work and home life separate
- You feel tension in your body when you think of things that are still unresolved
- You say yes when you mean no, then quietly carry the resentment of doing too much
- Rest feels uncomfortable, as if you have to earn it or can’t afford it
You may have already read the books, listened to the podcasts, or talked things through in therapy before. You understand where your patterns come from, yet your self-awareness hasn't changed how you feel.
That makes sense. Many of these patterns formed long before you had words for them. Perfectionism, people-pleasing, and staying "one step ahead" are all adaptive behaviors. This is how your nervous system kept you safe, as you navigated conflict at home, family expectations, and the generational inheritance of surviving hard things. Your behaviors have been engrained across time, and self-awareness is just half of the solution.
Learn to Feel At Home in
Your Own Skin
Somatic therapy works with your body, as well as your mind. As we explore the stories you hold, you will learn to notice how these stories show up in your body - the tightening, the bracing, the urge to hit something, the urge to curl up in a ball. In working with these organic responses, we will gently teach your nervous system that it's safe to settle.
And by expanding the capacity of your nervous system, and creating more spaciousness in your body, we can then do the “intellectual” work more easily.
As your body begins to trust that safety, you may find that you can:
- Respond to your others with intention, instead of staying reactive
- Hold your ambition and your peace at the same time, without one costing you the other
- Treat your "yes's" and "no's" as equally sacred
- Replace pressure and perfectionism with self-trust
- Feel proud of the life you're building
- Choose rest as an act of care, longevity, and self-respect
The goal is to help you feel more like yourself in every room you walk into, whether that's your office, your parents' kitchen, or your own living room.
Let's Talk About What
You've Been Carrying
You don't need the perfect words or a clear plan to reach out. Share as much or as little as feels right, and Jenn will get back to you personally to schedule your free 30-minute consultation.
Book a Free 30-Minute Consultation
Pick a time that works for you. You'll get a calendar invite right away.
Find the Support That Fits
Where You Are
Every option blends body-based work with the exploration of your story.
What feels right for you?
Healing Burnout
For when you’ve had to keep pushing, long after your body asked to hit the brakes. Learn to rebuild your energy, manage your freeze response, and set a pace you can keep.
Identity Work for Children of Immigrants
For when you feel caught between multiple worlds and struggle to fully belong. Learn to honor where you come from while choosing who you're becoming.
Perfectionism & People-Pleasing
For when the inner critic never takes a day off. Gently loosen the patterns that keep you performing instead of living.
Navigating ADHD As An Adult
For when neurodivergence feels overshadowed by shame, overwhelm, or burnout. Learn practical and emotional skills to work with, not against, your ADHD mind.
Career Anxiety
For when work starts to feel draining or meaningless, get support from someone who understands the complexities of corporate life—from individual contributors to senior leaders.
Relationship Skills
For when you’re struggling to express your needs, receive feedback calmly, or navigate conflict, develop the mindset and skills to respond from your values instead of your triggers.
Other Formats to Fit Your Life and Schedule
Therapy Intensives
Multi-hour sessions for deeper insight in less time, ideal if you're already in therapy or ready to go further. $200 per hour, 2 to 4 hours.
Somatic Coaching
Action-focused sessions using goal-setting, parts work, and mind-body tools, available outside California too. $175 per 45-minute session.
Groups and Events
Monthly virtual groups, including From Pressure to Peace, a supportive space for healing people- pleasing. $20 per session.
Why I Created This Practice
I grew up in San Francisco, California as the daughter of Lebanese immigrants, raised by a single mom, living between two cultures. Like many “third culture kids”, I learned early that belonging meant achieving, keeping the peace, and compartmentalizing discomfort.
Those lessons carried me into a successful career in tech, where I worked at companies like Glassdoor, Salesforce, and Udemy. And yet, even through the accolades, bonuses, and promotions, I was still carrying imposter syndrome, chronic stress, and a deep lack of meaning.
As the pandemic forced me to re-evaluate my priorities, I left my last tech company to become a therapist. Two years into this journey, my own ADHD diagnosis in adulthood helped me understand why I had always felt a little "outside the lines".
This practice grew out of that journey. I believe your body carries your story, along with the stories of the generations before you, and that healing begins when you treat your body as a home, instead of a tool. My work helped me come back home to myself, and it exists to help you build that same home within yourself.
Get Started With Somatic Therapy
in 3 Simple Steps
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Reach Out
Send a text, or schedule your 30-minute call instantly with Calendly. In your complimentary 30-minute consultation, you can share what's been feeling heavy, and what preferences you have for therapy.
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Start Your Sessions
Meet for 50-minute sessions, in person in San Diego or online from anywhere in California. Together, you'll work on what feels urgent now and what matters most over time, with body-based practices woven into every session.
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Find Calm Again
As your nervous system learns to settle, you may notice more calm in your relationships, more trust in your decisions, and more room to enjoy what you've built. You get to live the life you worked so hard for and feel present for it.
There's no pressure to sign up for therapy during the free consultation; feel free to take 24 hours after the call to
decide if you'd like to move forward.
Investing in Your Healing
You deserve to know what therapy costs before you reach out, so every price is listed clearly below.
Somatic Therapy Sessions Starting At:
$250
- Individual therapy $250 per 50-minute session
- Couples therapy $300 per 50-minute session
- Somatic coaching $175 per 45-minute session
- Therapy intensives $200 per hour, for 2 to 4 hours
- Extended sessions of 90 minutes or more Available on request
- Free 30-minute consultation Free
If you have Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Cigna, United, or another plan with out-of-network benefits, your insurance may reimburse part of your session fee. Jenn uses a service called Mentaya, which charges a 5% fee to submit claims to your insurer for you, so you don't have to do any extra work, besides show up to session.
Jenn accepts all major credit cards, including HSA/FSA cards.
In Person in San Diego or Online Across California
My office sits just minutes from Balboa Park in San Diego. If you'd rather meet from the comfort of your own home, online sessions are available anywhere in California. You can join from your living room, your office, or whatever private space feels most comfortable for you.
From time to time, clients and I schedule one-off outdoor sessions at an agreed-upon location in nature (such as Mission Bay, Balboa Park, etc). This format allows clients to process in movement, enjoy fresh air, and feel part of something greater, as they navigate daily life. Inquire for more details.
Somatic Therapy in San Diego FAQs
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Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a body-oriented therapy that treats trauma by tracking physical sensations—tightness, warmth, or a racing heartbeat—and working with the response to safely contain and release it. This allows us to stop reliving past events in our bodies, as we "complete" or resolve the survival responses (fight, flight, or freeze) that have been trapped in our physiology.
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Talk therapy is mostly intellectual, often focused on your thoughts and patterns. Somatic therapy includes your body in the conversation. For example, if you already know why you do or feel things, but you struggle with changing them, somatic therapy can work with any resistance or blockage in the nervous system that is getting in the way of change.
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Sessions include verbal conversation, along with periodic body-based practices throughout the session (such as noticing sensations, grounding, breathing, or decompressing after heavier stories). You control the pace the whole time, and nothing is ever forced or rushed.
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Only when you feel ready. Many people start with what feels most pressing, like stress at work or tension in a relationship. Deeper work can come later, at a pace that feels safe for you.
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If past therapy felt like venting or analyzing without real change, you're not broken--you just might have a stuck nervous system. To help you get unstuck, I purposefully combine body-based practices with parts work and Narrative Therapy, so that your healing can shift the parts of you that are still locked away.
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I specialize in working with high-achieving adults of diverse backgrounds, especially children of immigrants, BIPOC adults, and adults with ADHD. Of course, anyone who feels drawn to my approach and may not necessarily fit these identities, is still welcome to reach out.
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Having worked with insurance companies in the past, I've made an intentional decision to be out-network with insurance. I've found that a private-pay model allows me to better prioritize clinical care without the constraints of arbitrary session limits, diagnostic mandates, and invasive third-party oversight. To help offset out-of-pocket costs, I partner with a service called Mentaya, which processes out-of-network claims at a service charge of 5% per session, which includes troubleshooting if claims are ever denied. This service allows many of my current clients to receive 30-70% reimbursement for their session fees, depending on your specific plan's benefits..
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$250 for 50 minutes individual therapy, $300 for 50 minutes of couples therapy. If your plan has out-of-network benefits, you may be reimbursed for part of that cost. A quick call to your insurance company can tell you what your plan covers.
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I currently see clients in person at my office in Hillcrest, San Diego, and online anywhere in California. Outdoor walking sessions are also available for select, pre-planned sessions, when it is clinically appropriate.
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Starting is simpler than you might expect. Fill out the form on this page, or Email jenn@jennhourani.com to book your free 30-minute consultation. You'll have a relaxed conversation about what's been weighing on you, ask any questions you have, and decide together whether working with me feels right.
Your Body Has Carried Enough
on Its Own
You've spent years showing up for everyone else. Somatic therapy gives you a place to finally set some of that weight down, whether you meet me in my Hillcrest office, or from the comfort of your own couch. Your first step is a free, 30-minute conversation.