Nervous System Work

From Survival Mode to Regulation

You hold it together, but your body tells a different story.

You’re always “on”, hyperaware, overstimulated, or just plain numb. You power through, but deep down you’re on autopilot. The tension, fatigue, racing thoughts, or shutdown aren’t just in your head, they’re in your body.

I help women understand and work with their nervous system so they can finally feel safe, calm, and at home in themselves.

In our work together, we’ll focus on:

  • Recognizing when you're in fight, flight, freeze, or fawn

  • Building body awareness and self-trust through somatic practices

  • Releasing long-held tension from chronic stress or trauma

  • Learning to regulate without numbing, avoiding, or over-functioning

You don’t have to live in a body stuck on high alert.

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When Your Body Feels Stuck
in Survival Mode

You may look composed on the outside while your body feels tense, overstimulated, exhausted, or shut down. At Liminal Psych, I offer nervous system regulation therapy in Charlotte, NC for women dealing with chronic stress, anxiety, trauma symptoms, and burnout that live as much in the body as in the mind.

Nervous system work helps you understand the patterns beneath “always on” energy, emotional overwhelm, and shutdown responses. Using somatic awareness, EMDR-informed interventions, and attachment-focused therapy, we work gently to build internal safety, increase regulation, and help your body experience more rest and steadiness. In-person sessions are available in Charlotte, with virtual therapy across North Carolina.

Nervous System Regulation

You’ve learned how to stay calm, composed, and in control—but inside, your body tells a different story.

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  • When your body has lived in fight, flight, or freeze for too long, it can forget what calm feels like. Many of my clients describe feeling both tired and wired, functional, and always “on.”

    Tension lives in your shoulders. Your chest feels tight. You can’t relax, even when everything is “fine.” This isn’t just stress. It’s a nervous system that’s been shaped by years of being on high alert, often since childhood. When your environment never felt predictable or emotionally safe, your body learned to stay ready. Now, even in safe moments, your system may not know how to turn off.

    Nervous system and somatic work helps you gently tune into your body’s signals, slow down long enough to hear what’s underneath, and build the internal safety that you’ve had the luxury of developing.

    We’ll work together to expand your capacity for rest, connection, and calm—without needing to shut down or push through.

  • You might notice that you:

    1. Feel constantly tense, on alert, or braced for something to go wrong.

    2. Have trouble relaxing — even in peaceful environments.

    3. Swing between high productivity and complete exhaustion.

    4. Feel anxious, irritable, or emotionally numb without knowing why.

    5. Struggle to sleep or wake feeling unrefreshed.

    6. Feel disconnected from your body or emotions.

    7. Experience physical tension, gut issues, or headaches that worsen under stress.

    8. Have trouble staying present — your mind races or checks out.

    9. React strongly to noise, change, or emotional stress.

    10. Feel like your body is “running the show,” even when you try to calm down.

  • Therapy for nervous system dysregulation focuses on helping your body and mind remember how to feel safe again.
    Using somatic awareness, EMDR, and polyvagal-informed regulation tools, you’ll learn to:

    • Recognize your stress responses before they escalate

    • Regulate your body’s signals for calm, focus, and rest

    • Release chronic tension and emotional overwhelm

    • Strengthen resilience and self-trust

    • Feel more present, centered, and connected to your life

    Over time, you’ll notice your nervous system shifting from constant vigilance to genuine ease, where calm doesn’t feel like danger, and rest doesn’t feel like failure.

  • At Liminal Psych, the work is both clinical and compassionate — grounded in neuroscience and guided by empathy.

    • I specialize in helping high-functioning women unwind the deeper layers of stress and perfectionism that keep their bodies on high alert.

    • Together, we’ll work at the pace your nervous system can handle, integrating somatic tools, attachment repair, and trauma processing so that safety becomes your new baseline.

    • This isn’t about forcing calm; it’s about helping your system remember what safety feels like.