Somatic therapy in Connecticut with Heather Waxman

Holistic, Somatic Therapy in Connecticut & New York

For chronically stressed & spiritually curious adults who need more than talk therapy.

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You are outwardly steady and inwardly overwhelmed.

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You are a thoughtful, introspective, and high-functioning adult who is navigating anxiety, burnout, and emotional overwhelm. You may be nearing or navigating a life transition, quietly holding the knowledge that old patterns or identities are ready to fall away.

You carry wisdom, sensitivity, and depth. You have done a great deal of inner work and are incredibly capable on the outside but still feel tense, braced, or unsettled on the inside. You have been “the strong one” for most of your life and have felt overly responsible for other people’s emotions—sometimes, at the cost of your own peace and well-being. 

Your old ways of pushing through and coping are no longer working. You feel exhausted by effort and force, and long for permission to move differently through the world—in a way that is gentler, slower, and more nourishing. At the same time, slowing down feels difficult and unfamiliar.

You are seeking a steady container where you don’t have to be “on” or perform. You want a collaborative therapeutic relationship that honors your wisdom, your agency, and empowers you to reconnect with your own innate wisdom.

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The work:
a soulful & grounded approach to therapy

Holistic trauma therapy in Fairfield County CT

Hi, I’m Heather Waxman. I am a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Certified Somatic Exercises Instructor, and Certified EFT Practitioner with over 13 years of experience supporting people in healing and growth.

I practice holistic, somatic psychotherapy that integrates clinical training in Marriage & Family Therapy with nervous system regulation, relational healing, and earth-based spirituality. My work honors the whole person—body, psyche, soul, and relational world—and is grounded in the understanding that we are cyclical beings shaped by the same rhythms of growth, rest, and renewal found in Nature.

I work with clients weekly or bi-weekly in Connecticut and New York (both in person and online), supporting clients to make steady, sustainable changes over time.

Symptoms such as anxiety, chronic stress, or over-responsibility are not treated as problems to fix, but as meaningful signals—adaptations that once helped and are now ready to be released and reimagined. With care and steadiness, I support clients in releasing outdated patterns and cultivating a deeper felt sense of inner safety, self-trust, and embodied resilience.

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How I Support Clients through Anxiety, Burnout, Trauma Healing, and Life Transitions

This work is not about fixing you or helping you cope better with an unsustainable pace. It’s about changing how you live inside yourself—so your system has the support it needs to settle, reorganize, and move forward with greater ease.

Therapy with me can support you to:

  • Gently release identities, roles, and survival patterns that once kept you safe

  • Grieve losses—of relationships, identities, or imagined futures—that no longer fit who you’re becoming

  • Move through endings in a way that stabilizes the nervous system rather than overwhelming it

  • Stay connected to yourself during emotional challenges

  • Experience anxiety and stress with greater steadiness and less bracing

  • Feel more regulated and at ease in your body over time

  • Develop a felt sense of inner safety and self-trust

  • Soften patterns of over-responsibility and chronic tension

  • Make space for grief, anger, and rage that has never been felt

Client Testimonials

“I faced a challenge in life which was so overwhelming which took a toll on every aspect of my life. I felt that I could barely face tomorrow, and this coming from someone who is actively working in the field of mental health.

I was stuck, but giving up was not an option. Heather gave me the tools and guidance to find my inner peace. I learned so much that I now use it when working with my own patients. She is a wonderful, gifted teacher who can help you change your life!”

— MAMTA

“Heather is truly an angel in the guise of a life coach. The past few months have been among the hardest of my life, filled with personal challenges and deep-rooted patterns that were overwhelming. With Heather's compassionate guidance, I have not only faced these difficulties but have moved through them with a newfound clarity and healing.

I am deeply grateful for her support and recommend her wholeheartedly to anyone seeking meaningful and profound life changes.”

— VANESSA

“I was craving a new system—a new matrix—one that combined healer/therapist/coach, one that had just enough structure yet kept space for magic, serendipity and Spirit’s plan. All of this, I found in Heather and her work!

Heather truly facilitates a Sacred Partnership - between you, herself and Spirit. We did a lot of deep work….while laughing, swearing, and reveling in joy! Healing can come through Lightness. It doesn’t always have to be hard, aching and wrenching, although it sometimes is. Heather is an old, wise Soul. If you feel called to work with her, listen to that calling and Heather will guide you to your next Beautiful Becoming!”

— SIENA

Quiet, steady therapeutic space supporting nervous system regulation, emotional safety, and life transitions

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Holistic, Somatic Therapy
with Heather Waxman

Holistic somatic therapist in Connecticut offering nervous-system-based psychotherapy for anxiety, burnout, and life transitions

For chronically stressed & spiritually curious adults who are seeking slow, grounded care through seasons of transition and change.

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Therapy is for Connecticut and New York residents.

Calm, grounded space for somatic psychotherapy and nervous system healing inspired by nature and seasonal rhythms.