***PLEASE NOTE: Due to construction at my Chapel Hill office building during April and May 2019, I will be seeing clients at other locations. Please call me at 919-425-5225 for more information on your scheduling options or contact me here

Relaxation Bodywork
for Adults, Children, Pregnant Women

Sessions combine motion and stillness as I incorporate therapeutic massage with deeply restorative techniques such as Reiki, acupressure,  and reflexology. Movement with pauses offers space for change and deepening inner awareness. Muscles relax, breathing eases, and patterns of physical, mental, and emotional tension can unwind. 

Trauma Wise ​Body Therapies
for Adults, Children, Pregnant Women

​​Trauma visits most of us, whether from accidents, emotional or sexual abuse, shocking life events, or violence. The stress of trauma can leave traces in our bodies. Body-oriented and touch therapies may be helpful to survivors in resolving the lingering impacts of trauma. I adapt body-oriented therapies to be more accessible, comfortable, and effective for trauma survivors. My overall approach is to have sessions be client-led, informed by a client's in-the-moment inner awarenesses. We work together to create sessions that feel supportive to a client's needs that day, including practices such as:
  • encouraging communication during session
  • responsive to individual triggers and patterns of emotional flooding and dissociation
  • no-touch and limited-touch therapies for times when touch feels too triggering
  • grounded sensitivity for when emotions need to be expressed
  • choice in level of disrobing for session, from fully clothed to fully disrobed & securely draped with a sheet
  • choice in receiving massage while seated or lying down
  • flexible session length to allow for extending time when possible and for ending early when needed (session fee is rounded up in nearest 15 min increments)
For intense phases of trauma healing, bodywork therapies may be most effective as a complement to psychotherapy.

Trauma Wise ​Self-Care Consultations
In-person or Via Phone, Email, or Video Conferencing

We explore simple self-care practices to find ones that fit into your life to help you heal from trauma. Holistic approaches can nourish damaged nervous systems and broaden the scope of self-care, with particular focus on body-oriented techniques, creative expression, and nature-inspired practices. These techniques provide options for survivors who encounter trauma-related distress, whether that arises as patterns of dissociation, emotional flooding, sensations of trauma memories, intrusive thoughts, pain, or other difficult experiences. By practicing tending to needs as they arise, trauma survivors honor their intuition and learn to bring self-care into more moments of their daily lives.

Spa Reflexology
​for Adults, Children, Pregnant Women

Rest and rejuvenate with aromatherapy, a warm sea salt foot soak, a hand reflexology massage, and a comprehensive foot reflexology session.

Parent & Child Nurturing Touch Consultations
​for caregivers of infants and kids through age 17

Learn simple yet powerful massage and bodywork techniques customized for your child's wellness needs. Informed by my experiences as a childcare provider, massage therapist, and mother, I work with you and your child to create a plan to incorporate more nurturing touch into your child's life. After an initial assessment, I choose techniques specifically to help the needs of your child. I then guide you through learning the massage methods and how to offer them safely and supportively to your child. Follow-up consultations offer time to learn new techniques, fine-tune your skills, and adjust the plan according to your child's feedback. With regular massage from a caring parent, your child may experience some of these benefits:
  • Reduces stress, pain, muscle tension
  • Supports overall child development
  • Enhances immune function
  • Calms fears and other emotions
  • Increases child's body awareness
  • Creates deeper connection with parent
  • Provides a model for respectful touch
  • Allows parent to develop stronger parental intuition
  • Conveys the importance of taking time for self-care and relaxation
For an additional fee, I can also come to your home.
Prenatal instruction in newborn and infant massage is also available.

Session Fees
In addition to the listed session length, I allow for 10 minutes of transition time for checking-in and dressing.
For example, a 60-minute session will have 70 minutes total.

30 minutes  -  $40
45 minutes  -  $60
60 minutes  -  $75
75 minutes  -  $90
90 minutes  -  $105

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Meet Naomi

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Graduate of Body Therapy Institute in Siler City, NC
Graduate of Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH
Author of The Art of Healing from Sexual Trauma: Tending Body and Soul through Creativity, Nature, and Intuition
Contributing author in The Ethics of Touch, 2nd Edition
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