Healing in Community

Trauma is experienced in isolation and healed in connection. Group therapy at SOMA is not a substitute for individual work. It is a complement to it, a space where your nervous system can practice regulation in the presence of others and where co-regulation becomes a lived experience rather than a concept. Polyvagal theory, developed by Stephen Porges, shows the human nervous system is fundamentally social, calibrating safety and threat through the presence, tone, and attunement of other regulated nervous systems. Group work offers what individual therapy cannot: the experience of being witnessed, held, and regulated by a community of people doing the same work.

We offer three clinician-led groups. The EMDR Preparation and Trauma Stabilization Group runs 8 weeks at 60 dollars per session, up to 8 participants, covering resourcing, containment, window of tolerance, and nervous-system regulation. The Burnout Recovery and Nervous System Reset runs 10 weeks at 80 dollars per session, up to 6 participants, for high-functioning professionals restoring autonomic capacity. The Women's Healing Circle runs 12 weeks at 140 dollars per session, up to 6 participants, addressing identity, grief, trauma, and reclamation. Each group is small, time-limited, and built around clear clinical goals rather than open-ended processing.

No. Group therapy at SOMA is designed to complement individual work, not replace it. Groups give your nervous system a place to practice regulation and co-regulation alongside others, which individual sessions cannot fully provide. For example, the EMDR Preparation and Trauma Stabilization Group can strengthen your stabilization foundation before or during EMDR reprocessing, and it can also serve as a standalone stabilization experience. During a brief screening conversation, we help you understand whether a group is the right complement to your current care and where it fits alongside any individual therapy you are doing.

All SOMA groups are clinician-led, small, and structured with clear clinical goals. They are not open-ended processing groups. They are time-limited and focused on building specific capacities. Group size is deliberately small: the EMDR preparation group is capped at 8 participants, and both the burnout recovery group and the Women's Healing Circle are capped at 6. Smaller size supports safety, attunement, and genuine co-regulation. Each group runs for a set number of weeks, from 8 to 12 depending on the offering, so the work has a clear arc rather than continuing indefinitely.

SOMA is private pay. Group rates are 60 dollars per session for the EMDR preparation group, 80 dollars per session for burnout recovery, and 140 dollars per session for the Women's Healing Circle. Groups launch on a waitlist basis, starting once enough interest is expressed and the right clinical composition of participants is identified, because group cohesion matters. Expressing interest does not obligate you to enroll. It reserves your place in the consideration process. When a group is ready to launch, you will be contacted with dates, logistics, and a brief screening conversation to confirm the group fits your current clinical needs.

SOMA groups are offered in person in Coral Gables and via telehealth. Because group participation depends on state licensure, virtual availability follows the states SOMA is licensed in: Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, and New Mexico. The brief screening conversation before a group launches is also where format and fit are confirmed, so you know whether you will attend in person or virtually. If you are interested, express interest in a group or schedule an individual consultation to discuss whether group therapy is the right complement to your care.