Somatic Psychotherapy
Hello dear one, I'm Dana.
I'm a somatic psychotherapist, supervisor, educator, bodyworker, mover.
But before any of these, I was someone living with chronic pain, deep disconnection,
chronic overwhelm — with a deep felt sense that something in me was wrong.
This path that I'm inviting you here to, changed everything for me.
It changed fifteen years of chronic pain.
It changed my difficulty placing boundaries and forming intimate relationships.
It has greatly shaped the way I mother,
my professional path, and the trajectory of my whole life.
We live in a world that constantly distracts us, conditions us out.
Into right and wrong, into outer authorities.
They give us frameworks.
But there is a hidden, often unnoticed exchange for that.
We hand over our power. We hand over our authority.
We disconnect our inner knowing.
So there is a way back we need to do — back to the body, back to ourselves — to become so familiar with our own inner landscape that instead of reaching for "something is wrong with me," we start cultivating relationship with what's there.
And that relationship becomes wisdom. Guidance. Support.
This continues to be the path, the ongoing body of work I'm still walking and still deeply connected to. So this isn't a finished path that I now speak to you about from high above. I'm walking it here, with you — and I invite you to join me on it.
Thank you for being here. Let's walk our way back.
Your body is a bridge
between physiology and consciousness, between sensing and meaning.
Ways to work together
The work takes different forms — individual, relational, educational, experiential, and professional — but all emerge from the same central inquiry:
How experience becomes organization in the body—and how, through awareness, embodiment, relationship, and presence, that organization can reorganize into greater integration, coherence, and flow.
Working with people worldwide.
About Me
Dana B. Fernandes
For over fifteen years, I have worked in the space where body and psyche meet —
where what could not yet be spoken found expression in other ways.
My work reveals how experience becomes organised in the body,
and how, through awareness, embodiment, relationship, and presence,
new possibilities for reorganisation can emerge.
Grounded in somatic developmental psychology and informed by Bodynamic analysis, My approach has been shaped through years of clinical practice, structural and movement-based bodywork, relational and developmental inquiry, embodied practice, and ongoing multidisciplinary exploration into the relationship between body, emotion, psyche, and consciousness.
Underlying all of it is a simple orientation:
To listen to the body.
Not as something to fix or control,
but as a living intelligence to be in relationship with.
And when we learn how to listen,
something begins to shift.
Not only in how we feel,
but in how we relate,
parent,
lead,
love,
work,
and ultimately, in how we live.
Clients stories
"It was life-changing.After years of anxiety and PMDD, I didn't have to retell my sad story like I had a million times before. It was about being present with my body.In such a short time, my anxiety symptoms were gone. My PMDD symptoms improved so much. I learned to identify, hold, and feel my emotions instead of pushing through. Big shifts came through small and simple exercises.But more than anything, I found safety within. I am now able to be with myself and truly enjoy my own company. I feel so much more capable and present in my life."
"It was life-changing.After years of anxiety and PMDD, I didn't have to retell my sad story like I had a million times before. It was about being present with my body.In such a short time, my anxiety symptoms were gone. My PMDD symptoms improved so much. I learned to identify, hold, and feel my emotions instead of pushing through. Big shifts came through small and simple exercises.But more than anything, I found safety within. I am now able to be with myself and truly enjoy my own company. I feel so much more capable and present in my life."
J. United States
I learned to manage my chronic tension and stress. I got back in touch with my emotions after not crying for over 20 years. My wife said this process was the best investment I'd ever made
k.J.g Norway
Dana never fails to amaze with her knowledge, her intuitive approach, and her ability to guide you to find your own body's way.
Lilli Hantke, Germany
She works intuitively and listens to the unspoken needs of the client.
I recommend her soft yet strong and deeply supportive sessions.
Mariel Kvaale, Oslo
Start to learn to listen
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