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Clinical articles & research
Somatic Therapy, Trauma & Relationships
By Alison Leigh, MFT · Reviewed and updated August 5, 2026
Evidence-informed articles by Alison Leigh, MFT, drawing from more than 30 years of clinical experience.
Trauma Recovery
Why Your Body Holds the Key to Healing Trauma
How the nervous system and body participate in trauma recovery.
Couples · PTSD
How Couples Therapy Helps When One Partner Has PTSD
Why the relationship can become an important part of healing.
Somatic Therapy
What Somatic Therapy Is—and Why It Works
A clear introduction to body-based psychotherapy.
Sex Therapy · Couples
When You and Your Partner Want Different Things in Bed
Understanding desire discrepancy and the conditions that support connection.
Couples Therapy
Does Couples Therapy Actually Work?
What research and clinical practice show about meaningful change.
Veterans · PTSD
Veterans, Trauma and the Body
What new research tells us about somatic approaches to PTSD.
Trauma Recovery
Interoception and Trauma Recovery
How awareness of internal body signals can support regulation.
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