Dr. Shannon Ridge Psychologist
License: Psy.D.
Ages Served: 18-65+
Appointments: In-office and Telehealth
Change Starts Here
Hello, I'm Shannon
Healing Begins Beneath the Surface Within
Expansion Somatics offers a grounded, body-based approach to healing for people ready to understand what lies beneath recurring emotional, relational, and survival patterns. Through nervous system awareness, somatic inquiry, Parts Work, belief exploration, movement, breath, and integration, sessions create space for deeper self-understanding and meaningful change.
This work is personalized, responsive, and guided by what your body, emotions, and nervous system are communicating in the present moment. Rather than forcing change, we explore patterns with curiosity, compassion, and awareness so you can reconnect with yourself, build greater capacity, and move forward with more choice and confidence at your own pace.
What I Do
You Don’T Have To Suffer For Any Longer
You do not have to keep repeating the same painful patterns, feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or trapped in survival responses. Expansion Somatics offers a supportive space to understand what your body and nervous system may be holding, helping you create greater awareness, regulation, connection, and possibility for lasting change over time.
The Process
It’s Time To Take Back Control Of Your Life
Reconnect with yourself, understand recurring patterns, and build greater capacity to respond to life with awareness, choice, and confidence again.
Personalized Support
Each session responds to your needs, nervous system, and current challenges rather than following a rigid therapeutic formula approach.
Root Exploration
We look beneath surface symptoms to explore emotional, somatic, relational, behavioral, and belief patterns with curiosity and compassionate awareness together.
Integration
Insight becomes meaningful when lived. Sessions support practical integration so new awareness can gradually become embodied in everyday life naturally.
Services
Somatic Sessions
Private sessions combine body awareness, nervous system support, inquiry, belief work, movement, breath, and integration based on your needs today.
Ongoing Support
Weekly or twice-weekly packages provide continuity for exploring recurring patterns while developing greater regulation, choice, and personal integration steadily.
Integration Sessions
Support for processing significant emotional, somatic, spiritual or transformational experiences and bringing meaningful insights into daily life with clarity.
Psychedelic Integration
Integration support for psilocybin or ibogaine experiences, focusing on emotional processing, nervous system support and practical everyday integration support.
Group Experiences
Workshops, groups, and retreats combine somatic practices, nervous system education, emotional exploration, movement, meditation, and guided self-inquiry experiences together safely.
Free Consultation
A professional, complimentary introductory call offers space to ask questions, discuss what you are seeking, and professionally explore which service fits best to the problems you have.
I'm Here to Help
How We Can Work Together
Work together through individual sessions, ongoing support, integration, workshops, groups, or retreats. Each offering is designed to meet you where you are and support meaningful, embodied change at your pace.
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