About Home Body Counseling

Home Body Counseling is a somatic therapy practice in Houston, Texas, where your nervous system leads and healing follows

WHAT I DO

Healing that goes where talk therapy doesn’t

Past experiences and trauma aren't just something we think about — they're something we feel, hold, and carry in our bodies. Many clients come to Home Body Counseling after years of talk therapy, still feeling stuck.

Here, we work directly with the body and nervous system. Through trauma intensives, somatic therapy, and group work, we help you move from understanding your patterns to actually shifting them.

WHO I WORK WITH

You've probably already done some work on yourself

You understand yourself well — you've read the books, maybe tried therapy before. But something still feels stuck. Anxiety, trauma, burnout, or relationship patterns that talking alone hasn't fully resolved.

You're ready for something different — therapy that doesn't just explain the pattern, but actually shifts it.

Hi, I'm Sarah Shelton, LPC, SEP

I founded Home Body Counseling to help others recover from the impacts of accumulated stress and trauma.

For years, I felt stuck in anxiety, people-pleasing, and a sense of unworthiness. Discovering somatic therapy rewired how I relate to myself and others — and that experience is what drives my work.

Sessions blend warmth with directness. Many clients say it's the first time they've felt both fully seen and safe enough to go where they hadn't been able to go before.

Training: Somatic Experiencing® · EMDR · Brainspotting · Pia Mellody’s Post-Induction Therapy · Ego State Therapy (Parts Work)

Specialities: Complex Trauma & PTSD · High Functioning Anxiety · Chronic Stress & Burnout · Codependency

Education: Licensed Professional Counselor, State of Texas · M.S. in Counseling Psychology

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WHY CHOOSE HOME BODY COUNSELING?

Specialized somatic therapy in Houston, Texas

Sessions are not guided by a rigid protocol, but by your present-moment experience and what your nervous system and body are ready to work with.

We draw on a range of modalities — Somatic Experiencing, EMDR, Brainspotting, and Parts Work — following what's most alive and ready in you at any point in your healing journey.

In-person in Houston, Texas, or virtual anywhere in Texas.

Curious if right for you? Start with a free 15-minute consultation. →