Anxiety and Somatic Therapy |

Integrative Body Psychotherapy (IBP)

in Palm Desert 

The Key to Healing Might Be in Your Body, Not Your Head.

When Talking Isn’t Enough,

Your Body Speaks

Sometimes we try to “think” our way out of stress, anxiety, or disconnection, but the body holds what the mind can’t always explain.

What is Integrative Body Psychotherapy (IBP)?

Integrative Body Psychotherapy (IBP) is a holistic, somatic therapy approach that helps you tune into your body’s messages, regulate your nervous system, and release emotional patterns that may be keeping you stuck.

Whether you're navigating trauma, chronic anxiety, or feeling disconnected from yourself, IBP offers a pathway to real, embodied change.

In Our Work Together, We May Explore

  • How your body holds stress, anxiety, or trauma

  • Patterns of tension, coping, or emotional shutdown

  • The “basic fault” early attachment disruptions that shape identity

  • How to reconnect with your authentic self, presence, and vitality

IBP Can Support You With:

  • Chronic anxiety, emotional overwhelm, or burnout

  • Feeling stuck in patterns that make sense logically but won’t shift

  • Birth, developmental, or childhood trauma

  • Disconnection from body, identity, or emotions

  • Fertility, postpartum, or parenting experiences that reawaken old wounds

  • A longing to feel more grounded, regulated, and whole

As a therapist trained in Integrative Body Psychotherapy and someone who’s done deep somatic work myself, I’ve seen how transformative it can be.

IBP invites you to move beyond just coping and into real connection with your body, emotions, and inner self.

You don’t have to force yourself to feel better.
You don’t have to figure it all out alone.

Your body already knows the way.
It just needs a safe space to speak.

  • Hi, I’m Sophie Bain-Tohl (she/her), a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist trained in Integrative Body Psychotherapy (IBP). I offer a holistic approach that honors the deep connection between your body, emotions, and nervous system. My work blends somatic awareness with attachment repair, breath work, and mindfulness, so healing isn’t just something you talk about, it’s something you feel.

    What to Expect:
    In somatic therapy, we slow down and listen to the body’s wisdom. You’ll learn how to track sensations, build internal safety, and gently shift long-held patterns stored in the nervous system. This work is especially helpful if talk therapy alone hasn’t felt like enough, or if you’ve experienced trauma that lives in the body. Together, we’ll create space for grounded healing from the inside out.

  • I show up with warmth, honesty, and zero judgment. I’m not a blank slate kind of therapist — I’ll reflect, ask thoughtful questions, and gently challenge you when it feels supportive. Our work is collaborative, embodied, and paced with care. You don’t have to have it all figured out to start.