DreamSomatix™ - Therapy for Professionals Who Carry More Than They Show

You have a decision to make that keeps you up at night. No one in your life who truly gets the weight of it.

You are the one people come to for answers. The founder who carries the company. The executive who holds the room together. The partner who absorbs everyone else's uncertainty so they don't have to.

Who holds space for you?

DreamSomatix™ is a private psychotherapy practice for professionals who carry decisions that shape businesses, relationships, and lives. This is not general therapy. This is depth-oriented, dream-informed clinical work for people who need more than advice - they need clarity that comes from understanding themselves at a level most therapy never reaches.

"From our very first session, I knew Marilyn was the therapist I'd been searching for. What sets Marilyn apart is her remarkable ability to be fully present in every moment - it's as if the rest of the world fades away during our sessions."
- Client

WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE HERE

  • A decision that won't stop circling - one that analysis and logic haven't been able to resolve

  • Sleep that's been disrupted by the weight of what you're carrying

  • A relationship - romantic, professional, or both - where the distance keeps growing

  • A pattern of overextending for others while postponing your own needs

  • The sense that something important is trying to surface, and you can't access it through thinking alone

"If you feel chronically confused or disempowered, and long for meaning, to be truly seen or understood, to feel cared for, taken seriously, and feel more than just a collection of symptoms, I cannot recommend Marilyn enough."

-Client

WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS WORK

In the first few sessions, most clients describe the same experience: Relief. Not because anything has been fixed - because someone is listening at the depth the situation actually requires.

Over time, the work goes deeper. Through person-centered therapy, somatic awareness, and - when relevant - the clinical use of dream material, we access the internal information that drives your decisions, your relationships, and your patterns. This is not abstract. It is specific, practical, and grounded in what is happening in your life right now.

Clients who stay in this work consistently report:

  • Clarity in decisions that previously felt paralyzing

  • The ability to set boundaries without guilt or resentment

  • Restored sleep and reduced physiological stress

  • Reconnection with their own priorities, separate from expectations

  • Stronger presence as leaders, partners, and parents

"In my professional life, she helped me navigate complex workplace dynamics and empowered me to advocate for myself, resulting in so much more peace and balance than I had before. Her insights helped me confront my fears of failure and imposter syndrome, pushing me to take calculated risks that have paid off."

-Client

WHO THIS IS FOR

DreamSomatix™ works with adults in California and Oregon who carry high-stakes responsibility and want therapeutic depth, not surface-level coping strategies. Our clients include:

  • Founders and CEOs navigating business decisions with personal consequences

  • Executives managing pressure that never fully turns off

  • Couples who built something together and need to reconnect - or decide what comes next

  • Business partners whose shared vision has become a shared conflict

  • Professionals whose sleep, health, or relationships have started paying the price for what they carry

This work is private, confidential, and built for people who value depth over speed.

"Marilyn challenges me in ways that help me evolve and expand as a person. She helps me focus on what matters to me most. I never feel like 'I am too much' which is not something I had really felt previously."

-Client

DREAM PSYCHOTHERAPY©

DreamSomatix™ is a practice in the Bay Area integrating Jungian oriented dreamwork, somatic awareness, and licensed clinical therapy into a single method. Dream Psychotherapy© does not replace traditional therapy - it deepens it. By working with the material that surfaces when the conscious mind steps aside, we access insight, patterns, and priorities that talk therapy alone often misses.

You do not need to remember your dreams to benefit from this work. Some clients don't. The method meets you where you are.

"She has a unique holistic approach, and I love her specialized dream analysis to uncover what's going on deeper than what I was aware of in my subconscious. I always look forward to the big dreams that I get to bring into our session and what answers and insights are there for me to apply into my day to day life."

-Client

A GRADUAL PROCESS FOR MONUMENTAL DECISIONS

Real change - the kind that holds under pressure - doesn't happen in a single session or a weekend retreat. It happens through consistent, weekly engagement with someone who is paying attention to more than your words.

Through ongoing sessions, you can expect to:

  • Feel more centered, emotionally connected, and internally grounded

  • Gain access to insight that thinking alone cannot reach

  • Clarify what truly matters to you - separate from expectations or roles

  • Express your wants and make decisions with greater confidence

  • Develop the capacity to give intentionally and set boundaries without guilt

  • Reconnect with a sense of internal value and satisfaction

"Her presence alone is enough to change your life. I truly know and believe I would not be who I am today without the incredible guidance, advice, support, and encouragement from Marilyn."

-Client

REQUEST A CONSULTATION

If what you've read resonates, request a free 20-minute video consultation. This is your opportunity to ask questions, explore fit, and decide if this is the space where the weight you've been carrying can finally be set down - and examined with someone who understands its real cost.

Private Pay: $220 per session (individual) | $250 per session (couples) Insurance: Select plans accepted. 

"If you're looking for a therapist who will not just listen, but truly partner with you on your journey of self-discovery and growth, Marilyn is unequivocally the best choice. Her impact on my life has been nothing short of revolutionary."

-Client

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