Jody Allen, LCSW
Integrative Psychotherapist
Aligning Mind Body Heart & Soul
Healing Begins Where the Story Ends
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Between Silence and Story
Lives Emotion​
Emotions are Energy in Motion
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Emotions aren’t flaws. And they aren’t secondary to your story. They are the electric charge of the story—biological signals designed to tell you what lights you up and what feels safe or threatening in the present moment. When emotions are welcomed, felt and allowed to move through your body, their intensity softens and the inherent wisdom they provide becomes accessible. For those whose nervous system protected them from feeling overwhelmed by emotions, this work offers a gentle return—restoring safety, flexibility and access to your body as you learn how to reconnect and stay present within as emotions arise.
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Early Life Patterning
Before you had language or choice, your nervous system learned how to manage your emotions in order to help you feel safe. These early survival strategies were intelligent and necessary, shaped by the need to attach and endure. But this early patterning may now be keeping you distant—from your body, your emotions, your inherent aliveness. Numbing, bracing, overthinking or shutting down are not failures; they are echoes of a nervous system still guarding against a threat that has long since passed.
How We Change the Pattern​
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In this work, we follow the emotional thread beneath your story. You learn to recognize emotional states as they arise in real time and gently guide your nervous system from stuck and reactive back to safe and flexible. As safety returns to the body, the mind softens, emotions integrate and life feels less charged. Clarity, trust, and presence naturally re-emerge. You no longer live stuck in a survival state, instead you embody a felt sense of connection, safety and wholeness.
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If you're ready to use your emotions as a pathway to presence, empowerment and authentic living, let’s connect.
About Me
A Little Bit About Me
My ability to accompany people to the depth of their healing is correlated to how deeply I journey to my own. Turning toward my emotional pain with curiosity and compassion, opens me to seeing, honoring and updating survival patterns that once kept me safe, but now keep me disconnected from my body and heart - my authentic core self. Listening to, learning from and moving with my emotions—rather than overriding or suppressing them—transforms my pain into presence, clarity and confidence. This embodied experience, alongside my extensive clinical training, shapes how I work with clients today: offering a grounded, regulated presence that supports deep, embodied healing, reconnecting clients' mind, body, heart and soul.
Let's Connect
Connection starts with a conversation.
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If you’re ready to stop managing symptoms and start healing what may be driving them, this work may be for you.
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You don’t have to disappear to be okay.
And you don’t have to do this alone.
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I offer brief discovery calls to explore what you'd like to work on, answer any questions and determine whether working together feels like the right next step. There is no pressure and no obligation—just an honest conversation rooted in presence.
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Book a free call today.
California
New York
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