Meet Alicia — Somatic Practioner serving New York and Online
The body remembers.
Together, we listen.
Hi, I’m Alicia (she/her).
Hi, I’m Alicia Divers (she/her). I’m a trauma-informed somatic practitioner, spiritual director, and Enneagram coach. I help people slow down, reconnect with their bodies, and begin to heal—especially when life, trauma, or religion has pulled them away from themselves.
I’ve spent over 15 years in full-time ministry, and I’m currently a pastor at Good Shepherd New York, an inclusive ecumenical church in Manhattan. My roots are in spiritual care—but over time, I realized that true healing happens when we bring the body into the conversation.
That noticing led me into the world of somatic therapy, where I now support clients through nervous system healing, emotional resilience, and deeper spiritual reconnection.
Whether you’re navigating anxiety, deconstruction, burnout, or a quiet sense that something’s off—I offer grounded, spacious support to help you come home to yourself.
How I Work
I use the phrase somatic therapy as a broad umbrella for the work I do—because the body is the foundation of everything I offer. Whether we’re working through anxiety, trauma, spiritual questions, or attachment dynamics, we start by tuning into your body’s signals and patterns.
My sessions are collaborative and personalized.
I draw from a wide range of tools—including somatic coaching, trauma-informed care, spiritual direction, and nervous system regulation—and together, we choose what best supports you. This integrative approach lets us respond to your specific needs in real time, always with curiosity and care.
Clients often describe this work as gentle but powerful. We move at the speed of trust—starting with your body, your story, and what feels most alive.
Ways We Can Work Together
I offer several paths of support depending on what you’re navigating.
Each is grounded in somatic awareness and tailored to your needs.
Somatic Therapy
Nervous system support and embodied healing
Shift out of chronic stress or shutdown
Regulate your emotional and physiological responses
Rebuild trust in your body’s cues
Based on my certification in Somatic Mind-Body Coaching and Somatic Experiencing (intermediate year)
Somatic Enneagram Coaching
Work with your type—through the body, not just the mind
Understand your embodied personality patterns
Loosen old survival strategies
Develop new pathways for choice, vitality, and presence
Certified through the Narrative Enneagram Tradition
Somatic Anxiety Support
Body-based tools for regulating anxiety
Listen to how anxiety speaks through the body
Interrupt overwhelm without bypassing it
Rewire your relationship to fear and safety
Based on my certification in Somatic Anxiety
Somatic Spiritual Direction
Sacred space for faith transition and soul care
Navigate deconstruction and spiritual confusion
Support for pastors, priests and guides in full-time ministry
Support for anyone wanting to explore their spirituality
Based on my 20+ years in full-time Christian ministry and my Masters of Spiritual Direction from General Theological Seminary
Attachment & Relational Work
Repatterning how you show up in relationship
Explore somatic patterns like fawning, avoidance, or over-functioning
Learn to stay connected to yourself while staying in connection with others
Build new internal templates for safety, trust, and intimacy
Based on my certification in Somatic Attachment Therapy
Somatic Experiencing
Trauma-informed nervous system healing
Support incomplete stress responses
Learn to regulate through the body, not just the mind
Work slowly and safely with stored trauma
I’m currently in my intermediate year of training in Somatic Experiencing® from Somatic Experiencing International
A Bit More Human
I live in New York, where I work with clients both in person and online—from Brooklyn to Switzerland to Jordan. It’s a city of skyline and water—always moving, yet somehow helping me slow down. The water helps me orient. It’s where I feel most calm, most regulated, most myself.
My mornings are slow and sacred—usually iced coffee in hand, a few quiet moments to myself, and a Wordle text thread that’s become its own kind of ritual. I walk the city often—sometimes to get somewhere, but mostly to come back to myself. I’m a cat person (my cat Catbsy has a lot of opinions), and my friends say I’m solar powered—something about me lights up in the sun. I’m happiest in the summer.
Before this chapter of my work, I spent years serving in refugee communities across the world—especially in the Arab world. I’ve been in full-time ministry my entire career, and I’m currently the Pastor of Community and Mission at Good Shepherd New York, an inclusive ecumenical church in Manhattan. That role allows me to move toward what I call embodied activism: showing up in the world with a nervous system that can stay present, responsive, and rooted in care.
That’s still the work I do. I hold space for people to come home to themselves—gently, honestly, and with just enough curiosity to uncover what’s ready to shift.
If You’re Curious
You don’t have to have it all figured out to begin.
Whether you’re feeling stuck, disconnected, or simply wondering what this kind of work might offer you—I’d love to meet you where you are.
You can start by exploring my offerings, or book a free 15-minute consult to see what kind of support feels right.
