Somatic Therapy | Yoga and Sound Baths in Stone Mountain | GA
The body has been knowing things for a long time that the mind has not had the conditions to hear. It knows where the tension lives. It knows what costs more than it gives back. It knows the difference between genuine rest and the performance of rest. It knows what has been held and for how long. Power Through Process is a somatic therapy and sound healing practice built around taking that knowledge seriously, for women of color who are finally ready to listen to what their bodies have been trying to tell them.
Stone Mountain Park holds the massive granite monadnock that gives the community its name, its trails and summit views and the particular quality of geological permanence it offers drawing visitors from across the metro to stand for a moment next to something that has been here longer than any human concern. Stone Mountain Village, with its small shops and historic character, lies just west of the park entrance. DeKalb County surrounds it, with Clarkston to the northwest, one of the most internationally diverse small cities in the country, its dozens of languages and cultures creating a community unlike any other in the region. Tucker lies to the northwest, Avondale Estates to the west, and Lilburn to the east, each with its own distinct character within the broader suburban texture. Memorial Drive runs westward toward Atlanta, tracing a corridor of communities that carry both the weight and the possibility of all that the city has been.
Women who come to somatic therapy in Stone Mountain often arrive with a quality of readiness that is different from other starting points. They have been aware for some time that the body knows something. They have noticed the signals. What they have lacked is a space designed to help them hear what those signals are actually saying. My practice is designed to be exactly that space.
How it works
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Start where you are—not where you think you “should” be
The body's knowledge is not supplementary to the healing process. It is the healing process. Whatever has been held, whatever has been accumulated, whatever has shaped the nervous system into its current configuration, all of it is held in the body's own tissue, breath, and nervous system response. Somatic therapy begins there and works from the inside out.
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No scripts. Just what your body needs
The first conversation does not require that someone know exactly what they are looking for. What it requires is the honest sense that the body has been trying to communicate something that deserves attention. From that honesty, a direction emerges. The path forward shapes itself through the process of the conversation rather than being predetermined by it.
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Where science meets soul
What develops through somatic therapy is not a collection of techniques. It is a relationship with the body's own intelligence that becomes increasingly trustworthy over time. Clients find that they begin to know things about themselves that they could not have articulated before. The body's knowledge, which was always present, becomes accessible.
Explore my therapy services and specializations
For women who have been receiving their body's signals without having a container in which to follow them, somatic therapy provides exactly that container. Sessions create the conditions for what the body knows to become conscious, for the physical experience of stress, need, and unprocessed emotion to be met with the quality of attention it has been waiting for. Over the course of the work, what was vague becomes specific. What was overwhelming becomes navigable. What was numb begins to have texture and information. Clients describe a growing sense of recognizing themselves in a way that had not been available before. Sessions are offered virtually and accessible from any private space in Stone Mountain or beyond.
There is a quality of knowing that lives in vibration rather than in words. Sound baths access that knowing directly, using the resonance of healing instruments to create an experience of the body receiving something it has been needing without requiring the mind to identify or name what is being received. The body simply knows, and responds. Yoga sessions in this practice move slowly through sensation, following the body's own cues rather than any external sequence. The practice builds over time into a form of physical literacy, a capacity to read and respond to what the body is communicating in any given moment. Both offerings are available virtually and are designed for women who are encountering them for the first time.
The body's knowledge includes relational knowledge: the way a particular kind of dynamic produces a specific physical response, the way certain relational environments feel safe and others feel threatening in ways that are below the level of conscious analysis. Relational Gestalt therapy works with that knowledge directly, using the live experience of the therapeutic relationship as the medium. Sessions attend to what happens in the body when relationship is happening. The quality of contact. The places where connection is received and where it is deflected. What the body communicates about the experience of being genuinely seen. This attention, directed with care, produces change that extends well beyond the session itself. Clients often find that the relational knowledge the sessions develop becomes one of their most trusted resources in navigating their other relationships.
The nervous system's knowledge is the body's most fundamental kind of knowing. Before the conscious mind has assessed a situation, the nervous system has already rendered a verdict: safe or not safe, approach or withdraw, stay or go. Nervous system regulation work respects that knowledge while gently expanding the range of situations the body is able to experience as safe. Sessions build new experiences of safety that the nervous system can reference and return to. Over time, the verdict the nervous system renders in familiar situations begins to update. What was always experienced as threatening begins to be assessed with more nuance. The range of what is navigable expands. This work is offered virtually and is appropriate for women at any stage of their relationship with somatic or nervous system-focused practice.
Trauma interrupts the body's knowing. It produces responses that persist after their original context has passed, responses that the conscious mind may recognize as disproportionate but that the nervous system continues to generate because the body has not yet had the conditions to complete what the original experience left unfinished. Somatic trauma therapy creates those conditions. The work is slow and oriented entirely by what the body is ready for in any given session. Nothing is pushed toward completion before the body has signaled its readiness. The result, over time, is a nervous system that has more access to its own present-moment knowledge rather than being driven by its responses to the past. For women in Stone Mountain carrying the specific combination of personal and cultural history that shapes so many lives in this part of DeKalb County, this work offers a container that is genuinely comprehensive in what it can hold.
Anxiety interrupts the body's knowing by overlaying it with the nervous system's threat assessment, which can be so persistent and so loud that it drowns out everything the body might otherwise be communicating. Sound meditation creates a temporary suspension of that overlay, using vibrational resonance to shift the nervous system's state toward one in which the body's actual knowledge can be heard. During sessions, the frequency of healing instruments produces a physiological shift that anxiety cannot prevent. Something in the body releases into the vibration. The quiet that follows is informative in a way that the anxious state never is. Sessions are available virtually and welcome women regardless of their prior experience with meditation or sound work.
Black women in Stone Mountain and the broader DeKalb County community carry a knowledge that is both personal and collective: the knowledge of what their communities have survived, what has been built, and what has been taken. Therapy for Black women in my practice holds that knowledge as the foundation of the work rather than the background to it. My anti-oppressive, decolonizing framework understands that Black women's healing is inseparable from the history their bodies carry. The work does not ask them to set aside the cultural and ancestral dimensions of their experience in order to access individual healing. Those dimensions are part of what is being healed. This practice offers Black women a space where the full complexity of their knowing, personal and ancestral, present and historical, is welcomed and attended to with care.
Somatic yoga is a practice of returning to the body's own knowing through movement and breath. Not the knowing that has been shaped by external standards or competitive comparison, but the knowledge that is specific to this particular body in this particular moment. What does this body need to stretch? Where does it want to open? What does it ask for when given permission to ask? Sessions follow those questions through slow, unhurried movement that values what is communicated over what is achieved. The practice builds over time into a quality of physical intelligence that is deeply individualized and deeply reliable. Somatic yoga is offered virtually and designed for women whose relationship with their bodies has been shaped by demand and survival rather than by attentiveness and care.
Black couples in Stone Mountain and DeKalb County bring generations of story into the room alongside their present-day relationship. This therapy holds all of it, the history and the present, the individual experience and the shared one, creating space for something more honest and more sustainable to grow. Sessions are virtual.
Organizations in Stone Mountain and DeKalb County serve communities that carry real complexity, and the people in those organizations carry that complexity with them into the workplace. My corporate wellness programs bring somatic tools, nervous system education, and sound healing to teams that want to support their people in a way that actually reaches them. Available virtually.
Serving clients in Stone Mountain and nearby areas
My practice serves women throughout Stone Mountain and the surrounding communities, including Clarkston, Tucker, Avondale Estates, Lithonia, Conyers, and neighboring parts of DeKalb and Rockdale Counties. All sessions are offered virtually, accessible from any private space. An embedded map of the Stone Mountain service area appears below.
Chelsey has been a mentor to me in many ways. She has a warm, patient, thoughtful presence that is consistent and unmoving, and the ability to closely contact whatever arises in a calm and non judgemental way that allows for connection. Highly recommend!
Haley Winer
Chelsey and I recently led a group and I was in awe of her ability to hold space, give others feedback, and stay regulated throughout the course. Chelsey was a supportive, caring, and wonderful co-facilitator. I learned so much from her!
Julia Willinger
She's phenomenal. I've had a few different therapists during my mental health journey, but Chelsea is the first one to actually make me feel comfortable enough to be vulnerable. She reminds me that it's okay to acknowledge my feelings, instead of bottling them up in order to process the situation that brought that particular feeling up. I spent a long time feeling invisible; my sessions with Chelsea remind me that I'm here, and I matter. It feels good to feel seen and understood.
Anonymous
What inspires me about Chelsey's clinical skills is that she has a talent and passion for integrating her work with holistic health and wellness. She offers healing on a deep level and her very presence has a calming effect. I highly recommend Chelsey.
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Chelsey's approach to therapy is rich, fulfilling, and empowering. Her groundedness propels her in the ability to be attuned to her clients' needs which is valuable to community healing.
Keri Anderson
I have had the privilege of being Chelsey's supervisor for the past 18 months. She is a caring and compassionate clinician who brings thoughtfulness, warmth and curiosity to her work with clients. I highly recommend Chelsey.
Penny H.
Chelsey has been a mentor to me in many ways. She has a warm, patient, thoughtful presence that is consistent and unmoving, and the ability to closely contact whatever arises in a calm and non judgemental way that allows for connection. Highly recommend!
Haley Winer
Chelsey and I recently led a group and I was in awe of her ability to hold space, give others feedback, and stay regulated throughout the course. Chelsey was a supportive, caring, and wonderful co-facilitator. I learned so much from her!
Julia Willinger
Testimonials
Hello, I'm Chelsey Reese, somatic therapist and sound healer serving Stone Mountain
I'm a somatic therapist, yoga practitioner, and sound healing facilitator, and the founder of Power Through Process Wellness Co., serving women of color in Stone Mountain and throughout the Atlanta metro and beyond. My work draws from somatic experiencing, polyvagal theory, relational Gestalt, and trauma-informed mindfulness, held within an anti-oppressive, decolonizing framework. I work with women who are ready to hear what their bodies have been knowing and to let that knowledge finally lead. My practice is built on one conviction: empowering women of color to listen to the wisdom inside their bodies, release stored trauma, and step into an abundant life of peace and connection.
Frequently asked questions
How does virtual therapy work?
Virtual therapy sessions are held over a secure, HIPAA-compliant video platform. All you need is a private space, a stable internet connection, and a device with a camera and microphone.
Can I use my insurance for virtual therapy?
I currently do not accept insurance. I can provide a superbill for reimbursement and I do accept Loveland Vouchers.
What if I need to cancel or reschedule a session?
I ask for at least 24 hours notice to reschedule or cancel your session. Cancellations made less than 24 hours notice may incur a fee.
