Teri Langer, MSW, ASW
I came to this work through both training and lived experience. What kept me here was a growing awareness that insight alone does not create change.
For many years, I lived with chronic pain and a dysregulated nervous system. Talk therapy helped me understand my patterns, but it was somatic work that allowed my body to reorganize and feel safe again. That experience continues to inform how I practice: slowly, collaboratively, and with respect for the nervous system’s timing.
In the therapy room, I pay close attention not just to what’s being said, but to pace, tone, and what feels possible in the moment. Many people arrive with strong insight and self-awareness, yet notice that their systems remain stuck in loops of anxiety, shutdown, or hypervigilance. I don’t see these as failures: I see them as intelligent adaptations that once served a purpose.
My role is to help you meet those patterns with curiosity and to support your system in softening them over time, without pressure to perform, explain, or "get it right."
HOW I PRACTICE
Slowly
Paced with respect to the nervous system's timing
Collaboratively
We meet patterns with curiosity rather than pressure to perform.
Beyond the thinking mind
Insight alone rarely creates change. Somatic work helps the body reorganize and feel safe again.
Education
&
Training
MSW, University of Southern California
B.S., Psychology, Portland State University
Certified Brainspotting Practitioner, Nancy Tung
Psych-K® Facilitator, Adelajda Child
IFS-Informed Therapist, IFSCA