Trauma Releasing Exercises ( TRE®) & Somatic Therapy
Trauma Releasing Exercises ( TRE®) & Somatic Therapy
What is TRE Therapy?
TRE® (Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises) and Somatic Therapy are body-based therapeutic approaches designed to release stored stress, tension, and trauma from the nervous system. Rather than working primarily through cognitive processing, these modalities focus on the body’s innate capacity to regulate, discharge activation, and restore a sense of internal safety.
What does TRE treat?
TRE® and somatic therapies are particularly effective for trauma and PTSD, chronic anxiety, burnout, stress-related conditions, emotional dysregulation, psychosomatic symptoms, and recovery from prolonged pressure or high-demand environments. They are especially beneficial for individuals who feel disconnected from their body, experience chronic tension, or find that traditional talk therapy alone does not fully resolve physiological stress responses.
TRE Therapy and your environment
Within a private residential or discreet one-to-one care setting, TRE® and somatic therapy are delivered in a highly personalised and carefully paced manner. Sessions are adapted to the individual’s nervous-system capacity, trauma history, and physical sensitivity, ensuring that regulation and release occur safely and without overwhelm. This controlled environment allows the body to relax out of survival mode and gradually return to a baseline of calm and stability.
TRE® uses a series of gentle, guided exercises to activate the body’s natural tremor mechanism—an innate reflex that helps release deep muscular tension and autonomic activation. Somatic therapy complements this process by developing awareness of bodily sensations, movement, breath, and posture, supporting the integration of emotional and physiological experience.
In a residential setting, these therapies are reinforced through reduced external stimulation, predictable daily rhythm, and supportive therapeutic containment. This allows the nervous system to recalibrate over time, rather than through abrupt or forced interventions.
TRE therapy and recovery?
When integrated within a holistic treatment model, TRE® and somatic therapy are combined with trauma-informed psychotherapy, emotional regulation skills, and lifestyle stabilisation. This ensures that psychological insight is supported by physiological regulation, creating sustainable change rather than temporary symptom relief.
Who is TRE therapy for?
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is particularly well suited to high-functioning individuals who experience internal pressure, chronic self-judgment, or emotional avoidance beneath outward success. Delivered within a private, supportive environment, ACT supports a return to clarity, resilience, and a life guided by purpose rather than struggle.
