Rochelle Anderson, MPA

Certified Somatic Practitioner | Trauma-Informed Educator, Social Emotional Learning & Nervous System Regulation Specialist

For 28 years, I’ve worked at the intersection of public education, trauma-informed care, and social-emotional learning (SEL). With a Master’s in Public Administration in Education Policy and a career leading district-wide proactive behavioral support programs, I have trained parents, educators, and children in the concrete emotional skills needed to thrive. My work integrates evidence-based insights from Mindful Schools, The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, training in Stanford University Dr. Anna Lembke’s (Dopamine Nation) digital wellness research to help you manage how modern, high-dopamine habits dysregulate our systems.

My deepest credentials were forged in real life. Professionally, I was teaching a diverse, trauma-informed elementary classroom. Personally, I was managing profound grief after losing my brother to leukemia, all while raising two kids as a single mom. I channeled that survival energy into Ironman triathlons and CrossFit. Through my own journey and time with high-level athletes, the mind-body connection became undeniable: our bodies help us expand our emotional capacity, training our nervous systems for the real-life challenges outside of sport.

My work as a certified somatic practitioner is the culmination of these two worlds. This work is relational; in our sessions, you borrow my regulated nervous system to find your pace. By providing a grounded, slow, and nurturing space, I help you tune into what your body is holding so your nervous system can finally release it and create a new way.

I trust your innate ability to know what you need. While I bring the context, research, and experience in multiple modalities, your body ultimately knows how to heal itself.