What happens in a somatic session
Alex Wirthl · Somatic therapist · Portugal · 18 September 2026 · 7 minutes

A somatic session with me is online, on Zoom, and lasts 60 minutes. The first session often needs 60 to 75 minutes, because we make the frame clear once. After that we stay with an hour. Not because depth owns a clock, but because a clear edge helps the nervous system open.
The shape, without a script for you
You arrive with what is occupying you. A relationship, a fear, a pain, a block, a pattern you are tired of. We speak briefly so I understand where you stand. Then we leave the analysis. I ask for the place in the body. Chest, throat, belly, hands, legs. We stay there. Sometimes movement comes, sometimes warmth, sometimes nothing, and the nothing is also information.
- You can slow down or stop at any time. Pace is part of the work, not a lack of courage.
- I do not interpret every sensation. We look at what it wants from you.
- Between hours there are small practices for ordinary life. Less is more. One practice you keep weighs more than five you collect.
- An invoice is possible.
Frame and price
One hour is 150 euro. Three hours are 450 euro. Six hours are 800 euro instead of 900. Many men begin with three and then decide themselves whether it continues. Some stay longer, because a pattern is not finished in three hours. We say that honestly before we start.
Before the first hour there is a 30-minute conversation, without therapy and without a sale. If it does not fit, we part. If it fits, you receive the offer in writing. The page on the one-to-one work holds the same frame in short. What the word means is in What is somatic men's work.