Online & San Antonio
(213) 719-9727
Do you desire deeper emotional and physical intimacy with your partner(s)?
I’m a somatic relationship practitioner integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO) to support couples and individuals in transforming relational patterns, reconnecting with the body, and deepening emotional and physical intimacy.
Common Reasons People
Come To This Work
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Repeating patterns of conflict or disconnection in relationships
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Wanting to communicate more clearly with a partner about needs, boundaries, and desires
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Deepening emotional and physical intimacy with yourself or a partner
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Feeling disconnected from your body, sensuality, or sexuality
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Navigating differences in desire or intimacy within a relationship
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Exploring non-monogamy or alternative relationship structures
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Healing from experiences of betrayal, rupture, or relational trauma
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Navigating separation or conscious uncoupling with care and clarity
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Healing from experiences of boundary violations, sexual assault, or abuse
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Reclaiming a sense of pleasure, sensuality, and embodied presence
Hi, I'm Deanna.
(they/them)
Welcome to The Body Noetic.
I'm passionate about working with people who struggle with blocks or behaviors that get in the way of experiencing the life, relationships, or sex they want to be having. I'm equally passionate about helping people (re)connect with their body and inner wisdom. Often, these two journeys go hand in hand.
I am a somatic relationship practitioner integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS), Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO), somatic practices, and somatic sex education to support healing, growth, and deeper connection. While my work is deeply healing-oriented and trauma-informed, I work as a practitioner and coach and am not a licensed mental health therapist.
As an actor, I spent years studying scripts, the choices characters made, and the wounds that drove them. As a practitioner, I aim to help you understand your own scripts and the wounds that drive them so you can restore choice in your life, relationships, and sexuality.
My work is trauma-informed and inclusive, co-creating a space where you can feel safe to bring your unique identities, needs, interests, life experiences, neurodivergence, health conditions, and other aspects of your identity. My practice is a welcoming LGBTQIA+ space.
My services are available via Zoom, in person at my San Antonio, Texas office, or as walk-and-talk sessions at Hardberger Park in San Antonio.
My journey to this work is intertwined with my own healing and recovery from complex PTSD. In addition to my lived experience, I have completed Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 1 Practitioner Training; IFS Level 2 – Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) Basic Training; IFIO Sexuality Matters, Betrayal & Repair, and Relational Neurobiology, Shame & Reactivity Advanced Trainings; and Susan McConnell's Somatic IFS training.
I have also studied with teachers at the Sea School of Embodiment, the Institute of Somatic Sexology, the School of Relational Embodiment, and the School of Somatic Sexology, earning certifications in Sexological Bodywork and Embodied Sex Coaching. I completed the Co-Active Training Institute's Coach Training Program.
Today, I serve on staff for Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) trainings, supporting and mentoring therapists and practitioners as they learn the model. I also provide consultation to therapists, coaches, and other helping professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of IFIO and relational work.
I am a member of both the Association for Coaching and the Association of Certified Sexological Bodyworkers (ACSB) and adhere to the ethical codes of both.
Some identities I hold: white, neurodivergent, genderfluid, pansexual, parent.
Work With Me
If you're interested in working together, I'd love to hear from you. Fill out the brief form, and I'll review your inquiry and be in touch.
Depending on my availability, I'll let you know if I have an opening, anticipate one soon, or can add you to my waitlist if you'd like.
How I Work
The work we do together draws from several complementary approaches that support relational healing, embodiment, and intimacy. My practice integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS), Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO) couples work, and Somatic Sex Education.
Intimacy From The Inside Out (IFIO)
Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO) is an Internal Family Systems–based approach designed specifically for couples. This work helps partners understand the protective parts that shape their reactions, conflicts, and patterns of disconnection.
Through this process, partners learn to slow down reactive cycles, communicate more authentically, and meet one another with greater empathy and curiosity. As each person develops a deeper relationship with their own inner system, new possibilities for connection, repair, and intimacy begin to emerge within the relationship.
Couples work is a central focus of my practice. I work with partners of all genders, sexual orientations, and relationship structures, including monogamous, polyamorous, ethical non-monogamous, open, aromantic, and asexual partnerships.
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Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a powerful, evidence-based model for understanding the different “parts” that make up our inner world.
Over the course of our lives, we develop protective parts that help us navigate painful experiences and vulnerable parts that carry emotional wounds. In IFS work, we approach these parts with curiosity and compassion, helping them relax the roles they have had to carry. In my work, this process also includes attention to the body and nervous system, drawing from somatic IFS approaches that support deeper awareness of how parts are experienced physically and emotionally.
From this place of greater self-awareness and Self-leadership, individuals and partners often discover new freedom in how they relate to themselves and to one another.
For more information about the model, visit the IFS Institute.
Somatic Sex Education (SSE)
Somatic Sex Education (SSE) is a body-based approach to reconnecting with sexuality, pleasure, and embodied intimacy.
Through guided embodiment practices, breath, movement, and awareness exercises, individuals and partners can deepen their relationship with their bodies and develop greater clarity around desire, boundaries, and sensation. Many individuals come to this work after years of prioritizing others’ needs over their own embodied experience, while couples often seek new pathways for communication, exploration, and shared discovery in intimacy.
This work can be especially supportive for people who feel disconnected from their bodies or sexuality due to cultural conditioning, relational patterns, or past experiences of trauma. Rooted in Wheel of Consent™ education and integrating movement, breathwork, and mindfulness practices, it supports individuals and partners in cultivating greater agency, self-trust, and authentic connection with themselves and one another.
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