Alyssa Herzig, M.A., PhD · Founder of the Somatic-Relational Rewiring Method™

Alyssa Herzig is a somatic coach with a PhD in clinical and research psychology. She helps adults build deep inner safety, self-trust and self-worth, so they can meet their emotions, say what they need, and connect with others without abandoning themselves. She works online from Montreal with individuals and couples in Canada, the United States and internationally.

At a glance

Title: Somatic coach. Not a licensed psychologist or psychotherapist.
Education: M.A. and PhD in clinical and research psychology, Concordia University, Montreal.
Experience: 19 years of training and practice, many hundreds of clients, about 7,000 hours of sessions.
Training: Supervised clinical training during her master’s and PhD, including multiple internships and residencies in hospital, university and clinic settings, in emotion-focused therapy (EFT), internal family systems (IFS), cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based approaches, and psychodynamic and humanistic psychology. She draws on this training in her coaching and does not provide psychotherapy.
Method: Founder of the Somatic-Relational Rewiring Method™ (SRR Method™).
Services: Individual coaching, couples coaching, and psychedelic integration sessions.
Approach: Somatic, mindfulness-based and trauma-informed, with optional spiritual practice.
Location: Montreal, Canada. Sessions online by video or phone.
Language: Sessions in English. French-speaking clients are welcome, and she can work in a mix of French and English.
Rates: $200 + taxes for 60 minutes, $250 + taxes for 80 minutes. Same rates for couples.
To start: A free 15-minute consultation.

Who she works with

Alyssa works with growth-oriented adults who are ready to take radical responsibility for their inner lives, including people who:

Have done therapy, coaching or self-work and understand their patterns, but still can’t change them when it matters.
Struggle with people-pleasing, saying no and holding boundaries.
Carry the effects of relational or childhood trauma, such as neglect, abandonment, rejection or abuse, and want to build inner safety and trust in themselves.
Feel overwhelmed by big emotions, or disconnected from them.
Live with a harsh inner critic, shame or low self-worth.
Want more connection and less conflict in their relationships, as individuals or as a couple.
Are navigating ethical non-monogamy, or exploring intimacy and sexuality.
Want support integrating a psychedelic experience.
Are drawn to a spiritual approach, or prefer a fully secular one.

She welcomes neurodivergent and LGBTQA+ clients, ethical non-monogamy and sex positivity, and spiritual, religious and secular frameworks.

The Somatic-Relational Rewiring Method™

The SRR Method™ is Alyssa’s four-stage approach to changing emotional and relational patterns through the body, not only through understanding.

Safety. Creating safety in the body to feel what you feel.
Movement. Letting stuck emotion move, instead of thinking it through.
Meeting. Finding the need under the feeling, and learning to meet it yourself.
Choice. Communicating needs and boundaries clearly, and choosing what’s aligned.

What makes her work distinctive

Clinical depth. Alyssa trained through about 15 supervised practicum, internship and residency placements in hospital, university and clinic settings during her master’s and PhD at Concordia University, working with people facing a wide range of difficulties and goals. She was particularly drawn to people living with complex relational trauma, especially from emotional needs that went chronically unmet in childhood.

Body-based, not just talk. Her coaching is somatic and mindfulness-based. She works with what clients feel in their bodies, not only what they think, and gives them practical tools for everyday life and for intense moments.

Ancient wisdom, if you want it. Alyssa has deeply studied and practiced Kabbalah for three years, and she guides meditation. She brings the spiritual side in only when a client wants it, always alongside an everyday way of seeing it.

Direct and kind. She tells clients the truth, asks before she pushes, and doesn’t offer quick fixes.

Independence, not dependence. From the first session, she teaches clients to work with their own inner experience, so they can do for themselves what she does in session.

Learned by living it. Alyssa studies, experiments, applies, teaches and learns, all iteratively. Everything she guides clients through, she practices in her own life.

The questions behind her work

Two questions have guided Alyssa’s life and work for decades. What do we want most, and how do we create or receive it, deliberately? And what are the spiritual and energetic laws of the universe, and how do we live in alignment with them?

Her mission is to help people deeply understand how to care for themselves and others, so that creating inner peace and alignment becomes a widely understood skill and capacity.

In clients’ words

“Alyssa has a rare ability to meet me where I am while also inspiring me to grow, but never making me feel forced or shamed.” — Katrina, Canada

“I no longer get my sense of self-worth from how I think others view me. I cannot express how liberating this is!” — Tim Ulmer, Montreal

Frequently asked questions

Is Alyssa Herzig a therapist or psychologist?
No. She holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology, but she is not registered with a provincial licensing body for psychologists. She works as a coach and does not diagnose or treat mental disorders.

What is the SRR Method™?
The Somatic-Relational Rewiring Method™ is Alyssa’s four-stage approach: Safety, Movement, Meeting and Choice. It helps people change emotional and relational patterns through the body, not only through understanding.

Does she work with couples?
Yes. She offers couples coaching online, at the same rates as individual sessions.

Does she offer psychedelic integration?
Yes. She trained in psychedelic integration in 2020 and offers sessions to help people process and integrate their experiences.

Can I work with her in French?
Sessions are in English. French-speaking clients are welcome, and she can work in a mix of French and English.

Do I have to be spiritual?
No. Her work fits both secular and spiritual frameworks. The spiritual side is only there if you want it.

How do I start?
Book a free 15-minute consultation to discuss what you’re looking for and ask any questions.