I humbly present to you a sample of clients' experiences, in their own words.

​It’s hard to describe without perhaps sounding drastic or dramatic. But Lisa Newell has changed my life. I mean, I’ve done a lot of the work but the time with Lisa guiding me back into my body and power and bones has completely transformed my experience as a human, as a survivor, as a woman. If you have any kind of trauma or anxiety you need and deserve the healer Lisa Newell. 
~ Anonymous, Brattleboro, VT

When I met Lisa I was filled with suppressed anger and resentment, emotions that see-sawed with depression and sadness. I seldom felt happy or truly safe. Locked in anxiety and feeling a sense of dread I could neither escape nor understand, I had sought relief through traditional “head down” talk therapy, which was helpful only to a degree. The issue that Lisa helped me see lay literally at my core: the trauma I’d suffered as an infant, freezing my nervous system into a lifelong state of unexpended energy. With Lisa as my strong and compassionate guide, I learned that feelings of anger and fear and shame could be released by working with the body—and to my surprise, I actually began to feel my body, not just as an extension of my brain, or as a collection of painfully contracted muscles, but as me—my self, my home and, most important, the seat of healing. 

Today, as my nervous system gradually re-sets and pent-up traumatic energy releases, I’ve learned to explore bodily sensations and enlist their aid instead of judging, suppressing or ignoring them. As I grow more resilient—and less reactive—I’m better able to navigate uncomfortable situations, and I feel more relaxed and safe within myself. What relief! Thank you, Lisa!
~Ted, Bennington, VT

Lisa is present, professional, compassionate, experienced, strong – she is really strong. Honestly, I have never felt safer in a healing space than Lisa’s. The plants help, but there is something about her and her guidance.

I will never forget the first time I realized I was a three-dimensional object. I had been trained over and over again to not trust my body. I could dissociate in a matter of seconds (I am an overachiever). This one moment was the beginning of some serious and much needed and well-earned shifts. I could go on and on as I recall the Big Breakthroughs and the Subtle Shifts made possible and safe with the healing help from Lisa. Just being around a safe person like Lisa who can hold the space for whatever I need to say or do or release or understand is incredibly healing. When we do table work I feel safe, cared for and some sort of intangible but real science magic happens. 

I spent nearly 30 years in trauma feedback loop, disembodied, disenfranchised, despaired. Hope was elusive. I thought of myself as a permanently damaged, doomed to repeat dysfunction for life. I had tried every fucking therapy you can imagine with varying results but in general very crappy and basic rudimentary management of some of my symptoms. Band-aids atop band-aids atop labels atop stigma. Working with Lisa has given me a new outlook on Life, on my own personal healing journey, has gotten me rooted in my body so I can better ride what comes my way. It really is a completely different way of relating, living, sleeping, pooping, moving through my life. IT IS SO RAD! Thank you, Lisa, for helping me reclaim my power and my body! You are an invaluable resource and human in this world. We are all better because you are here. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
~ Anonymous, Brattleboro, VT

I hesitated for a long time before making an appointment.  You can sometimes sense what you need, but be afraid to reach out.  From the first moment of our working together, however, I knew that I was in good hands with Lisa.  She has always been a calm and encouraging presence, a touchstone when those emotions I'd been avoiding swept through.  She balances absolute professionalism with a deeply human authenticity, and in so doing has taught me a lot about how we can be there for one another as people, and for ourselves.  I've never once felt rushed or judged or limited in our sessions, and instead have been learning powerfully (in my heart and bones and blood) how trust, acceptance, care, witnessing and support can feel.  

It's taking time for me to move from a more mechanistic view of therapy (signing up to 'fix' a thing that was broken) towards a model of journey.  She's helped me think of myself as worth the time and bravery to explore.  I will always be grateful for that, because it's already been the foundation of so much more.  
~ Morgan

I remember the first time I walked into Lisa's office. There was an amazing feeling of calm and peace. I knew I was right where I belonged. Years of abuse and trauma both mental and physical had left me with a battered body and a broken spirit. Which lead to years of therapy but when I met Lisa i knew things were different. In my life i've struggled with, well, with most things. But I really struggle with not being seen or heard. But Lisa she see's me, she hears me. She is very in tune with whats happening with me physically and mentally and she gently holds a space for me to let go of all the shit that I carry around which has pretty much destroyed my physical body and blocked any sort of light.

But Lisa has brought back that light she has guided me through some of my darkest times. Holding me up until I could stand on my own. Lisa's level of caring has allowed me to open up and let in the possibility that I'm not just a diseased body and broken spirit. I'm ok just the way I am. She takes you just as you are no expectations. She sees you, she hears you. She can help you unlock whats inside so you can truly be who you were meant to be. With no apologies. Lisa thank you for meeting me right where I am at any given time. You're a gentle and loving spirit.my life and journey have forever been blessed.
~ Michelle

I have been in therapy most of my life, and I have never connected with a practitioner in the way that I have connected with Lisa. If only I had met her 20 years ago! Lisa creates a safe and nurturing space for me to explore all of the parts of me that I have been too fearful to navigate by myself. Experiencing trauma has left me repressed and dominated by fear. Lisa gently and compassionately guides me to feel at home with myself and comfortable in my own skin, a goal that I never thought would be achievable. I have always had the tendency to "run the show" with other therapists, but Lisa is so stoic and kindly powerful that even the most fearful parts of me respect her and let her lead. I have been working with Lisa for two months, and I have done more self-work and have had more insights about myself in those two months than I have had in 20 years of therapy all together.
~Erin, Brownsville, VT 

When I met Lisa I felt stuck, depressed, fearful and unable to do normal daily activities. Lisa taught me so much about how the flight/fright/fear response worked and how the symptoms I was feeling related to that. She confirmed that what I was feeling was a normal response to trauma and for the first time I felt validated that what I was feeling was real and not just in my head. 

I was amazed at how my body responded to the healing process facilitated by Lisa and soon the fear and panic subsided and I was able to feel parts of my body that I had no idea were lacking sensation. I am also able to handle daily situations with ease and confidence, I value myself more and feel as thought I am able to make decisions about my future instead of just reacting to what was happening to me and surviving what came my way. I no longer have to push myself to get things done and I have learned to be more gentle and loving to myself in the process and my frustration level has gone down tremendously. 

I will be forever grateful for the healing that Lisa does. I have tried traditional talk therapy and though that has helped me it would have never uncovered the things I have with Lisa. It amazes me to this day what we hold on to and how it affects our lives daily. I have and would recommend Lisa to my friends and family. 
​~ Stephanie, Keene, NH

When I began seeing Lisa I was, and had been for a long time, out of touch with my body. I hoped for general health benefits and a pleasurable massage. Low back pain for a few decades was unchanged by other approaches, so I didn’t expect that to improve. From the very beginning, Lisa listened to my body. Each massage is different because she responds to what I bring to each session. My physical and emotional health has improved in unexpected ways…..including relief from that low back pain. Massage therapy with Lisa is essential to my being as healthy as I can be, despite having a chronic illness and a history of ptsd. It’s not just a massage, it’s therapy. And it works.
~ L.R. Spofford, NH

I came to Lisa at a specific point in my life, looking for guidance with precise threads of confusion and suffering: while I was living a life full of gratitude for my family and life, I was also experiencing bouts of depression that surprised and saddened me, and I was feeling professionally stuck. 

I had many tools at my disposal, including what I had learned in thirteen years of psychoanalysis as a younger person, and twenty years of strong yoga and zen meditation practices. These tools were no longer working, and I was at a loss. A former dancer, I was drawn to the somatic work Lisa does. Through gentle, kind, deeply grounded guidance, including gentle therapeutic touch, Lisa helped me to experience the ways in which my tendency to try to control the outcomes in my life was serving to squelch spacious, positive movement on all levels, from the subtle energetic vibrations in my cells to my relationships with institutions. 

Some of the work entailed going deep and attending to unfinished business in my early life - but with such gentleness that I was able to let this work go even as I engaged it. Much of it had to do with gently accessing the different threads of action and direction in my body as they unfolded moment by moment through observation and spacious inquiry: what feels good, where? What feels stuck, where? Significantly, Lisa helped me to let go of needing to see and know the endpoint, to trust the process of life unfolding, and to embrace and love myself, and by extension, to forgive those who caused me to build up the habits and barriers in my young life that had ended up stifling me as an adult. 

It is important to note that during my work with Lisa I had one or two "ah ha!" moments that felt very right at one time, but that ended up being only one of many stones on the path. I also took up some pretty esoteric spiritual practices. At no point did Lisa pass judgement, guide me to choose one thing, or commit to a direction. Instead, she just continued to compassionately guide me back to my ongoing observation of the way things felt in my body, and to gather truth and clarity from that process. 

Through this work, I have been able to begin to establish new energetic and neurological pathways that continue to grow and expand, leading me to an ever more authentic and intimate relationship with myself, my family, my community, the earth, and the universe. I no longer see the world as a series of set possibilities with beginnings and ends, but as a multilayered web of ever unfolding pathways and possibilities. While this may sound dramatic, my work with Lisa has shown me just how elemental, simple, and true this realization is. I cannot fully express the depth of gratitude I feel for being able to do this work with Lisa.
​~ Ani

I have been a client Lisa’s since 2008. In the past 10 years, my life has undergone a tremendous transformation, which has been made easier with Lisa’s guidance and support. She has helped me find the strength to make very significant changes in my life, which were all necessary and ultimately positive.The energy in her office is very nurturing and supportive.  It is a safe place to explore your inner self and examine the things that have held you back in life. I feel like I have peeled away many layers of beliefs that used to keep me stuck. This exploration and release of prior limitations is an ongoing journey that Lisa facilitates in a safe space in her gentle, compassionate way.
~ S.C., Brattleboro, VT

Lisa Newell
167 Main St. Suite 307
Brattleboro, VT 05301
802-380-0546
lisajnewell@gmail.com