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Experience Pain Relief & Healing through Integrated Bodywork, Reiki & EFT.
With over 25 years of hands-on experience in healing and bodywork, I’m here to help you move beyond pain, release limiting beliefs, and step into a life of true wellness. Whether you're seeking relief from physical discomfort or ready to break free from patterns that no longer serve you, I offer a holistic approach to guide you toward your healthiest, most vibrant and energetic self.
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You’re seeking lasting relief from pain, and a deeper connection to your the meaning of true healing.
If any of these questions resonate with you, you’re exactly where you need to be.
⋆✴︎ Are you tired of living with chronic pain or injuries and ready to take control of your health and wellbeing?
⋆✴︎ Do you want to to feel deeply relaxed and better than when you walked in, with noticeable relief from your pain?
⋆✴︎ Are you someone who prefers lighter pressure bodywork but still wants effective, lasting results for conditions like back pain, migraines, or stress?
⋆✴︎ Do you believe in being an active participant in your healing process, working alongside a therapist who understands chronic pain firsthand?
⋆✴︎ Are you ready to finally break free from the limitations of chronic pain and start living the life you truly desire, just like I did when I overcame my own challenges with chronic migraines?
My approach blends deep understanding with specialized techniques to guide you through the release of pain and stress, so you can feel lighter, more connected, and empowered
⋆✴︎ Reclaim Your Health – My services help you regain control of your health, providing relief from chronic pain and injuries so you can live fully again.
⋆✴︎ Leave Feeling Renewed – Each session brings deep relaxation and noticeable relief, leaving you feeling better than when you arrived.
⋆✴︎ Gentle, Lasting Relief – I offer gentle, effective bodywork that brings lasting results for back pain, migraines, and stress, all while keeping you comfortable.
⋆✴︎ Healing Partnership – Together, we’ll work to address your healing process, creating a space where you feel seen, heard, and supported.
⋆✴︎ Break Free from Pain – With my understanding of chronic pain, I’ll help you break free from limitations and step into a life of freedom and vitality.
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Why Work With Me?
What Makes My Approach Special
Holistic, Tailored Healing
I don’t believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. Every session is customized to meet your unique needs, desires, and goals. Whether you're dealing with chronic pain or emotional blocks, I offer a personalized healing plan designed for your life.
Combining Science and Spirit
I merge the best of both worlds—science and spirituality. My approach integrates physical therapies like bodywork and energy healing with emotional and mental practices such as EFT and coaching. This unique combination brings deep, lasting change.
Empowerment Through Knowledge
I don’t just help you heal; I empower you to take control of your healing journey. I offer support and guidance every step of the way, teaching you how to live a life of health and wellness long after our sessions end.
Offerings for Healing
Integrated Healing for Body, Mind, and Spirit
Integrated Bodywork
60 mins - 185
Integrated Bodywork combines 22 years of expertise in Advanced Bodywork, Reiki Energy Healing, Yoga, and Occupational Therapy into one powerful healing experience. This unique approach blends Bowen Therapy, SRT Fascial Stretch Therapy, Vibrational Sound Therapy, and Energy Healing to release tension, restore balance, and deeply relax the nervous system—so your body can heal more effectively and you can feel better, faster.
Here is a list of the conditions I have been able to help with:
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Stress & Anxiety
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Difficulty Sleeping
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Back and Hip Pain
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Migraines and Headaches
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Knee Pain
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Plantar Fasciitis
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Tennis Elbow
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TMJD and Neck Pain
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This session helps the body heal itself by gently activating the nervous and endocrine systems. It works through various mechanisms, like stimulating muscle receptors to break pain and spasm cycles, improving joint function, and releasing tension in the fascia to restore posture and movement.
Please wear comfortable, stretchy clothing to your session. All sessions are fully clothed.
We begin with a brief conversation to clarify your goals and set the intention for your session.
From there, we start with Vibrational Sound Therapy to gently calm and regulate the nervous system, creating the ideal foundation for deeper work.
Next, we move into Bowen Therapy, using precise movements and therapeutic pauses that give your body time to integrate neuromuscular responses.
Targeted fascial stretching may also be incorporated, depending on your individual needs.
Each session is tailored to support your body's natural ability to reset, release, and restore balance.
Holy Fire Reiki
60 mins - 185
Reiki Therapy is an energy healing modality that harnesses Spiritually Guided Universal Life Force Energy to promote healing, relaxation, and stress reduction. This gentle, non-invasive technique offers a wide range of benefits, including deep relaxation, decreased physical pain or discomfort, and reduced anxiety and stress. During a session, individuals may experience visions and insights, as well as feelings of being safe and supported. Following a Reiki treatment, many report an increase in energy and zest for life, along with a greater connection to the world around them, leaving them refreshed and revitalized.
This service is perfect for individuals seeking a deeper connection to themselves and Spirit. Whether you are navigating physical discomfort, emotional blockages, or simply seeking clarity and balance in your life, Holy Fire III Reiki offers a healing experience that goes beyond the surface. It’s especially beneficial for those who are open to receiving intuitive guidance and want to release the limitations of their past experiences, cultural conditioning, and dormant energies that may be holding them back.
During your session, you can expect a gentle yet powerful healing process. We will start with a check-in to identify what you feel needs attention, followed by an energy scan and aura cleanse to determine where additional healing may be necessary. As you relax on the table, I’ll guide you through a short meditation and anchor your intention for the session. Throughout the process, I will intuitively channel Reiki energy and deliver messages from your Spirit team, which can include clairvoyant insights. Many clients experience deep relaxation, emotional release, physical healing, and a renewed sense of vitality and connection to life. The session concludes with sound healing using Himalayan Singing Bowls and Tuning Forks to restore balance, sealing the healing with custom essential oils, provided there are no sensitivities.
Somatic Therapy
Four 90 minute session $1100
This somatic therapy combines EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), Reiki energy work, Energy Balancing exercises, and bodywork to release emotional tension stored in the body. Using physical touch, mindful movement, and tapping on acupressure points, this approach addresses both the physical sensations and emotional states, promoting holistic healing.
Somatic Therapy is ideal for those experiencing emotional stress, trauma, anxiety, or physical tension. It’s especially supportive for individuals who feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or energetically “off.”
This approach is particularly helpful for those who notice physical symptoms that seem to have no clear cause—like chronic pain, fatigue, tightness, or migraines—that may be rooted in unresolved emotional patterns.
Somatic Therapy provides a gentle, body-based way to access and release these underlying issues, allowing for deeper healing on both physical and emotional levels.
Many clients are drawn to this work when life feels too heavy and they need a space to pause, process, and reconnect—without having to explain everything in words.
Your session will begin with an assessment to identify areas of stress, anxiety, and tension, followed by grounding techniques to bring awareness to your physical and energetic sensations. Emotional Freedom Technique / EFT tapping will be incorporated to focus on emotional issues, and the session will conclude by integration of your EFT experience with either bodywork or energywork.
Events
EFT Tapping Circle:
Ignite Your Inner Power –
Healing the Solar Plexus Chakra
Confidence • Boundaries • Personal Power
July 16, 2025 7pm-8:30pm
In person at The Integrated Healing Studio
481 Carlisle Drive Herndon Va, 20170
Step into your strength and reconnect with your inner fire in this empowering EFT Tapping Circle focused on the Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura) — the energy center of self-worth, confidence, boundaries, and personal power.
This guided group experience uses Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to help you release self-doubt, people-pleasing patterns, and feelings of powerlessness, so you can confidently step into who you truly are.
Together, we’ll tap through energetic imbalances stored in the solar plexus and activate the energy of courage, clarity, and authentic expression.
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Release self-doubt, criticism, and fear of judgment
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Strengthen healthy boundaries and self-trust
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Reignite your motivation and inner drive
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Reclaim your voice, truth, and sense of agency
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Guided EFT tapping sequences for Sacral Chakra healing
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Reflection prompts to connect with your inner emotional landscape
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Group support and optional sharing
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A safe and welcoming space for release and renewal
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Guided EFT tapping for Solar Plexus healing
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Reflection prompts to connect with your inner fire
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Group energy support in a safe, judgment-free space
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Optional sharing and journaling integration
Whether you're stepping into something new or reclaiming forgotten parts of yourself, this circle is here to help you clear what dims your light — and invite your full power to shine.
Bring water, a journal, and your courageous heart. You’re more powerful than you think.
Hi I'm Kate!
I am a Healer, Bodyworker, and Coach.
I’ve been immersed in healing work for over 25 years.
In addition to being a Virginia Board of Nursing Licensed Massage Therapist, I’m trained and certified in Neurolinguistic Programming, Coaching, EFT Tapping, and Somatic Therapies. I’m also a Holy Fire III Reiki Master & Teacher and have been teaching yoga since 1999.
My specialty lies in working with chronic pain conditions, stress & anxiety, and migraines. I bring a compassionate, holistic approach to these challenges, blending hands-on bodywork, energy healing, and personalized coaching to address both the physical and emotional roots of discomfort. Whether it’s easing the tension of persistent pain, calming the overwhelm of anxiety, or reducing the frequency and intensity of migraines, I tailor every session to meet my clients where they are, helping them reclaim balance and resilience in their daily lives.
Random facts about me
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I love to crochet and watch UFC.
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I’ve worked with WWE athletes, Sting, Queen Noor, and Diana Krall.
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I prefer tea over coffee.
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I grew up in Holland, Michigan.
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My first car was a Yugo.
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I love to lift weights and walk outside.
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My Human Design is a Manifesting Generator, so I thrive on doing and learning new and different things.
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My husband and I have two cats: Cinderella (aka Cinder Soot Underfoot) and Godzilla (aka Zilla).
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I make the best granola. Ever.
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Woodpeckers are my Spirit Animal.
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My husband and I once rescued and cared for 3 baby squirrels (I don’t recommend it!—thankfully, we handed them off to wildlife rescue after a week!).
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I consider myself an Angelic Medium—I talk to Angels, see them, and work with them often in my Reiki sessions.
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"I came to Kate on the recommendation of a neighbor who has had severe back issues, after seeing my surgeon, having an MRI, being told surgery on my back was indicated, trying physical therapy to avoid that, and being in even more pain as a result of the PT. She helped relieve my chronic symptoms almost immediately, with rather extraordinary wisdom And kindness. She got me through an acute episode when the pain was so searing that I was in tears and literally crawling to her table —through both with her massage and tutoring me in achievable and subtle stretches that would help relieve the immediate hurt and stiffness as well as being proactive and strengthening for the future. Her methodologies are varied and integrative, specifically tailored to the person in front of her, whom She constantly checks on in terms of physical reaction, always looking for a benefit to her client. She Is reassuring and compassionate but also matter of fact and therapeutically efficient... a truly gifted healer..."
Laura E.
Kate is just wonderful. I have been going to her for Bowenwork to relieve my MS symptoms. While neither of us were sure how well it would work, she started on basic tune ups and progressed with deeper work in each session. I am just thrilled with the results. Much of my numbness has gone away, and my fatigue is gone. When I went to Kate, I was doing everything my doctor’s instructed – medications, supplements and diets, but I still had nagging symptoms. Kate helped me get my health back. If you have MS, you need to see her.
Laurie
I cannot say enough about Kate Deriso.
I have had Bowen Therapy, bodywork, medi-cupping and facial medi-cupping with Kate. She really listens to determine the root cause of your pain. Then uses her extensive knowledge about how the body moves, and her mastery of multiple modalities to determine the treatment that would work best.
She is genuine and truly wants to help you feel better – and she doesn’t disappoint! I went in with left elbow pain that was relieved 100% with one visit. I have had residual shoulder pain from a rotator cuff injury for 18 months. After a few visits, the pain has resolved 80%. Let me just say, Kate Deriso is amazing.
