Wednesdae Reim Ifrach, "Queer Expressions: Expressive Art and Somatic Therapy Practices for Healing Body Trauma" (North Atlantic Books, 2026)

A creative, body-based guide to healing for queer, trans, and

gender-expansive readers—somatic tools and expressive arts to feel safer

in your body, rewrite your story, and sustain connection. Queer Expressions: Expressive Art and Somatic Therapy Practices for Healing Body Trauma (North Atlantic Books, 2026) is

a practical, consent-centered guide to healing body trauma through

embodiment and creativity. Drawing on somatic therapy—grounding, breath,

orientation, gentle movement—and expressive arts—collage, drawing,

clay, movement, music, voice—within a harm-reduction frame of pacing,

choice, and safety plans, Wednesdae Reim Ifrach (REAT, ATR-BC, LPC)

shares grounded practices, case vignettes, and simple rituals to help

you move from shut down or on high alert into steadier, more connected

living. The book follows a simple arc: first, feel and steady your

nervous system; next, turn those sensations into art and story; and