Barbara Collier is an experienced trauma recovery expert with over 30 years of experience. She has co-taught with some of the topinovators in the field, including Peter A Levine, PhD, the developer of Somatic Experiencing®.

A registered ICU nurse turned somatic trauma psychotherapist, she’s a certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner and Embodied Psychosexual Practitioner.

Barbara integrates movement therapies, sensory awareness, nature-based healing, bodywork, and equine-assisted work to address developmental, intergenerational, and sexual trauma.

As co-founder of Equinimity Tucson—a nonprofit offering trauma-informed services to underserved communities—she brings a grounded, compassionate presence that holds deep healing with grace and attunement.

Her teachings with Healing Informed Somatic Education and Ergos Institute invite reconnection with our inherent wholeness and aliveness, often through the wisdom of body, nature, and relational repair.