APRIL EICHHORN
April Eichhorn
Welcome! I'm a somatic and attachment-focused practitioner with more than twenty years of experience supporting adults in their healing and growth.
Somatic Experiencing®, Dynamic Attachment Repatterning Experience, Inner Relationship Focusing, and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy are the foundations of my practice.
Together, they offer new possibilities for finding support within ourselves, in our relationships, and in how we move through life.
I work with adults online throughout the United States, in person in Lambertville, New Jersey, and outdoors in Lambertville and Upper Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
I Enjoy Working With...
There are many reasons people find their way to this work. Some arrive with something specific they'd like support with. Others have a quieter sense that something in themselves or their lives is ready for attention, change, or possibility.
I enjoy working with people across a wide range of experiences, including those who…
Are carrying a lot. Life feels demanding or overwhelming, and they'd welcome more steadiness, breathing room, and support.
Find themselves at a crossroads. They're navigating a transition, considering a meaningful change, or sensing that something in their life is ready to shift.
Have already done meaningful inner work. They've gained insight, experienced growth, or explored themselves through therapy or other approaches, and want more of that work to become part of how they actually live.
Are curious about familiar patterns. They recognize certain patterns repeating in their lives or relationships and want to discover new ways of responding and relating.
Are new to seeking support. They're exploring this kind of work for the first time, perhaps without knowing exactly what they're looking for. That's a perfectly good place to begin.
Feel creatively blocked. They want to reconnect with inspiration, possibility, or something meaningful they'd love to bring into the world.
Want to deepen their relationship with themselves. They're drawn toward greater self-trust, compassion, and a more supportive way of being with themselves.
Are curious about working beyond words. They sense that talking and understanding aren't always enough, and want to explore what becomes possible when the body is part of the conversation.
Are preparing for or integrating expanded states of consciousness. They're seeking thoughtful, grounded support around psychedelic or other non-ordinary experiences.
Long for a space to slow down. Somewhere they can listen inwardly, feel supported, and simply be, without having to perform, accomplish, or figure everything out.
These are just a few of the experiences that may bring someone here. You don't need to see yourself in any particular description to be welcome.
What I Bring Beyond Training & Experience
A deep reverence for your life. The life that came before you, the life you've lived, and the life you have yet to live. For the generations and experiences that have shaped you, and for all that remains possible.
A non-performative space. Somewhere you can bring the many sides of yourself—the uncertain, the ambitious, the contradictory, the playful, the not-so-put-together. Where we can be curious together, take our time, and make room for what unfolds.
Great care for what has been difficult or painful. And not generic care—care that is specific to you. What feels supportive and healing is something we discover together, in ways that honor your uniqueness.
I'm unapologetically and unabatedly rooting for you. Your hopes and dreams are sacred to me—worth listening to, protecting, and allowing to help guide our work.
I love celebrating. Nothing is too small. The quiet victories, the unexpected discoveries, the glimmers when something that once felt impossible becomes a little more possible. I don't take any of it for granted.
I care about the world we're creating together. When you find more freedom, compassion, or possibility in your own life, I know that matters beyond you. I'm grateful to be part of work that contributes, in its own small way, to a world with more of those things.
My Path Here
My path into this work has been anything but linear. It's taken me through years of working professionally with horses, lots of yoga, yoga therapy, movement and bodywork, a graduate degree in school psychology, and personal explorations of expanded states of consciousness, to name a few.
Over time, these seemingly different worlds started feeling less separate. The body became a source of knowing. Movement became a way of processing. Healing became less about fixing and more about listening to what was already trying to come forth. Through it all, horses and dogs have remained my constant companions, cherished loves, and sometimes the glue that's held me together.
Along the way, I've found a particular home in somatic and attachment-focused work, with Somatic Experiencing®, Dynamic Attachment Repatterning Experience (DARe), Inner Relationship Focusing, and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy becoming hallmarks of my practice.
It's where so many threads of my life and professional experience have come together, and where I continue to deepen my practice. These are also the approaches that have been the most helpful for me personally. I offer them with tremendous respect and gratitude for the people I've learned from and the experiences I've received along the way.
They are truly some of the greatest gifts I've been given to navigate this life.
CREDENTIALS
Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner
Somatic Experiencing International
Dynamic Attachment Repatterning Experience Practitioner
by Diane Poole Heller with Alicen Halquist
Inner Relationship Focusing
Trained Levels 1-3 with Dr. Maureen Gallagher
Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist & Group Facilitator
Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500)
(Hatha, Jivamukti Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Trauma- Informed Yoga)
ACADEMIC
Ed.S School Psychology
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
B.A., Psychology. Education Minor
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ