Alexandra Sadokova
Somatic Psychotherapist · Teacher · Author
Helping people return to themselves through the body — and helping colleagues master a profession where depth meets precision.
Personal Therapy
For those seeking change
Individual sessions in person or online. Working with the body to access what words cannot reach.
Training & Supervision
For professionals
Long-term programs in bioenergetic analysis, seminars, and supervision for practicing therapists.
Book, Articles, Videos
For the curious
Textbook ‘Aggression and Character’, blog, lectures, and professional materials.
Who I Am
I have been practicing somatic psychotherapy for over 20 years. My work is grounded in bioenergetic analysis — a method that understands the body not as a vessel for the mind, but as the field where emotional history is written.
I teach at the Institute of Bioenergetic Analysis and run training programs for therapists who want to work with depth and precision. In 2023, I published the textbook Aggression and Character — the first comprehensive Russian-language guide to working with aggression in somatic psychotherapy.
I believe that therapy should be both rigorous and humane. That a session can be scientifically grounded and, at the same time, a place where something fundamentally human happens.
Aggression and Character
A textbook on working with aggression in somatic psychotherapy
The first comprehensive Russian-language guide to understanding and working with aggression through the body. Based on clinical practice, grounded in theory, written for therapists and serious students of psychology.
Sep 15, 2025 Online
Working with Aggression in Practice
3-week intensive for therapists seeking a structured approach to somatic work with aggression.
Oct 1, 2025 In-person
Bioenergetic Analysis: Fundamentals
Year-long foundational program in bioenergetic analysis.
Nov 10, 2025 Online
Supervision Group for Practicing Therapists
Monthly online supervision for therapists at any stage of their practice.
Aggression
Why We Fear Our Own Anger
Aggression is not the enemy. The problem is how we have learned to silence it — and what the body remembers in that silence.
Oct 5, 2025 · 8 min read
Body
What the Shoulders Carry
Tension is not random. The body organizes itself around experiences we could not process at the time.
Sep 20, 2025 · 6 min read
Relationships
The Repetition We Cannot See
We do not repeat painful patterns because we are self-destructive. We repeat them because they are familiar — and familiarity feels like safety.
Sep 5, 2025 · 10 min read
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Alexandra’s approach changed how I understand the therapeutic process. She teaches not technique, but a way of seeing — and that is far more valuable.
Maria K.
Psychologist, graduate of 2023 program
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The textbook on aggression should be on every somatic therapist’s shelf. It is rare to find a book that is both theoretically rigorous and clinically useful.
Dr. Ivan Petrov
PhD, IIBA certified
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I came to supervision burned out and doubting my path. Alexandra has a gift for helping you find what is solid in your work without losing what is human.
Elena S.
Practicing therapist, 5 years
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