ABOUT
Jun Akiyama
MA, LPC, ACS, BC-DMT
(he/him)
Somatic psychotherapist working with high tech professionals
In-person in Longmont, virtual across Colorado
About Jun Akiyama, Somatic Psychotherapist for Tech Professionals
WHERE THIS ALL COMES FROM
I spent decades as a software developer before becoming a therapist, so I know viscerally what the tech world asks of you: never being fully off the clock, the isolation of working async, the sense that rest has to be earned.
My own path out of that wasn't more strategy or better time management. It came from learning to listen to my body where the toll had slowly been accumulating. That same realization eventually became the foundation of my broader practice, Shin Shin Wellness, where I work with a wider range of clients on these same issues.
There’s a difference between pushing through and moving through.
WHO I WORK WITH
Developers, engineers, and the tech leads who manage them
Anyone whose nervous system treats every problem like an incident
High-achievers who don’t feel as fine as they look
People newer to tech, still finding where they fit
Your Slack status says “active".
Your body says otherwise.
HOW I WORK
I studied somatic psychotherapy because talk alone wasn't shifting what I was actually carrying. Your body already knows what's wrong and what would help; it's just rarely asked. My job is to help you learn to recognize, hear, and trust your body.
We’ll pay attention to what’s happening in your body right now, alongside all the stories in your mind. That's usually where the answers and the profound change are waiting.
This kind of work can help you:
Feel what's actually happening in your body
Reach what words alone can't get to
Connect more honestly with yourself and work through relational strain
Unify mind, body, and heart
Ease the weight of stress, anxiety, and inner conflict
Relational Dialogue
Talking through and processing, grounded in what’s happening in the room and your body.
Movement and Sensations
Noticing what the body is doing and saying, then letting movements arise
Breathwork
Regulating the nervous system through the breath, in real time
Dance/Movement Therapy
Harnessing creative movement expression as a therapeutic language.
MY CREDENTIALS & TRAININGS
Somatic Counseling, MA, Naropa University
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC, 0017602) in CO
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Motivational Interviewing
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist (BC-DMT)
Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS)
Paraprofessional Anti-Violence Training
Trauma-Informed Care
Existential Psychotherapy
Social Justice & Multicultural Counseling Methods
If you see yourself in any of this, I'd love to hear from you.
Set up a free 15–20 minute phone or virtual consultation. In-person in Longmont or virtual anywhere in Colorado.