You may understand what has happened in your life, yet still find yourself feeling tense, anxious, overwhelmed, numb or disconnected. Your body may react before you have time to think, leaving you exhausted or struggling to feel at ease. A body oriented approach to therapy can help you understand these responses, reconnect with yourself and discover new ways of feeling safer and more present in your life.

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How Stress and Difficult Experiences Affect Your Body

• Always on alert: Finding it difficult to relax, switch off or stop anticipating what might go wrong.

• Physical tension: Tight shoulders, a clenched jaw, shallow breathing or a racing heart.

• Feeling disconnected: Struggling to recognise your feelings, notice your needs or feel fully present in your body.

• Emotional overwhelm: Experiencing sudden anxiety, fear or distress that seems disproportionate to what's happening now.

• Difficult relationships: Finding it hard to trust, set boundaries or stop putting other people's needs first.

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You may recognise some of these experiences without fully understanding why they happen.

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What if talking about it makes things worse?

You may worry that therapy means revisiting painful experiences or feeling overwhelmed by emotions you have worked hard to manage. You don't have to tell your whole story or revisit everything that has happened.

My approach is collaborative and paced around you. We begin with what you are experiencing now, exploring your feelings, bodily sensations and patterns of coping in a way that respects your boundaries.

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How can therapy help?

Understand your body's responses. By exploring sensations, emotions and patterns as they arise, you can begin to make sense of your reactions rather than feeling confused or frustrated by them.

Develop a greater sense of safety and choice. By recognising your needs and limits, you can find new ways to respond to difficult situations rather than feeling driven by automatic reactions.

Reconnect with yourself and others. By exploring how you relate to yourself and the people around you, you can develop greater self-awareness, clearer boundaries and more fulfilling relationships.

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A body-orientated approach to psychotherapy

I have more than 27 years of experience in movement, dance, education and embodied learning. My work brings together Gestalt psychotherapy and an understanding of the relationship between body, emotion and experience.

 

I offer a trauma-informed space where we can explore what you are experiencing without judgement or pressure to change before you are ready.  My practice is informed by additional CPD in trauma-informed and polyvagal approaches, which complements  and deepens my body-oriented way of working.

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Perhaps you just know that something doesn’t feel right. That’s a place we can start.

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