My approach
‘The only constant in life is change.’
I believe that much of the pain in life is due to the challenges in making peace with change. Life circumstances change, and we may experience this suddenly like a lightning strike, or as a slow burn over time. Sometimes there doesn’t seem to be enough change, and we’re stuck in repeating patterns.
Often there is awareness of a capacity being reached, a breaking point, where the old ways of responding aren’t working anymore. We may feel out of control and dissatisfied with life.
We may also feel a need to make changes, yet not know how or where to begin. I think this is where psychotherapy, or care of the soul, comes in.
This form of relationship seems strange the first time around. And yet. It can be liberating to speak with someone outside one’s normal circle of friends and family.
Trauma therapy
‘You have already died, but you have yet to be reborn.
Put simply, trauma therapy is about renewal. It is the renewal of self after a destructive experience. Experiencing a traumatic event affects us deeply, on every level of existence. Body, mind, soul and spirit does everything it can to survive the experience, but sometimes we are unable to fully process what happened.
Trauma literally means ‘wound’.
There are many ways of healing trauma therapeutically. Here is a list of the modalities I use:
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) - processing traumatic memories with the use of bi-lateral stimulation
Trauma-Focused CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) - a series of techniques to process traumatic memories
Somatic therapy - working directly with the body to release trauma
Family Systemic Constellations - connecting emotionally and energetically with your family system to clear trauma
Phototherapy - the use of photographs as a way to access the inner world
Active Imagination and Dreamwork - the use of visualisation and dream re-entry for guidance and healing
Soul loss retrieval - seeking out lost parts of our selves to bring reunion and integration
We would always decide together which ways(s) would be best for you.
Therapy in Nature
‘…for going out, I found, was really going in.’
The reality is, Nature is therapy. To that end, I offer 60 minute one-to-one walking sessions in my local area (Brownwich Beach, Hamble river, Holly Hill Park).
These sessions can be near river, ocean, and woodland - whichever geography is calling out to you.
The greatest healing moments I’ve experienced in life have been outside, when I’ve been present and open to the Spirit(s) which move Nature. There is constant communication, synchronicity, communion, and healing there, should we want it. It is wonderful to share this together in a reflective way.