It is a practitioner who understands trauma and the affect it can have on your mind, body and soul, who understands that to be able to heal from trauma your body needs to feel safer and to know that the trauma is over. You can't heal what you can't feel!
It is a body based approach to healing trauma. Where the focus is not only on thoughts or past events but also paying attention to what’s happening in your body — your breath, sensations, and nervous system responses. It helps you release trapped survival energy, the fight, flight or freeze response to help you manage anxiety.
Safety is paramount, so it is essential to work gently, earn the trust of your nervous system’s and to minimise risk of retraumatisation. There’s no pressure to talk about anything before you’re ready. This work is about listening to your body and building capacity for safety and ease.
Together, we create a space where your body can begin to feel safer again.
“What you repress in yourself will rule from the shadows”.
So how do I know if I have unresolved trauma?
- Hyperviligilance - always scanning for danger, even in calm moments the body struggles to fully relax
- Emotional Reactivity/Sensitivity - small situations can trigger more intense emotional responses because your nervous stem is reacting to past experiences, not the present moment
- People pleasing and perfectionism - are often survival responses developed to avoid criticism, rejection or conflict
- Numbing of shutdown - some people experience the possotie rsponse: emotional disconnnection, exhaustion, lack of motivation or feeling detached from themselves
- Chronic anxiety or overwhelm - the body may be stuck in flight or flitght state, making if diffcult to slow down, feel grounded and relax
- Difficulty Feeling Safe - you may struggle to feel safe in relationships, safety is unfamiliar territory
- Feeling like you do not belong - you have always had that feeling that you are different
Healing trauma is not about forcing yourself to “move on” or pretending you are okay. It is about helping your nervous system experience safety again..
"You can't think your way to a feeling of safety"
My Approach
As a trauma informed somatic therapist I utilise Emotional Freedom Techniques to help you process unresolved trauma and emotions and hypnotherapy to allow your body to relax and feel safer in the moment.
Safety is paramount, so it is essential to work gently, earn the trust of your nervous system’s and to minimise risk of retraumatisation. There’s no pressure to talk about anything before you’re ready. This work is about listening to your body and building capacity for safety and ease.
Together, we create a space where your body can begin to feel safer again