Heal deeply, live fully
It's never too late to come home to yourself
Brainspotting
Rewind Therapy (PTSD)
BACP Accredited Counsellor
Narcissistic Abuse Specialist ™️
Somatic Trauma-Informed Coach
Brainspotting
Rewind Therapy (PTSD)
BACP Accredited Counsellor
Narcissistic Abuse Specialist ™️
Somatic Trauma-Informed Coach
Feeling stuck, anxious, or as if you’re just going through the motions? If you’ve lost the spark that once energised you, or you feel like something is missing, know that you can reignite your vitality, reconnect to your purpose, and welcome more joy into your life—without spending years in therapy.
As a somatic, trauma-informed therapist and coach, I help individuals find relief from emotional pain, which can also manifest as physical discomfort. You don’t need to label your experiences as trauma to seek support; if you’re feeling stuck, anxious, or overwhelmed, my body-mind approach can support you to find your deep healing. Whether you’re dealing with unresolved childhood issues or challenging adult experiences, it’s never too late to reclaim your joy and sense of self.
When we are struggling, it can feel like we're fighting an invisible battle every day - We can become battle weary. Sometimes, despite our best efforts, the weight we carry just feels unshakable. What we may not realise is that unresolved trauma can silently shape our emotions, behaviours and sense of self. This is not our fault.
Together, we can support you in reclaiming the parts of you that may feel lost, disconnected or hidden.
If you're unsure whether or not unresolved trauma could be impacting your life, take a look through this tick list to see if anything resonates with you - take your time and trust your gut feeling as a response to each one:
✅ Have you ever experienced narcissistic abuse, relational or betrayal trauma?
✅ Are you feeling stuck, lost or unfulfilled?
✅️ Do you struggle with self-belief or feel like an imposter, even if you are ambitious or outwardly successful?
✅️ Do you constantly keep yourself busy, throwing yourself into work or mindlessly scrolling on social media or watching TV, avoiding how you truly feel?
✅ Are you procrastinating or holding yourself back from pursuing what truly matters to you?
✅ Are you feeling anxious, overwhelmed or stressed, maybe experiencing a feeling of dread in the mornings, tummy upsets or a familiar knotted feeling in your stomach?
✅️ Are you avoiding places, people, cancelling plans and engagements?
✅️ Do you struggle with sleep or experience frequent nightmares or recurring dreams?
✅ Do you feel like you're a failure, you're not enough or that you don't matter?
✅️ Are you feeling numb or empty, low in energy, disconnected from others or who you feel you used to be?
✅️ Have you been exposed to a deeply impacting or frightening life experience that you just can't seem to move on from?
✅ Are you struggling with brain fog, chronic illness or physical pain, or feeling exhausted all the time, even though you haven't really done anything physically demanding?
✅️ Do you struggle with identifying or implementing personal boundaries, avoiding conflict, always doing everything for everyone else, but never really making time for yourself?
✅️ Do you lack a sense of purpose or struggle to find joy in your life?
✅ Are you overly self-critical or suffer with perfectionism?
✅️ Do you feel angry, snappy or irritable very quickly, often over seemingly little things?
✅ Do you recognise self-sabotaging behaviours, such as pushing people away, avoiding intimacy, over-eating or under-eating etc?
✅️ Are you stuck in a career or relationship that you know, deep down in your soul, isn't healthy or doesn’t fulfil you?
✅️ Do you feel that you are living with symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress or Complex Post Traumatic Stress?
If you've answered 'Yes' to even just ONE of the above, my body-mind sessions could be transformational for you.
Trauma is not always obvious, and although it certainly can be, it is not always about big, life-threatening events. Trauma can be defined by how someone reacts to an event, and that will be different for all of us...there is no shame in how we react, as a trauma response is not a choice.
"Trauma is not what happens to you; it is what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you..."
~ Gabor Maté
We will ALL experience trauma in our lives, and midlife can also be a particularly vulnerable time for unresolved trauma to resurface.
Deeply impacting life experiences overwhelm and dysregulate our nervous system, and can negatively change how we see ourselves, and others.
When left unresolved, trauma can manifest as chronic stress, perfectionism and self-doubt, affecting our decision-making, how we handle challenges and embrace opportunities, while also stifling our creativity.
Stuck trauma can also lead to over-working, people-pleasing, difficulty setting boundaries, and eventual burnout.
Despite outward appearances of confidence and success, we can be overly self-critical and silently suffering inside. We may be pushing ourselves to meet our own unrelenting standards, suppressing our emotional needs and consequently feeling that we don't matter, or are not good enough.
Fear is our biggest emotional block to living the life we hope for.
1:1 sessions are limited in my practice, so contact me today it it feels like the right time for you to heal your unseen wounds.
"Brainspotting made a massive difference to my counselling experience and took it to a completely different level"
Take a moment to consider the following:
If you struggled to answer these questions, or you feel your specific answers are far away, out of reach, my body-mind sessions could help you.
If you're fed up of feeling empty or numb, seeing others happy or succeeding while you feel stuck in procrastination, anxiously making lists and plans but too paralysed by self-doubt, or a lack of energy and motivation to take action, you are very likely disconnected from who you truly are.
Can you afford to stay stuck for another 12 months?
Your story matters, and talking can often be an important part of our healing process, but on its own, traditional talking therapy is less effective and it can often take a very long time for significant progress to be made.
" Traumatic events are almost impossible to put into words"
~ Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk
Fear is physical and working with a somatic focus to release the stress, trauma, and limiting beliefs our bodies hold from distressing experiences can be much more effective, and accelerate our healing process...how much you verbally share of your story is your choice.
To support your deeper, nervous system focused healing, I blend effective, evidence-based, science backed modalities, including Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Brainspotting, Focusing, Neuroscience and Mindfulness principles.
You can release yourself from feeling:
Unlock your healing
If it's time to stop living a groundhog day, dimming your light for others, playing it small, or staying stuck at a crossroads, feeling overwhelmed or anxious, my powerful body-mind sessions really could be liberating for you.
"... I felt listened to, heard and deeply understood, which I have not had much experience of in my life. I have found this experience very validating and confidence building...
...Our sessions have been life transforming for me, I feel like I have fast tracked out of many years living in a painful freeze state, not knowing how to move, where to move or what or who to trust..."
~ Anonymised to preserve confidentiality
Click here to read the full review, plus other testimonials
Eckhart Tolle
As a Registered and Accredited BACP Therapeutic Counsellor and an ICF Certified Somatic Trauma Informed Coach, my powerfully blended approach as a Therapeutic Coach bridges the gap between trauma recovery and living a more joyful, meaningful life.
My compassionate and deeply validating sessions can help you release anxiety, depression, grief, loss and unresolved trauma, no matter how long ago your experiences may have been.
As a survivor of the trauma of narcissistic abuse, I’m particularly passionate about helping others find the same freedom and healing from this complex trauma.
No matter how many years down the line you are, healing is possible, and you are worthy of living fully, authentically, and joyfully.
Releasing anxiety and self-doubt
My practice tends to attract people in midlife, often successful and professional (even if they don't feel it) with an inner wisdom guiding them to recognise the true value of investing in themselves, and the potential cost to themselves if they don't.
Whoever we are, releasing anxiety and self-doubt, and healing unresolved trauma can strengthen our inner resources, further develop our coping strategies and improve our relationships, in both our personal and professional worlds.
Professionally qualified
My therapeutic career has been extensive and varied over the last 18+ years, including:
Learn more about my qualifications & trainings
Accelerate your healing and start living the life your wise inner whisperings are already nudging you towards...would you be here reading this if they weren't?
There are defining moments in life that feel like a crossroads, an opportunity to take action and make a change.
No life is perfect, but when we process our unresolved experiences at a nervous system level, we really can live our best life.
Contact me today if you're ready to take the next step towards living a better quality of life...
When we experience long-term stress, high levels of cortisol in our bodies leaves us susceptible to a whole range of problems, including:
My body-mind sessions can help you with finding better nervous system regulation, reducing cortisol levels and ultimately releasing you from a place of inner-conflict.
Improve your relationship with yourself.
Do you wish there were parts of yourself that you just didn't have?
There really is a way to find relief from these constant inner conflicts and live with more inner peace and calm.
✅ You’ve spent years putting others first, leaving your own needs on the backburner.
✅ You struggle with inner conflicts, or self-limiting beliefs, about self-worth, money, success etc.
✅ You’re ready to heal unresolved trauma and grief, and release inner emotional blocks to help you rediscover your purpose, reignite your passions, and live with more confidence and peace.
✅ You crave more joy, meaning, and fulfillment in your daily life.
✅ You are ready to step into a fuller life, but you feel stuck, trapped, unsure how to break through the inner barriers keeping you from living more fully.
My sessions are NOT for you if:
❌ You are not open to exploring personal growth and change
❌ You are seeking a quick fix or superficial changes
❌ You do not want to explore your body-mind connection
❌ You are currently experiencing acute trauma or emotional crisis
❌ You are experiencing severe mental health issues or you have a diagnosis of a severe and enduring mental health condition (eg psychosis, severe depression, schizophrenia, personality disorders and severe mood disorders, eating disorders)
❌ You have had previous negative experiences to bodywork or somatic practices .
✅ Through a combination of talking, somatic focused healing, trauma-informed practices and body-mind techniques, you’ll go beyond traditional talk therapy approaches.
✅ Sessions are designed to support your healing at the root level, reconnecting you with your body’s wisdom, releasing stuck trauma and empowering you to live a life that feels aligned and vibrant.
✅️ Just 1 session of Brainspotting can start to make a difference to how you feel and single event traumas can often be processed in as little as 2 or 3 Rewind therapy sessions.
Take your time exploring my website, and if anything resonates with you, or you have questions that are not answered on the FAQ page, please fill in the contact form and I will offer you a free-of-charge clarity call to discuss further.
If you are based in the UK, the clarity call is a free-of-charge phone call that lasts approx 15 minutes. This is for us to talk about what you are experiencing, what you need and if sessions with me may be helpful for you.
If you are contacting me from outside of the UK, I will email you to discuss options.
If we decide that we are a potential match in terms of your needs, I will invite you to book a full initial consultation.
Once booked, I will email you full confirmation details.
The full initial consultation is held via Zoom video, allowing us to explore in more detail and establish an initial focus for our work together, along with the approach we feel would best suit your needs.
Further sessions can then be booked either individually, or as a discounted package (Please see prices below)
Booking your sessions: You are welcome to book on a session-by-session basis for flexibility, or you can book a package of sessions in advance, at a discounted rate.
Holistic support: By combining somatic trauma therapy and therapeutic coaching, you will experience a body-mind approach that addresses the root of the issue, increasing your chance for sustainable change.
To ensure flexibility and protect your investment, I offer a 48 hour cancellation and rescheduling policy. If you provide at least 48 hours' notice before your session, you'll have the freedom to cancel or reschedule without any charges. This gives you the peace of mind to adjust your schedule without financial penalty, ensuring you get the most value out of your therapeutic experience.
You will be sent full T&C's before we commence working together.
I am a trained Brainspotting Practitioner ~ to Phase 4
Brainspotting is a deep healing, somatic therapy, supported by scientific evidence.
It's deep, mindful processing releases stress and trauma, without having to relive painful experiences, helping us to find expansion in our lives, personally and professionally.
I am a certified Rewind Therapy Practitioner
Rewind Therapy is an imaginal, highly effective trauma therapy for symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress.
Traumatic events can be processed without having to disclose details.
Approved by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
I am an ICF Certified Narcissistic Trauma Informed Coach and a Narcissistic Abuse Specialist ™
We need more than talking and time to heal from trauma, it is vital that we also connect to our bodies.
You have the right to heal, to reconnect to who you truly are and become unapologetically you.
Explore more of the specialist trauma therapy trainings I have undertaken, all informing my work to help you to heal and thrive after deeply impacting life experiences.
Please fill in the contact form and I will get back to you within 48 hours
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