Modalities

Somatic therapies

“After trauma, the world is experienced with a different nervous system. The survivor’s energy now becomes focused on suppressing inner chaos, at the expense of spontaneous involvement in their life.”
Dr Bessel van der Kolk The Body Keeps the Score

I offer connections to various somatic (body-focussed) therapies that are helpful in moving and completing trapped trauma patterns, which allow clients to re-engage in a more positive way with the world and to develop freedom and greater engagement with life.
Below are certifications and trainings of the modalities I work with. For complex issues, I will engage other therapists to create a holistic treatment programme.

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Compassionate Inquiry

-Created by Dr Gabor Mate together with Sat Dharam Kaur, Compassionate Inquiry (CI) is an effective somatic based psychotherapy model that seeks to uncover and release patterns of trauma stored in the body. By presencing, examining core beliefs and patterns, layers of trauma embedded in the system can be gently released.
By releasing, clients can experience change in entrenched behaviours and attitudes.
CI is effective in mitigating autoimmune and addictions in remarkable ways
Some more information about CI and along with certifications are here

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Trauma Informed leadership & Collective Trauma - Pocket Project & Thomas Hubl

"EVERY TIME TRAUMA IS HEALED, WE RESTORE A PART OF OUR PAST AND MAKE POSSIBLE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OURSELVES AND SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS. WE TRANSFORM SEPARATION, OTHERING, AND SCARCITY INTO RELATION, INTERDEPENDENCE, AND ABUNDANCE." Thomas Hubl
Working within the structure of systems and cultural change, this work focuses on collective trauma patterning and provides tools for working within wounded groups and larger collections of people in multiple settings including workplace, organisations, communities,

Trauma Informed Stabilisation Treatment

Created by Dr Janina Fisher. TIST draws on neuroscience. sensorimotor psychotherapy and parts work to create a beautifully nuanced way to work with the aggravated, jangly and wounded parts of ourselves.
Needing little narrative or story, TIST is wonderful for guiding towards repair and is successful in treating a variety of conditions- complex PTSD, bipolar, structural dissociation and addictive and eating disorders.
By contextualising self destructive behaviours as trauma related, and building relationships between parts, clients can develop greater internal relationships and begin to develop and work with motivation to overcome their self destructive tendencies.
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TRE®
Trauma & Tension Release Exercise

“Letting go is not for the purpose of forgetting or forgiving the past, it is about releasing the energy of the past to give us back our lives in the present which is necessary to deliver us into a new future” Dr David Berceli.

If you are experiencing tension, sleeplessness, physical issues, anxiety, then TRE could be for you. Activating the body's unconscious tremor mechanism literally helps us shake our way back to health.

All mammals do this - some better than others. Human's with their developed prefrontal cortex and their too-much-thinking often interrupt this vital and natural mechanism that is so helpful in restoring balance and function in the body.

We offer private sessions and group work, and there is a regular facilitated TRE group that runs on Wednesday at 4pm South Africa time (presently 2pm UK, 3pm most of Europe)

Other trainings

Somatic Interventions for Chronic Pain and Syndromes - Peter Levine and Diane Poole Heller

Sessions - Relationship specialist Esther Perel

RTR and Sociometrics - Tian Dayton

Cranio Sacral therapy (CST)

Gentle light touch that enervates the bones, soft tissues, fascia and cerebrospinal fluid that surround the central nervous system.
This can help to relax and release tension leading to overall health and wellness as CST effects structural and energetic changes in the body.

Bio-dynamic - Cat Kabira
Working within the Bio-electric matrix - Adolf Brown

Family Constellations

Developed by Burt Hellinger and referencing Zulu cultural practice, Gestalt and psychodynamic therapy this is an embodied approach that helps to uncover often subconscious and hidden dynamics within a family system that may be impacting relationships and preventing healing.
It helps to free clients from damaging and often trans-generational patterns, behaviours and emotions that limit life in various ways.

Ultimately, “it is a way of healing the individual soul by aligning it in the right relationship to the family soul” (Longo-Lockspeiser, 2018)

Most commonly worked in a physical group setting, it is also possible to work individually.

Volunteer offer
If you are interested in participating in a CI clinic to receive 6 low-cost sessions using the Compassionate Inquiry approach in exchange for video recordings and practice from therapists-in-training, please get in touch.
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