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.

​Please get in touch to discuss, and I can construct relevant therapeutic elements to effect positive shift in your world
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TRE®
Trauma and 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 restores balance and function in the body.

​The video below is a clear example of a gazelle shaking its way back to mobility after an immobilizing encounter with a leopard.

Private TRE sessions are also available on request, and parent/child sessions are also available.

“Dr. Peter Levine, who has worked with trauma survivors for twenty-five years, says the single most important factor he has learned in uncovering the mystery of human trauma is what happens during and after the freezing response. He describes an impala being chased by a cheetah. The second the cheetah pounces on the young impala, the animal goes limp. The impala isn’t playing dead, she has “instinctively entered an altered state of consciousness, shared by all mammals when death appears imminent.” (Levine and Frederick, Waking the Tiger, p. 16) The impala becomes instantly immobile. However, if the impala escapes, what she does immediately thereafter is vitally important. She shakes and quivers every part of her body, clearing the traumatic energy she has accumulated.” 
― Marilyn Van M. Derbur

Retreat and events

Online - Compassionate Inquiry Group begins mid March

Online TRE® Wednesday weekly group shake.

Details of our first post pandemic f2f retreat coming shortly
​For more info, please send a message
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Compassionate Inquiry
Therapy group

Offering a series of 6 group sessions beginning mid March 2023
We will form a closed group to explore using CI in a safe, guided space.
​We will work with a range of topics and experiences in an attempt to uncover and support each participant. 
Special guests facilitators will  join regular CI practitioners, and help ground the experience. 
A perfect way to begin to explore trauma with CI.

Please message to register interest and for prices.

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​If you are interested in participating in a CI clinic to receive 6 low-cost sessions using the Compassionate Inquiry approach in exchange for recordings and practice from therapists-in-training, please get in touch. 
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Disclaimer:
Nothing on this site should be interpreted as legal or medical advice/care.
​Always consult the appropriate medical health professional or relevant experts before using our services.