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is it time to make peace with yourself...?
If the answer is yes, you are invited to embark on a supported healing journey with me, Claire, your compassionate guide.
I offer integrative somatic therapy, combining trauma-informed mindfulness and somatic therapy techniques, hypnotherapy, breathwork + somatic yoga.
This is your time to lovingly reconnect with your body, befriend your mind, and move forwards more peacefully...
Trauma informed mindfulness and somatic therapy for stress and anxiety
what is integrative somatic therapy?
from the greek word 'soma' meaning the living body in it's wholeness, somatic techniques honour the connection between the body and the mind.
One of the principles of somatics is that the stories in your mind (your thoughts) follow the state in your body (your feelings), yet we often try to tackle our problems by changing our thoughts e.g. by "thinking positively", cognitive and talking therapy, and neglect tending to our bodies.
When our bodies feel unsafe, they adapt into survival states (fight, flight, freeze/shut down) to keep us safe. Sometimes, the body can get stuck in these states even when in reality we are now safe.
Somatic therapy techniques help us to gently reconnect with our bodies and pay attention to their sensations, and then help our bodies to learn we are safe now, so they can release the survival states and our symptoms helping us to feel better.
"Once you start approaching your body with curiosity rather than with fear, everything shifts."
– Bessel A. van der Kolk - The Body Keeps the Score
my approach to healing:
My trauma-informed approach honors the wisdom of the body; it is always trying to keep us safe and many symptoms such as anxiety, low moods, fatigue, dissociation can be a result of being stuck in survival states.
Our sessions will combine psychoeducation (using the polyvagal theory framework) to help you compassionately understand your symptoms and the therapeutic application of trauma informed mindfulness, breathwork and movement practices to gently help you reconnect to your body, regulate your nervous system and create a healing environment of safety.
In your sessions you'll come to know that I am your guide, but you are the healer. All of the healing comes from you, with tools that are already inside of you - I'll be here to help you to find them.
how might we work together?
After speaking with you in your free consultation, I usually recommend six or eight private 1:1 sessions, but we may also extend this into longer term work. Six sessions is usually the minimum I offer since there is no quick fix to healing; the brain, body and nervous system need commitment and repeated practices to retrain and retune to safety.
Sessions are available to people in London & surrounding areas, as we'll meet online from the comfort of your own home.
Your Questions Answered
how to make an enquiry:
One of the most important aspects of any wellbeing program is the relationship between the client & guide...it's important we get on, trust each other and that you get a good feel from me.
I offer everyone a free, 20mins consultation over zoom to get to know each other and for you to ask any questions. Please click below to book your free, no obligation consultation or send an email enquiry.
Disclaimer:
The information contained in this programme, or on this site, is not to be taken as medical advice and should not to be used in replacement of a mental or physical health treatment plan or prescription.
You are encouraged to consult your doctor before making any health changes, especially any changes related to a specific diagnosis or condition. No information in this programme, or on this site, should be relied upon to determine health, or make a medical diagnosis, or determine treatment for a medical condition. The information in this programme and on this website is not intended as medical advice.
If you or any other person has a medical concern, you should consult with your health care provider or seek professional medical treatment. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 999.
Working 1:1 with Claire for stress, anxiety + trauma is also available to people in: Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Croydon, Bromley, Merton, Wandsworth, Sutton, Kingston upon Thames, Westminster and Greenwich.