Welcome

The world can sometimes feel like a difficult place.

I may be able to help if:

• talking therapy alone doesn’t feel as though it’s getting to the root of what’s bothering you
• you feel that if you ‘went there’ you wouldn’t be able to get the lid back on the can of worms
• you are repeating patterns that aren’t bringing you happiness
• you feel stuck in some way
• you have some old trauma that’s hanging around and impeding the quality of your life
• you are feeling anxious or depressed
• you need strategies for feeling grounded and safe
• you just need to offload about something that’s going on for you

What is Somatic Coaching?

Somatic Coaching is a way to help us to drop into the body and discover its wisdom.
We get the opportunity to restore the mind/body connection which may have been disrupted at some point in our lives as a coping mechanism to keep us safe. It gently encourages us to return to the body and to find ways to release stored tension, trauma and pain in a way that will make sure we feel heard and safe.

We do this by using somatic inquiry techniques (designed to bring us to the heart of the matter in a direct way) and then bringing attention to the body and mind and to the stories that may need telling and the feelings that may need releasing.

Feeling our Feelings

Many of us stopped accessing certain feelings when we found ourselves in situations that were really stressful, frightening or distressing in some way. Especially if there wasn’t someone around at the time who could help us through the process of feeling those difficult feelings by really hearing us and helping us to feel safe, and by shepherding us through whatever difficult situation we found ourselves in. We learned – unconsciously in most cases – that it’s better to shut the feelings down and not have to deal with them at all rather than be overwhelmed by the power and intensity of them (it really can feel like impending death to a young mind).

It may have been a great coping mechanism back then, and it got us to where we are today – but now it might be clear that closing down isn’t working, doesn’t serve your best interests, and is impeding you from fully living your life.
I can help you to slowly and safely open back up and allow those difficult feelings a way through that doesn’t feel overwhelming.

Taking Back Control

The techniques can be learned so that you can take control of your own healing journey without needing sessions for years and years.  My job is to make myself redundant!

It’s amazing how much more energy we can start to experience when we begin to loosen old patterning.

Contact me to book a Discovery Call or book here, and we can have a chat at no cost.

What to Expect

When we first work together we’ll  lay the groundwork for all future sessions – by finding a way for you to feel safe enough to proceed. It’s important not to underestimate how necessary that is, especially for those of us who’ve lived through significant trauma –  we need to feel safe enough to explore difficult feelings.

Once those feelings of safety have been identified we’ll use techniques to gently uncover what we’re holding on to in our minds and in our bodies that are keeping us back in some way.  We don’t set an agenda, we see what unfolds and work with what turns up.  Sometimes there is something obvious that wants to be looked at and sometimes it’s more of a sense of unease that wants exploring and other times it’s something else completely!

We always make time for and really honour resistance when it turns up – it’s been doing a great job of keeping you safe for so many years – and we don’t ever push past it. We invite gentle curiosity to see what’s really going on and then we go from there. The resistance is there for a reason, after all.  We always go at a pace that suits you and your body.

Costs 

Sessions are between 50 mins and 70 mins.  There is a sliding scale for payment.

Online:
Mon – Fri, 8.30am – 5pm:
£45 – £65
4 sessions: £160 – £240
Evenings (5pm – 8pm) and weekends:
£55 – £75
4 sessions: £200 – £280 

In person:
Mon – Fri, 9am – 5pm:
£50 – £70
4 sessions: £180 – £260
In person evening and weekend prices are available upon request.

You can book a Discovery Call here.

If these prices are outside what you can afford but my work is resonating with you, please get in touch and we’ll see if we can work something out.