Thoughts from a therapist...on life, connection and exploration...
Blog Posts
One thing I love about therapy, is the way it shows me, time and again, that the human experience can be both profoundly universal, and also utterly diverse, unique and nuanced. In these articles, I name and explore aspects of my work and life, as a somatically-informed integrative therapist, during these interesting, challenging, yet often healing, times of change.
Creativity as a therapeutic tool
As a somatically-informed therapist, my go-to tools for resourcing my clients often centre around calming and soothing the nervous system, through body-centred strategies like grounding, breathwork, sensation-tracking, self-contact, tapping and movement. However, visualization is also an important and powerful part of somatic work, as the body and the imagination are intrinsically-linked, when working with unconscious…
The process of relational therapy...showing up as a person first.
In my work across a variety of sectors, I often come across those who feel disconnected, misunderstood and unseen. I try to hold in mind that, as a fellow human, it is far more connecting and healing, before inviting opportunities for learning or toolkit-building, to show up and deeply listen to the human in front…