Somatic Experiencing™

Somatic Experiencing releases traumatic shock and stuck patterns of fight, flight and freeze, reducing trauma symptoms and boosting resilience.

 

Somatic Attachment Therapy™

Somatic Attachment therapy seeks to understand and resolve difficulties in relationships arising from problems with early attachment to our main carers, and from adult relationships.

Neuroaffective Touch™

NeuroAffective Touch emphasises the body’s primary role in therapy. Through touch, self-contact and relational attunement, NAT helps with early traumas that cannot be reached by words alone.

Deep Brain Reorienting™

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) is based firmly in neuroscience research and clinical experience. I am currently training in this approach which is relatively new in New Zealand.

What is Somatic Therapy?

What is Somatic Therapy?

Somatic Therapy is a way of helping people with symptoms such as anxiety, depression or PTSD by working with the body as well as the mind to release the underlying causes of the distress. This can lead to more ease, positive wellbeing and a sense of greater freedom...
Conscious Dance and Movement

Conscious Dance and Movement

After many years of conscious dance practice in the UK and Europe, I completed Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms™ dance teacher training in 2008, the year I emigrated to Aotearoa. Conscious movement is a wonderful route to embodiment – enjoyable, connected and deeply...
What is Somatic Experiencing™

What is Somatic Experiencing™

Somatic Experiencing was developed by Peter Levine who observed that animals in the wild are often under threat, but seldom show signs of trauma. He realised that trauma in people occurs if the instinctive survival responses are prevented from completing. This can...