UK Trauma Counselling

Body Centred Psychotherapy & Trauma Counselling

Body Centred Psychotherapy particularly leads the field in its approach to healing those who have suffered from Trauma.

This knowledge is new and very rare in the UK.

The idea that the traumatic experience can be bled out over years of psychological therapy is out-dated.

Body-Centered psychotherapeutic interventions provide information as to how a traumatic experience is physiologically patterned and help to access biological resources to undo these patterns. At the time of the trauma the perceptual experiences of it (sensation, affect, behavior, image) are stored in the body and the part of the brain that is dedicated to perception.

The language of the primitive (the unconscious) part of the brain is sensation. Sensations, and our creative abilities to heal, may be blocked by the use of medication/ drugs, control, denial or invalidation of feelings and sensations. This, particularly, in a culture that values strength, achievement and endurance.

In Body-Centered Psychotherapy the therapist may not necessarily be asking someone to tell their story or to recreate their emotional responses. The main approach is to follow a person's current sensational experience of the trauma and the client's strengths and resources, expanding and focusing on the resource, often. Images, memories, affect and behavior patterns are also followed.

This is a very gentle approach, which supports natural defenses, rather than attempting to break them down. There is room for you to talk if that is what you need. Always my aim is to help you towards a nourishing and corrective experience.

Trauma Counselling Testimonials

“Thanks for helping me to make better friends with my body.”
- Karen, 6th/ final session.

“Because of this I am able to manage my anger better, by being objective.”
- Kelly, 16th session.

Contact me to discuss how I may be able to help you.

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