Body Psychotherapy

Embodied therapy in Addlestone, Surrey, UK | 07747 481182

In addition to talking therapy, I offer a form of body psychotherapy called bodylistening.

The Bodylistening process is gentle and explorative. We can work with awareness,  movement, stillness, breath-work, and hands-on contact as you wish to help you access and transform parts of yourself which are difficult to get in touch with by just sitting and talking. Allowing the body to fully feel, express and tell its story can bypass the stuck record of old thoughts and beliefs helping you to let go of the past, process trauma, and open up to fresh possibilities in your life and relationships

Some of the ways we could work include:

• Moving. Often we hold physical and emotional tension in our bodies and don’t give them the chance to move as they really want to. Working creatively with movement can allow us to access and process our feelings in a new way.

• Breathwork. Working with the breath offers a powerful way to calm an overactive nervous system and to help you land in your body and process strong emotions safely.

• Hands-on work. If it feels helpful, we can use hands-on work to help your system return to balance, align, integrate and release. We can also use hands-on contact to connect with repressed emotions and to explore how you relate to yourself and others.

• Trauma work. Trauma is not only generated from single dramatic events. It can also develop from periods of sustained distress and anxiety. Some people also may have had difficult experiences growing up, leading to developmental trauma, which can have a significant impact on us in the present. Bodywork can be one of the most powerful and effective ways to let go of these early held feelings in a safe, contained way. This can liberate us from old behaviour patterns and release long-held tension and stress.

• Talking. Although embodied therapy can sometimes look very different from traditional psychotherapy, sometimes it really is just ‘good to talk’!