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Body psychotherapy is a holistic approach, I work with mind, body and spirit. As a body psychotherapist I do many of the things that ‘ordinary’ talking counsellors and therapists do, but I also work with and through the body. As human beings we experience life through our minds and also our emotions, sensations and movements. Body psychotherapy explores amongst other things; gesture, posture, breath, internal body awareness, spontaneous movement, pains and illness.
I believe in the importance of going slowly. Paying attention to our bodies experience can feel very challenging. Being aware of what our bodies are doing and feeling can also be invaluable to provide the safety and pacing in the counselling / therapy process. Our bodies give us the gift of bringing us into the present moment of our experience. Our bodies can feel alien, awkward, overwhelm us with emotions and get ill; they can also give us our strongest experiences of pleasure. I support a return into our bodies to find our centre within ourselves. I work with Focusing and body awareness to listen to the subtle messages from our bodies.
My aim in my work is to offer emotional contact to my clients, to be present with them how ever they are feeling; to build a strong supportive relationship together. Probably the ways we have been most hurt in our lives is by other people. The relationship that develops between myself and my clients can be used to study and explore the other relationship in a clients life.
My work sometimes involves touch and other times not. I work in a respectful and supportive way; aiming to be sensitive to how challenging it is to explore ourselves.
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