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My work integrates relational psychotherapy with somatic and nervous system work, drawing on modern neuroscience and contemplative practices that have understood the body-mind connection for thousands of years. After more than 25 years in mental health and substance misuse services as a licensed social worker, I turned toward somatic therapy when I saw how often talking therapy alone hadn't reached what was held more deeply in the body. The growing evidence base now supports what many practitioners have long observed, that somatic approaches are showing meaningful clinical value for complex trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, autonomic dysregulation and conditions where cognitive approaches alone haven't been enough.

I have recently completed my foundational training in NeuroAffective Touch®, a polyvagal-informed somatic approach that integrates relational psychotherapy with therapeutic touch and body-based awareness, and continue to deepen this practice through ongoing study and supervision. Developed by Aline LaPierre, this work explores how bringing direct, attuned attention to the body alongside dialogue can help repair early developmental and attachment trauma that often sits beyond the reach of words - held in the nervous system, in posture, in breath and in the body's habitual patterns of protection.

I also support those navigating spiritual or energetic awakening who are looking for an embodied, grounded approach to what's moving through them, and those who need a quiet, held space to tend to their grief.