We live in a world that tends to prioritize talking things through. Talking is important, obviously. It can bring clarity, meaning and relief. It helps us to organize our perspectives and is a way of digesting events. But it simply is not the whole picture of healing. If you’ve ever thought: “I’ve talked about this so many times… why do I still feel the same?” That's natural, because... Trauma isn’t just something you remember. It’s something your body lives . your body doesn

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the core medicine that counselling offers. It’s Spring here where I am, and the city is vibrant with all sorts of people and happenings everywhere I go. There’s aliveness in the air. People everywhere. It's a whole relational playground! With the freshness of this season, and seeing so many humans out and about, I find myself contemplating what we all have in common in this world we share… especially during this time where it can feel li

Like all counsellors, Relational Somatic Counsellors work from a particular therapeutic orientation. In our case, that orientation is body-based. There are many different approaches to therapy. Some counsellors focus primarily on emotions, trauma processing, or attachment patterns. Others specialize in specific modalities such as Art Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Play Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Some may w

Somatic therapy is an approach to psychotherapy that recognizes the deep connection between the body (and it's systems), the mind, the emotions, and lived experience. Emerging research in psychology and neuroscience suggests that stress and trauma are not only processed cognitively, but are also held in patterns of tension, sensation, and physiological response within the body. Because of this, many people find that meaningful healing involves more than insight alone — it als