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

For a little while now I have been reflecting on the importance of allowing oneself to feel fully. What I mean by this is enabling oneself to feel all emotions; the full spectrum of them... and learning to let them move through us, entirely. Without holds, without restriction, without limitation. This doesn't mean acting on them, and it doesn't mean letting ourselves lose our balance (unless we're ready to), but most certainly, feeling them. A lot of us in Western society are

Healing through somatic work happens slowly, often with moments of big revelations or movements of energy. It moves at the pace of...

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Resourcing is a common term used in the therapy world - but what exactly is it? To start, when we consider the word "resource", generally...

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The short animated film Kingdom inspired me SO much that I'm still thinking about it a year after it's release. Still it moves me to...

Disconfirming experiences are experiences which disconfirm our previous understandings and update our perspective. When a disconfirming...

Trauma from childhood, also known as developmental trauma, is a particularly challenging form of trauma to heal from. Because so much of...

Space holding is the act of creating an intentional space for listening to and being with another person in a way that is supportive to...

This January 1, 2025 marked 9 years of daily devoted meditation practice for me! I began on January 1, 2016... and I am eternally...

Did you know? Currently the world of therapy is undergoing a paradigm shift. We are evolving from a mental model to a psycho-biological...