Embodied-Relational Psychotherapy 

 Therapy is a journey - we are listening with the whole body

A relational embodied approach begins with a deep trust in the unfolding of the process, whatever is happening in your life. However messy or uncomfortable, this is an endeavour to grow and change.

Unravelling the Wisdom in the Body

The body is a pathway into aliveness and a more immediate sense of being here. It also holds the imprint of experience — including memory, tension, and the impact of what has been lived through muscles, tissues, and breath. In this work, the body is not something to interpret, but something to listen to. We become curious about how experience is held — how sensations arise, are expressed, or held back.

This may include noticing subtle shifts in tension, changes in breath, or impulses towards movement or stillness. We may also work with sound, voice, and gentle movement as ways of becoming more in contact with experience. These explorations are always relational, and nothing is ever required — we move at a pace that feels safe and appropriate for you.

The Format of the Sessions

• Sessions last 60 minutes and my fees are (Sliding scale) £60-£75 per session.

• I work Online and In Person from Downderry, Cornwall Online via Zoom Sessions

• Most of my work now is online and I have found working online to be a profound deep process in which we can work together, incorporating both the body and relationship.

If you would like to explore working together you can

• Book a Free Initial 45 minute Consultation

• Book a Full 60 minutes in-person session for which I charge my full fee

The relationship between us is central to the way I work.

It can become a steady ground for new ways of relating — both to yourself and to others. Together, we create a space where you can bring yourself more openly, including what feels difficult or hard to speak about.

“As human beings we long for connection. Yet often through past hurt we can feel unsafe to be close to another.”

Often, what is difficult in life also appears in the therapeutic relationship. For example, if it is hard to trust, to get close, or to speak about emotional experience, these patterns may also show up here. Rather than being a problem, this becomes something we can notice and work with together.

As human beings, we long for connection and closeness. Yet past experiences of hurt or rejection can shape ways of protecting ourselves that make closeness feel unsafe.

These protective patterns are not wrong — they were formed for good reason — but they can also limit connection in the present.

In our work, we slow down enough to notice these dynamics as they happen between us. Over time, this can allow for new ways of being in relationship to emerge.