I offer one to one online sessions or in person in North Wales using a sliding price scale (go here for details). My work is founded upon the combination of Internal Family Systems (IFS), Embodiment with Living Compassion, and held with the awareness and care of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). IFS is the terrain giving clarity to the relationship between the parts of our inner lives and their benevolent purpose. Embodiment is the welcoming of the felt sense, a revealing of its deeper meaning, and an enabling of the experience required for transformation. NVC is the bridge between mind and body, a way of perceiving ourselves and the world from what is of underlying value, and finding clarity in the art of articulating our authentic experience. This is a non-pathologising process in which these techniques can synergies to create resilient sustainable neurological change.

Internal Family Systems (IFS). Richard Schwartz, the creator of IFS, listened to the inner world of his clients and found that it was characterised by parts which had a positive intent for the client but had taken on extreme roles in an effort to be safe. He also discovered that these extreme parts became more cooperative once their concerns were addressed and they felt safe. This is a process of listening to these parts from a compassionate perspective, acknowledging their intentions and efforts, and allowing them to choose more effective ways to serve their roles. The ‘inner family’ comprises of all such parts, and their effective collaboration serves the whole body ‘system’ to feel healthy, whole and harmonious.

Living Compassion as shared by Robert Gonzales “is a radical shift to embrace any reactivity we experience and not make an enemy of it. Rather than saying, ‘I must get over this, get rid of this’ or ‘I must heal this,’ we go towards our reactivity and see it as our life force expressing in us, saying, ‘See me, allow me.’ Our liberation and our freedom is in attending to our greatest fears with an allowing presence. The action of turning toward that which we perceive as the block in our lives is the act of self-compassion.”

Embodiment and Somatic Awareness. The language of tangible sensations is the body’s yearning to express how life may be enriched. As evolution has wired the body to both survive and thrive, every sensation has a positive intent, regardless of whether it is perceived as pleasant or not by the listening mind, it. Embodiment is about is about befriending the body, honouring its messages, and allowing its reawakening from our cultural habit of suppressing feelings that are considered uncomfortable. Our re-connection of our natural somatic awareness is the empowerment process of knowing, trusting and loving our authentic selves which enables the natural healing process.