Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapeutic approach that supports people in gently reprocessing difficult experiences so they no longer carry the same weight in daily life.

EMDR is a way of helping the brain and body connect pieces of information (emotions, images, sensations) where memories feel “stuck”, where memories from the past intrude on the present. When past experiences remain unprocessed, they can continue to shape how we feel, think, and respond. 

Through bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements, tapping, or sounds, EMDR helps the nervous system integrate these memories in a new way, reducing distress and opening space for healing.

How is EMDR different to other therapies?

Unlike many therapies that focus mainly on talking through experiences, EMDR works a little differently. EMDR allows distressing experiences to lose their intensity as we use bilateral stimulation to help the brain reprocess memories. 

While traditional therapies often focus on exploring and understanding experiences, EMDR works directly with how those memories are stored in the nervous system, supporting change at both an emotional and physical level.

My relational approach

EMDR is offered in the same spirit as all my approaches and services, with warmth, respect, and a commitment to connection and relational practice. I move at your pace, ensuring you feel safe and supported throughout our work together. My job is to work with you to help you heal from pain, we find our way along that journey together.

Who is EMDR for?

I use EMDR with both children and adults. EMDR can be helpful for those who have experienced:

• Trauma or abuse
  

• Grief and loss
  

• Anxiety, panic, or phobias
  

• Accidents or medical trauma
  

• Stress that feels overwhelming or hard to shift
  

The Flash Technique, or Predictive Processing Flash, was developed by Philip Manfield and adapted by Thomas Zimmerman. It's a gentle approach to trauma reprocessing that works with how your brain naturally stores and updates memories. This means you can process painful experiences without having to relive them or talk through them at length.

How does it work?

In a Flash session, you'll focus on something that feels calm and good for you while we work gently with the distressing experience at a distance. Rather than sitting with the full weight of what happened, your brain gets to process it in small, safe doses.

This approach is client-led, and many people notice a real shift in how a memory feels, often within a single session. This includes the body sensations, images and thoughts attached to a distressing memory.

It might be a good fit if...

• You've found other trauma approaches too activating or overwhelming

• You're not ready (or don't want) to talk through what happened in detail

• You want to work with your nervous system, not against it

What can I expect?

You stay in control throughout. We go at your pace. You don't need to describe your trauma in detail.

Flash can be used on its own or woven into our broader work together.

Trauma Centre Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) was developed by the Centre for Trauma and Embodiment and is the only yoga-based approach to trauma and PTSD backed by over twenty years of research. It's been found to be as effective as talk therapy for complex trauma.

What actually happens in a session?

Trauma is the fundamental experience of choice being taken away. These sessions aim to restore that sense of choice and agency. TCTSY works by gently rebuilding a felt sense of safety within your body. Sessions involve simple yoga forms done at your own pace, where you get to choose how you move and explore what feels right for you body (even when sometimes you might not know). There is no right or wrong in TCTSY. You can can stop or change your movements at any time for any reason.

Is this for me?

• Talk therapy alone hasn't felt like enough

• You feel disconnected from or unsafe in your body

• You're living with the effects of complex or ongoing trauma

• You want to work with your body as part of healing

TCTSY can be woven into our work together or offered as a standalone session.

TCTSY works well online and can be offered individually or in groups.