Holistic Psychological Therapies

Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society

HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist

Holistic therapy treats the body-mind as one whole. Sometimes talking isn’t enough. It doesn’t shift the old thoughts, feelings and stuck patterns of the past. Holistic therapies are aimed at helping the body to let go. Our emotions are in the body- ‘the body keeps the score’ as we say (from the classic book of that title by Bessel Van der Kolk). The body often expresses the issues we haven’t yet acknowledged, getting to the heart of the matter.

Somatic work may be guided work that you do for yourself with imagery; or may be a natural healing method that has been handed down from nature-centred indigenous cultures around the world. Somatic healing clears blocks in the field of consciousness in and around the body, and brings the energies you need to move forwards into your field.

Stephanie has been training in alternative and indigenous healing practices for over 30 years, learning from teachers in a range of world traditions including Celtic, Navaho, Mayan/South American, Hawaiian, and Japanese/Buddhist. She works in a respectful and collaborative way with her clients. She has a range of holistic therapy qualifications, Shamanic Practitioner, Reiki Teacher and Ascension Therapist.

Holistic therapy sessions with Stephanie will combine the skills of an experienced psychologist to understand a long-standing issue in light of psychological theory, combined with somatic work to help release stuck metaphysical energies. When a blockage in the energy body is released suddenly it seems possible to see and feel an issues in a different way, allowing you to put into practice the changes you need to make.

Holistic psychology begins with a full history taking, and subsequent sessions will review the issues we have taken as our focus for the work, followed by a somatic healing, and end with a reflection on the somatic work and clarifying a focus for you to work on over the next interval between sessions.

You can opt for a single (one-off) somatic therapy session for a bit of personal R&R (choose from shamanic healing, Reiki or Ascension therapy), or a Holistic Psychology course of therapy for more long-standing issues.