Therapy can be vulnerable and new, so it’s natural to be nervous. It can be scary to think of opening up or crying in front of someone new. It may also have been difficult to trust people in the past, and hard to imagine that this will feel any different. You will get to know me on your own terms, building trust along the way. It is completely normal to have doubts.

It’s often helpful to think of the first few sessions as trying out the waters together, so you can get a sense of how you feel working with me. What’s most important is that you find someone who is the right fit for you right now. I can provide referrals if needed.

After our work together has been established, you may find that you’d like to transition to fortnightly or monthly check-ins. At the beginning of the work, however, I always work on a weekly basis so that we have a chance to assess the fit of therapy together.

Absolutely! It provides many benefits for those recovering from trauma, including:

• An increased sense of safety and control in one's own familiar environment

• Less stimulation and overwhelm, getting to appointments often results in engagement from calmer states and deeper work

• The ability to more quickly integrate the use of new somatic tools in one's own spaces

This is very common and completely okay. Working somatically is one of the options we have together, but I can also work with you from other approaches that don’t require you to “tune into the body”.

If you are interested in somatic work, but it feels like a mysterious unknown, you can rest in knowing that somatic therapy doesn’t require you to instantly feel “in tune” with your body or sensations. We move at your pace, with full respect for your boundaries and your way of understanding yourself.

If you’re neurodivergent, have sensory sensitivities, or have had negative experiences with body-based practices in the past, our work can be tailored to what does feel supportive and accessible for you.