How I came to understand that healing happens in the body, not just the mind.
THE BEGINNING
I was three years old when my body first started speaking a language no one around me could understand.
Kidney problems. Bladder issues. Urgent, persistent, painful—and completely unexplained by any medical test. The doctors ran everything they could think of. Nothing showed up. But the symptoms were real, and they were mine to carry.
By the time I was fourteen, I'd come to a conclusion the adults around me hadn't: this wasn't a physical illness. It was something else. Something emotional, psychological, locked somewhere inside me that scans and blood tests couldn't reach.
I didn't have the language for it then, but I knew instinctively: my body was holding something my mind couldn't access.
That knowing—quiet, persistent, impossible to ignore—set me on a path I'm still walking thirty years later.
THE LONG ROAD THROUGH EVERY MODALITY
I started with spiritual healing. I was drawn to it young—whether that was innate intuition or simply a nervous system trained early to scan for danger, I'm not sure. Probably both.
I trained with the Spiritualist Church, learnt energy work, became a healer. And it helped. It genuinely did. But there was something missing. Something I couldn't quite name, but could feel the absence of.
So I kept searching.
I studied holistic therapies—understanding the body's natural systems and how they communicate. I went deeper into clinical techniques—anatomy, physiology, how physical touch and release work at a tissue level. I trained in psychology—the mind's patterns, defences, the stories we construct to make sense of pain. Then neuroscience—how the brain encodes trauma, how the nervous system learns protective responses and holds them for decades.
Each discipline gave me a piece. But none of them, alone, gave me the whole picture.
What I slowly came to understand—through years of formal study, yes, but more importantly through years of trying to heal my own complex trauma—is that healing requires all of it working together.
Psychology without somatic release leaves trauma trapped in the tissues. Somatic work without nervous system reprogramming means the mind keeps creating new stress responses. Spiritual work without grounding in the body can feel unanchored. Clinical techniques without emotional context miss the deeper story.
But when you integrate them—when you understand how neuroscience amplifies somatic release, how psychology deepens spiritual insight, how clinical bodywork becomes transformative when combined with breathwork and intuitive body listening—that's when real change happens.
Not in your head. In your whole system.
WHAT THIRTY YEARS HAS TAUGHT ME
Healing doesn't move in straight lines.
You don't go from "broken" to "fixed" and stay there. You circle back to the same wounds, the same patterns—but each time, if you're doing the work properly, you meet them with more awareness, more capacity, more compassion.
That's not regression. That's integration.
Different approaches address different layers.
In my own journey, I found that spiritual practice opened something important, but didn't ground the healing in my body. Therapy gave me understanding, but didn't release what was stored physically. Bodywork created relief, but without nervous system work, the patterns returned.
I needed all of it. And I've found that's true for most people—especially those who are highly creative, highly sensitive, or who've been carrying trauma for a long time.
Your body holds most of your trauma.
About 80%, actually. You can talk about your childhood for years, understand every psychological pattern, know exactly why you react the way you do—and still feel it in your body.
Still tense when you're about to be visible. Still freeze when someone raises their voice. Still experience unexplained physical symptoms—fertility struggles, hormonal imbalances, digestive issues that flare with stress, chronic pain that appears and disappears, bladder or kidney sensitivity connected to fear responses.
Because the knowing is in your head, but the memory is in your tissues.
You're not broken.
You're brilliant, sensitive, deeply capable. Your body learnt to protect you when you were young and vulnerable, and those protective mechanisms saved you. But they've outlived their usefulness, and now they're in the way of the life you're trying to live.
The work is designed for independence.
After our time together—ten sessions, sometimes a bit more—you leave with everything you need to continue on your own. You'll know how to recognise when your nervous system is activated. How to calm it. How to release emotions as they surface. How to tell the difference between fear and intuition.
The work isn't meant to create an ongoing relationship. It's meant to give you the tools so you don't need ongoing support.
HOW I WORK NOW
I don't follow a set protocol. I can't. Because you're not a protocol—you're a person with a unique nervous system, a unique history, unique blocks, and a unique way of holding trauma.
What I do is listen—to what you're saying, yes, but more importantly, to what your body is saying.
I can often identify where trauma is stored in your body. What age it's from. What emotions are held there. What it's blocking in your life now. This isn't mystical—it's three decades of learning to listen to the body's language.
Once I understand what we're working with, I design a bespoke treatment plan that weaves together elements from five core perspectives:
Psychology (the mind's patterns and protective mechanisms)
Neuroscience (reprogramming the nervous system's automatic responses)
Holistic healing (energy, breath, the body's innate wisdom)
Clinical bodywork (releasing physical tension and stored emotions)
Spiritual understanding (reconnecting with intuition and alignment)
Every session works with your vagus nerve and breath—these are foundational to all nervous system regulation. Beyond that, what we do is shaped by what your body reveals it needs in that moment.
I don't use massage, body mapping, guided visualisations, Reiki, or talk therapy. And I don't offer a menu of modalities for you to choose from, because what you think you need isn't always what your body actually needs.
Some clients need more nervous system work first. Others need to start with the body. Some need psychological reframing before somatic release will be effective. Everyone is different.
That's why the work is bespoke. And that's why it's effective.
HOW PEOPLE FIND THEIR WAY HERE
For thirty years, this practice has grown through word of mouth. People typically arrive because someone they trust shared their experience—often after a profound shift in their own life.
My clients are based across the UK, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, and Switzerland. Many work in creative industries or high-performance roles. They're often psychologically aware, have tried multiple approaches, and are looking for something that goes deeper.
I was honoured to receive the UK Tatler Award for Best for Creating Change (Spiritual Awards, 2024), and I collaborate with 180 Strand, London's creative hub for professionals.
I've also worked privately with individuals in fashion and film, always maintaining complete confidentiality. Discretion isn't a marketing point for me—it's a core value. Your healing is sacred, and it's nobody's business but yours.
WHAT MATTERS TO ME
I work best with people who are ready to engage with the process. Healing isn't something I do to you—it's something we do together. It requires honesty, willingness, and the courage to feel what you've been avoiding.
If you're looking for someone to fix you whilst you remain passive, we're probably not the right fit. But if you're ready to understand what your body has been trying to tell you, and you're willing to do the work to release it, then something genuinely transformative can happen.
WHAT I'VE COME TO BELIEVE
After thirty years of this work, here's what I know to be true:
Everyone has the capacity to heal. But healing requires genuinely wanting it—not just the idea of it. And sometimes it means letting go of what you'll lose when you're no longer in pain.
Sometimes illness or struggle becomes part of our identity. Sometimes it's how we receive care, attention