Your body has been
carrying this
long enough.
Trauma-informed somatic therapy that works with the whole of you: not just the part that can find words for it.
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You've tried to
understand it.
Your body still knows.
You may have spent years in talk therapy. You may understand your patterns, your childhood, your triggers. And yet something hasn't shifted. The tension is still there. The exhaustion. The way your body braces before a difficult conversation.
That's not a failure of insight. That's the body waiting to be included in the work.
"Trauma compromises our ability to engage with others by replacing patterns of connection with patterns of protection." (Stephen Porges)
Not just talking
about it.
Most therapy asks you to think about your experience. Somatic therapy asks you to be with it: in your body, in real time, with support.
The work draws on three evidence-based frameworks that John has trained in deeply. Each brings something the others cannot do alone. Together, they form an approach that meets you where traditional therapy often stops.
Every session moves at your pace. Nothing is forced. The invitation is to get curious: about what you feel, where you feel it, and what it might be protecting.
Compassionate Inquiry Informed
Developed by Dr. Gabor Maté. Reveals the unconscious dynamics beneath the surface: the hidden assumptions, implicit memories, and body states that drive behaviour. The goal is not confrontation but compassionate recognition.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz. Works with the different "parts" within you (protectors, exiles, managers), each of which once played a role in keeping you safe. IFS restores connection to your core Self: calm, curious, and capable of leading.
Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)
Developed by Dr. Stephen Porges. A non-invasive acoustic intervention grounded in Polyvagal Theory. SSP helps shift the nervous system from chronic defence toward safety, connection, and the capacity for deeper therapeutic work.
Somatic Awareness
The body keeps the record. Somatic work brings gentle attention to how emotions and survival patterns are stored and expressed physically, supporting the nervous system in processing what the mind alone cannot resolve.
What to expect
in the room.
There is no fixed script. Each session responds to what's present. But there is a shape to the work: a direction it moves in, and a quality of attention that runs through all of it.
Safety first
Before any exploration, the nervous system needs to feel safe enough to engage. Sessions begin with grounding, presence, and whatever pace is right for you that day.
Curious exploration
Through conversation, body awareness, and gentle inquiry, we explore what's present, not to analyse it from a distance, but to be with it and understand what it needs.
Parts work
We meet the parts of you that carry old wounds and the parts that protect them, not to remove them, but to understand them. When a part feels seen, it no longer needs to shout.
Integration
Real change isn't just insight. It's felt. The final part of each session focuses on grounding the work in the body, so what shifted in the room becomes available in your life.
"His calm, compassionate approach created a space where I could finally look at the parts of myself I'd spent years avoiding. I feel lighter, clearer, and more connected to myself than I ever have."Maria, Therapist and Coach
Ready to take
the first step?
The first session is always a discovery call: a 30-minute conversation to understand what you're carrying and whether this approach feels right for you. There is no obligation and no pressure.
Therapy sessions are held online via video, making them accessible wherever you are.
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