Welcome - I'm Angela.
I'm a therapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner specialising in helping women still living with the effects of childhood trauma.
So if you feel you’re constantly managing the effects of your past without success - whether that's difficulty trusting people, living in reaction mode e.g fight/flight/freeze/fawn, feeling unsafe in your own body, or struggling with relationships and boundaries then I’ve got you.
Through online therapy, I help you finally feel more stable, settled and safe in yourself, so you can stop being ruled by your past and start living the life you actually want.
You know your childhood shaped you, but you're tired of talking about it. You've done therapy before, maybe for years, and while it helped you understand what happened, you still feel the effects every single day.
You might be stuck in survival mode with fight/flight/freeze/fawn your norm. You have automatic reactions as opposed to pause and respond.
You might feel disconnected from your body - sometimes numb, sometimes overwhelmed, but rarely just calm. You're always scanning for danger, even when you're logically safe.
Your relationships feel complicated. You either push people away or give too much of yourself. Trust feels impossible, but so does being alone.
You get triggered by things that shouldn't be a big deal. A certain tone of voice, feeling criticized, or someone being upset with you can send you spiraling for hours or days.
You know you're technically allowed to have needs and boundaries, but actually expressing them feels terrifying. You'd rather suffer in silence than risk conflict or rejection.
You want to feel more balanced, empowered and free. You want mutually respectful relationships with equal give and take. You want to trust your own feelings and reactions instead of second-guessing everything.
If you're anything like the women I work with…
I help you move from survival to safety through gentle sustainable approaches that work with your nervous system's natural healing capacity. We work conversationally - no touch is ever involved - combining talk therapy with awareness of what's happening in your body.
Using Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal approaches, and Psychodynamic therapy, we work together to help your nervous system feel safe enough to heal, so you can finally feel at home in yourself.
It's time to heal where trauma actually lives-in your nervous system.
Words from people I have supported