I have trained in two main therapies, Breathwork and Listening Bodywork.  I also use and am receiving formal training in Sound Healing.  In my work, whichever therapy I am working with, I intuitively draw on the others to support and augment the healing.  To understand how these therapies relate to the human condition, please continue reading down the page.

For more information on these therapies and how I use them, please click on the therapy name in the paragraph above, or go to the “Therapies” button on the navigation bar near the top of the page.

Therapy and The Human Condition

At our moment of conception, we exist as Pure Essence, our Spiritual Core (inner circle of the diagram.).  In the womb, at birth (potentially a very traumatic experience), and in early childhood, we have numerous experiences from which we try to make sense of the world.  Many of these, we experience as frightening or limiting and we develop a number of deep fears and limiting beliefs that surround our pure essence and limit our ability to be our spiritual selves.  This is our Fear Self.

As we mature, we develop a number of coping strategies to deal with living in the world - strategies that enable us to survive despite our fears and limiting beliefs.  These create a mask which is what we allow people to see of us - our Pretend Self.

Much counselling and behavioural work is focused on developing more effective coping strategies in the Pretend Self.  These approaches can be very effective in quick timescales and may be all that is needed to live a satisfactory life.  However, they typically do not do any significant healing of the underlying fears and limiting beliefs.

Breathwork, Bodywork and Sound Healing are therapies that allow one to explore and heal the Fear Self.  This healing renders coping strategies unnecessary and ultimately allows full expression of Pure Essence - one’s spirituality, creativity and core being.

Therapies