Trauma: How the Freeze Response Affects Healing and Recovery

Trauma: How the Freeze Response Affects Healing and Recovery

Have you ever had a distressing experience and afterwards felt so frustrated or angry with yourself for not speaking up or taking action? Or maybe in conflict situations you tend to go quiet and shutdown. I want to reassure you that it’s not your fault. When...
Trauma and Proprioception

Trauma and Proprioception

Trauma is any distressing event where you feel overwhelmed, powerless or helpless and do not fully use up or reset your instinctive fight, flight, or freeze response. It can happen to anyone. When a human experiences distress such as injury, loss, continually pushing...
Trauma and Childbirth

Trauma and Childbirth

As a Polyvagal Psychotherapist, I have supported a lot of women with trauma relating to childbirth. It can go unrecognised because there is the societal belief that giving birth is “natural” and that “women are designed to have babies”, etc. Often this is not the case...
Trauma and How to Handle Panic Attacks

Trauma and How to Handle Panic Attacks

If you’ve ever had a panic attack you’ll know how scary it is to feel so out of control. It can feel like your body is attacking you. But what if I told you that it’s all about your nervous system protecting you because it is designed to help you...
What is Medical Trauma?

What is Medical Trauma?

Medical trauma can have lasting effects on the body and mind. Many years ago, before training to be a Psychotherapist, I worked as a Medical Secretary supporting various Consultants around the world and as a Fitness Professional helping people to rehab and recover...
How Trauma Affects Your Psoas Muscles: Chronic Pain and Healing

How Trauma Affects Your Psoas Muscles: Chronic Pain and Healing

The psoas is a very important yet often unknown muscle that plays a vital role in your physical health and mental wellbeing. The cumulative effect of neglecting this muscle is physical and mental stress and tension, which manifests itself mentally as anxiety and...