Somatic Counselling in Saffron Walden
Making the decision to come for counselling is the first step on the journey to discovering and understanding more about yourself, your relationships and your place in the world. I offer counselling and personal development on a medium or longer term basis in Saffron Walden and Castle Hedingham in Essex. I enjoy working individually, with couples and with small groups.
Making the decision to come for counselling is the first step on the journey to discovering and understanding more about yourself, your relationships and your place in the world. I offer counselling and personal development on a medium or longer term basis in Saffron Walden and Castle Hedingham in Essex. I enjoy working individually, with couples and with small groups.
I offer a holistic approach Integrating the Emotional Freedom Technique (aka tapping) together with other somatic and creative practices in my sessions for women.
With my mind, body spirit approach clients can heal, develop and grow through self-awareness and understanding, self-regulation, self-exploration and self-acceptance.
I offer a holistic approach Integrating the Emotional Freedom Technique (aka tapping) together with other somatic and creative practices in my sessions for women.
With my mind, body spirit approach clients can heal, develop and grow through self-awareness and understanding, self-regulation, self-exploration and self-acceptance.
Life can feel very complicated at times and finding someone to talk to can be hard - especially if you're already feeling anxious, depressed, stuck or misunderstood. Have you been struggling with an issue that feels too overwhelming to think or talk about, even with your closest friend or your partner? I can help you work with your thoughts and emotions to get to what really matters in your life.
Life can feel very complicated at times and finding someone to talk to can be hard - especially if you're already feeling anxious, depressed, stuck or misunderstood. Have you been struggling with an issue that feels too overwhelming to think or talk about, even with your closest friend or your partner? I can help you work with your thoughts and emotions to get to what really matters in your life.
I use sound, art materials and psychotherapeutic touch called biodynamic massage as well as somatic techniques.
My work centres around trauma, developmental trauma, emotional neglect, the highly sensitive person and the capacity to understand and express feelings and emotions. Through working with body awareness, somatically and with mindfulness breathing, you will come to understand how these feelings arise and why your body responds and behaves in the way it does; why you say things and act as you do. As you become aware of the effect of this on yourself and others, you can make informed decisions and choices on how to change this so that you live your life fully and authentically to reach its full potential.
I use sound, art materials and psychotherapeutic touch called biodynamic massage as well as somatic techniques.
My work centres around trauma, developmental trauma, emotional neglect, the highly sensitive person and the capacity to understand and express feelings and emotions. Through working with body awareness, somatically and with mindfulness breathing, you will come to understand how these feelings arise and why your body responds and behaves in the way it does; why you say things and act as you do. As you become aware of the effect of this on yourself and others, you can make informed decisions and choices on how to change this so that you live your life fully and authentically to reach its full potential.
My practice is grounded in Humanistic, Existential, and Somatic principles, encouraging your potential for positive change and self-actualization, connecting with your physical sensations to deepen self-awareness, and supporting you to live in alignment with your values.
I approach counselling with a deep sense of respect and responsibility. I view it as a privilege to accompany individuals on their journeys of self-discovery and healing. I offer a safe, supportive, and compassionate environment where clients can feel empowered to explore their inner worlds and cultivate greater well-being. The relationship between us will form the foundation of the work. I welcome confused, stuck, and weary clients into a space of safety and connection.
My practice is grounded in Humanistic, Existential, and Somatic principles, encouraging your potential for positive change and self-actualization, connecting with your physical sensations to deepen self-awareness, and supporting you to live in alignment with your values.
I approach counselling with a deep sense of respect and responsibility. I view it as a privilege to accompany individuals on their journeys of self-discovery and healing. I offer a safe, supportive, and compassionate environment where clients can feel empowered to explore their inner worlds and cultivate greater well-being. The relationship between us will form the foundation of the work. I welcome confused, stuck, and weary clients into a space of safety and connection.
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You might have a sense that something isn’t quite working, perhaps in how you feel, how you relate to others, or how you’re moving through life. This can show up as anxiety, low mood, feeling stuck, anger, grief, trauma, or relationship issues. I’m Matt, offering low-cost therapy online and in person in the St Neots area. I provide Core Process Psychotherapy, a mindfulness-based approach offering a grounded, supportive space to meet whatever you’re going through. I’m a trainee psychotherapist with the Karuna Institute. A free initial call and first session are offered to explore your needs and see how it feels to work together.
You might have a sense that something isn’t quite working, perhaps in how you feel, how you relate to others, or how you’re moving through life. This can show up as anxiety, low mood, feeling stuck, anger, grief, trauma, or relationship issues. I’m Matt, offering low-cost therapy online and in person in the St Neots area. I provide Core Process Psychotherapy, a mindfulness-based approach offering a grounded, supportive space to meet whatever you’re going through. I’m a trainee psychotherapist with the Karuna Institute. A free initial call and first session are offered to explore your needs and see how it feels to work together.
Person Centred, Holistic, Somatic, Integrative.
I specialise in Grief and Bereavement Therapy. This includes Living Bereavement (where a loved one is diagnosed with a life limiting illness), and individuals who have gone through, or about to undergo, a significant life change.
I also work with individuals who have experienced abuse, including Emotional Abuse such as Narcissistic abuse. Emotional abuse may go undetected by the person experiencing it at the time, but it can lead to low self worth, stress and anxiety disorders, depression, weak immune system and other health issues, poor self awareness, and attracting other abusive relationships.
Person Centred, Holistic, Somatic, Integrative.
I specialise in Grief and Bereavement Therapy. This includes Living Bereavement (where a loved one is diagnosed with a life limiting illness), and individuals who have gone through, or about to undergo, a significant life change.
I also work with individuals who have experienced abuse, including Emotional Abuse such as Narcissistic abuse. Emotional abuse may go undetected by the person experiencing it at the time, but it can lead to low self worth, stress and anxiety disorders, depression, weak immune system and other health issues, poor self awareness, and attracting other abusive relationships.
I use a blend of talking therapy and hypnotherapy, alongside parts work (including IFS), somatic approaches, and grounding & mindfulness techniques, depending on your needs.
I do not believe in an “ideal client”, only in a person who is willing to engage in the therapeutic process. Many people come with a desire for change, growth, healing, or deeper self-exploration, often feeling low, anxious, overwhelmed, or disconnected within themselves.
My role is not to give answers, but to guide you towards your own; working compassionately, curiously, and patiently. Through a holistic, person-centred approach, I support you in exploring your inner world, understanding patterns, and developing greater awareness, balance, and connection within yourself.
Whole through Acceptance, Love, and Compassion.
I use a blend of talking therapy and hypnotherapy, alongside parts work (including IFS), somatic approaches, and grounding & mindfulness techniques, depending on your needs.
I do not believe in an “ideal client”, only in a person who is willing to engage in the therapeutic process. Many people come with a desire for change, growth, healing, or deeper self-exploration, often feeling low, anxious, overwhelmed, or disconnected within themselves.
My role is not to give answers, but to guide you towards your own; working compassionately, curiously, and patiently. Through a holistic, person-centred approach, I support you in exploring your inner world, understanding patterns, and developing greater awareness, balance, and connection within yourself.
Whole through Acceptance, Love, and Compassion.
English & Russian Speaking - I work with adults who may seem capable and “fine” on the outside, while internally feeling anxious, overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, or disconnected from themselves. Many of my clients struggle with overthinking, self-criticism, people-pleasing, or feeling responsible for everyone else’s needs. Some grew up around criticism, high expectations, or environments where emotions didn’t feel fully safe. Together, we gently explore these patterns, helping you better understand yourself, build self-compassion, and feel more grounded, confident, and emotionally supported.
English & Russian Speaking - I work with adults who may seem capable and “fine” on the outside, while internally feeling anxious, overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, or disconnected from themselves. Many of my clients struggle with overthinking, self-criticism, people-pleasing, or feeling responsible for everyone else’s needs. Some grew up around criticism, high expectations, or environments where emotions didn’t feel fully safe. Together, we gently explore these patterns, helping you better understand yourself, build self-compassion, and feel more grounded, confident, and emotionally supported.
I work with most presenting issues in children & adults. I specialise in brain-based therapies that I integrate with talking therapies. My specialist area is psychological trauma and emotional regulation found in most issues. I have 40 years experience in the NHS, Private & Voluntary sectors with children, couples & adults.
I work with most presenting issues in children & adults. I specialise in brain-based therapies that I integrate with talking therapies. My specialist area is psychological trauma and emotional regulation found in most issues. I have 40 years experience in the NHS, Private & Voluntary sectors with children, couples & adults.
Maybe you’ve tried therapy - the worksheets, the apps, the coping tools that promised to help. If you’re neurodivergent or living with trauma, it’s no surprise those didn’t stick; survival mode needs more than a strategy. You might be here after a diagnosis, burnout, loss, or just years of masking that finally caught up with you. Either way, we start where you are - not where you think you’re “supposed” to be.
Maybe you’ve tried therapy - the worksheets, the apps, the coping tools that promised to help. If you’re neurodivergent or living with trauma, it’s no surprise those didn’t stick; survival mode needs more than a strategy. You might be here after a diagnosis, burnout, loss, or just years of masking that finally caught up with you. Either way, we start where you are - not where you think you’re “supposed” to be.
Conflicts often follow a familiar, repetitive pattern even though the content may change. In relationship therapy, we can identify the strategies that you're using in conflict, the needs you hope those strategies will meet, the ways in which those strategies might be counterproductive, and how you can do things differently.
I offer Internal Family Systems informed therapy for partners and other pairs including siblings, friends, and family members. I welcome people in non-normative relationships such as queerplatonic relationships.
Conflicts often follow a familiar, repetitive pattern even though the content may change. In relationship therapy, we can identify the strategies that you're using in conflict, the needs you hope those strategies will meet, the ways in which those strategies might be counterproductive, and how you can do things differently.
I offer Internal Family Systems informed therapy for partners and other pairs including siblings, friends, and family members. I welcome people in non-normative relationships such as queerplatonic relationships.
On the outside it looks like everything's fine. You appear confident in work, people seek your advice, you've been considered a high achiever for most of your life. But on the inside, you feel exhausted and disconnected. It's hard for you to switch off, you constantly feel guilty for resting, you hate asking for help. You're irritable, losing sleep and although you're functioning everyday, you're surviving more than you are thriving. It feels like no matter what you do, it's never good enough. Your inner critic says to just get on with it, other people have it worse. But, you're ready for change, you just don't know where to start.
On the outside it looks like everything's fine. You appear confident in work, people seek your advice, you've been considered a high achiever for most of your life. But on the inside, you feel exhausted and disconnected. It's hard for you to switch off, you constantly feel guilty for resting, you hate asking for help. You're irritable, losing sleep and although you're functioning everyday, you're surviving more than you are thriving. It feels like no matter what you do, it's never good enough. Your inner critic says to just get on with it, other people have it worse. But, you're ready for change, you just don't know where to start.
I am trained in a variety of modalities including EMDR for both children and adults, NeuroAffective Touch, Somatic Experiencing, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, and I have Masters degrees in Psychodynamic therapy and Nursing, I am very experienced and support trainee and trained therapists with personal therapy and supervision as well.
I am an experienced therapist specialising in trauma and I am qualified to work with children, young people, adults and families. I have a special interest in developmental trauma and attachment, and also with domestic abuse, supporting both children and adults. I also support those with anxiety and depression, self harm and suicidal ideation. I work with people for both the short and long term, depending on individual need, and offer face to face and online appointments.
I am trained in a variety of modalities including EMDR for both children and adults, NeuroAffective Touch, Somatic Experiencing, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, and I have Masters degrees in Psychodynamic therapy and Nursing, I am very experienced and support trainee and trained therapists with personal therapy and supervision as well.
I am an experienced therapist specialising in trauma and I am qualified to work with children, young people, adults and families. I have a special interest in developmental trauma and attachment, and also with domestic abuse, supporting both children and adults. I also support those with anxiety and depression, self harm and suicidal ideation. I work with people for both the short and long term, depending on individual need, and offer face to face and online appointments.
Psychosexual and Relationship Therapist for couples and individuals online and in Essex.
I am often called a sex therapist and work with couples and individuals experiencing difficulties with sex, intimacy and communication.
I offer sessions via Zoom and in-person in Essex.
You may be dealing with low desire, painful sex, erection or arousal difficulties, porn-related concerns, affairs, or growing distance in your relationship. I provide a confidential, non-judgemental space to talk openly and to develop practical strategies to move forward.
Psychosexual and Relationship Therapist for couples and individuals online and in Essex.
I am often called a sex therapist and work with couples and individuals experiencing difficulties with sex, intimacy and communication.
I offer sessions via Zoom and in-person in Essex.
You may be dealing with low desire, painful sex, erection or arousal difficulties, porn-related concerns, affairs, or growing distance in your relationship. I provide a confidential, non-judgemental space to talk openly and to develop practical strategies to move forward.
You're holding everything together — work, relationships, responsibilities — and doing it well enough that nobody would guess the effort it actually takes. But privately something won't shift. The anxiety that appears for no obvious reason. The relationships that follow the same exhausting patterns. The flatness that success hasn't touched.
You've probably tried to address it. Got some tools, felt better for a while. But something underneath keeps reasserting itself — and you're right that it does.
I've spent 30 years helping people understand what's actually driving their experience, not just manage the symptoms.
You're holding everything together — work, relationships, responsibilities — and doing it well enough that nobody would guess the effort it actually takes. But privately something won't shift. The anxiety that appears for no obvious reason. The relationships that follow the same exhausting patterns. The flatness that success hasn't touched.
You've probably tried to address it. Got some tools, felt better for a while. But something underneath keeps reasserting itself — and you're right that it does.
I've spent 30 years helping people understand what's actually driving their experience, not just manage the symptoms.
I am a fully qualified and insured counsellor. I trained Integratively, which means I use a range of different theories and modalities to support my clients depending on what you need. It might be that you want to look at events from your past that you feel are holding you back or it might be that you want to concentrate on what is going on for you in the here and now, we can do either or both. I have extensive experience working with a wide range of issues and can help support you by offering space for you to work through whatever it is that you are struggling with right now.
I am a fully qualified and insured counsellor. I trained Integratively, which means I use a range of different theories and modalities to support my clients depending on what you need. It might be that you want to look at events from your past that you feel are holding you back or it might be that you want to concentrate on what is going on for you in the here and now, we can do either or both. I have extensive experience working with a wide range of issues and can help support you by offering space for you to work through whatever it is that you are struggling with right now.
My style is collaborative, solution-focussed, & somatic, tailored to you and your individual needs.
After just 12 sessions, while working with NHS clients where counselling outcomes are measured, my clients reported experiencing reduced -> hiding from others, panic attacks, self-criticism, and feeling increasingly -> assertive, proud, self-belief, alive, confident, having improved relationships, and seeing the bright side of life.
My style is collaborative, solution-focussed, & somatic, tailored to you and your individual needs.
After just 12 sessions, while working with NHS clients where counselling outcomes are measured, my clients reported experiencing reduced -> hiding from others, panic attacks, self-criticism, and feeling increasingly -> assertive, proud, self-belief, alive, confident, having improved relationships, and seeing the bright side of life.
Hi, it’s nice to meet you. My name is Pavan. I’m based in London and work online with clients across Europe. I work with individuals tired of pretending they’re fine: thoughtful, capable and outwardly together, yet anxious, burnt out or quietly lost. I offer a deeper, non-clinical space where you don’t have to perform or explain yourself. Shaped by both training and my own therapy, I work gently and honestly. I’m drawn to sensitive, intuitive people who learned to survive by being strong or accommodating. Therapy becomes the place you get to soften and be seen.
Hi, it’s nice to meet you. My name is Pavan. I’m based in London and work online with clients across Europe. I work with individuals tired of pretending they’re fine: thoughtful, capable and outwardly together, yet anxious, burnt out or quietly lost. I offer a deeper, non-clinical space where you don’t have to perform or explain yourself. Shaped by both training and my own therapy, I work gently and honestly. I’m drawn to sensitive, intuitive people who learned to survive by being strong or accommodating. Therapy becomes the place you get to soften and be seen.
Sam Nash: Integrative
Psychotherapist, MBACP
1 Endorsed
Bury Saint Edmunds IP33
Waitlist for new clients
With nearly 10 years of experience supporting adults, adolescents, and families in both private practice and various mental health settings, I bring a wealth of expertise to the field. As a senior lecturer with extensive experience teaching postgraduate counselling students, I have a deep understanding of counselling, psychotherapy, and integrative therapeutic approaches. Additionally, I actively engage in current research and hold certification in trauma-informed therapy.
With nearly 10 years of experience supporting adults, adolescents, and families in both private practice and various mental health settings, I bring a wealth of expertise to the field. As a senior lecturer with extensive experience teaching postgraduate counselling students, I have a deep understanding of counselling, psychotherapy, and integrative therapeutic approaches. Additionally, I actively engage in current research and hold certification in trauma-informed therapy.
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How does somatic therapy work?
Somatic therapy is a form of treatment that focuses on how the body and mind are interconnected. In this approach, physical symptoms are addressed because they may in fact signal emotional distress. Somatic therapists combine mindfulness, talk therapy, breathwork, yoga, dance, and physical manipulations of the body to help patients become more attuned to what their body is telling them.
Is EMDR a somatic therapy?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a form of somatic therapy, as it incorporates mental and physical principles. EMDR involves remembering a traumatic experience while allowing one’s eyes to track a side-to-side visual stimulus from a therapist. This lateral eye movement is believed to diminish the painful power of the memory so that it can be discussed with a therapist.
Is somatic therapy evidence-based?
Somatic therapy has been researched and studied, and some forms of somatic therapy are found to be effective in treating a wide range of conditions. Because somatic therapy encompasses many techniques, some, such as EMDR and meditation, have been studied more than others.
What is somatic trauma therapy?
Somatic trauma therapy is based on the idea that when people experience trauma, they can become stuck in the “freeze” part of a “fight, flight, or freeze” response. In this state, trauma can manifest itself both mentally and physically—through tension in the muscles, anxiety, and stress. Popular forms of somatic trauma therapy include EMDR, sensorimotor therapy, and somatic experiencing.