Introducing the concept of somatic counselling

Research shows that incorporating the body in therapy leads to more lasting change than talk therapy alone. Somatic counselling is a combination of mind and body work. It recognises the key role the autonomic nervous system plays in healing and successful therapy.

By exploring physical sensations (such as heat or tightness in the body) while discussing an issue, we can directly access the deep-rooted emotional memory. We integrate the experience, new neuropathways are built, and we can come back to our regulated selves, feeling calmer and more in control.

I can support you to discover and understand the feelings, beliefs and other signals in your body/mind (both unhelpful and helpful) that drive your way of being and acting in the world. Those patterns, or habits, likely helped you to cope with life challenges in the past but may now be causing distress, or holding you back from living your life in the ways you'd like to.

Global best practice for successful therapy is somatic: a combination of mind and body work.

Drawing from the science of safety, trauma, and neurobiology, I use a combination of somatic therapies like Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness, somatic experiencing techniques and cognitive psychology.

The Body

Learning to recognise how feelings are experienced in the body and how the body communicates is essential for healing and behaviour change. I use body focussed interventions, like tapping, breathing exercises and gentle movement, to help overcome the physical and emotional reactions that create the suffering. You’ll feel safe and liberated in our body and come back to your regulated self.

The Mind

Our self-views, our patterns of coping and our thoughts have roots in early childhood experiences and are often unconsciously repeated in unhelpful ways. I use evidence-based somatic practices to help break unhelpful thought patterns. You’ll feel more in control of your thoughts and feelings, particular the troublesome ones. This will enable you to get new perspectives and achieve true behaviour change.

My mission is to create positive change in as many lives as possible.

  • “Wiebke has been such a pivotal help in my healing journey. Working 1:1 with her through counselling has really aided my ability to heal childhood patterns and big blockages. "

    "Wiebke has a comforting and compassionate approach which helps create awareness in myself and get to the root of the patterns. The tools and exercises she provided to help resolve these traumas has been so helpful in my journey. Even within a few sessions I feel I have cleared so much and have the tools to use when something arises.” – Tennille

  • “I had therapy with Wiebke and it has truly changed my life after only three session which were all online via zoom! The sessions have helped me to focus on the things that are important and have provided me with strategies to help me disregard the thoughts and emotions that are not helpful.”

    “It also helped me work through the physical pain I experience on a daily basis due to illness and has provide me with ways to better cope. I am still work in progress but I now feel like I am on the right track.” – Linda

  • “I went through a very difficult time in life which created serve anxiety and bordering states of depression. At the time I didn’t want to get medicine to numb myself, which is when I came across Wiebke’s holistic offering.”

    “It honestly reset me and my entire nervous system. I left each session not only feeling lighter and more grounded but with exercises to do when I was in the middle of a panic attack or episode at home.” – Rachel

  • “I had been feeling stressed and scattered when I booked the session, and was having a few health issues. Wiebke immediately made me feel calmer, and offered a number of suggestions which have helped.”

    “I felt sooo relaxed for the first time in weeks, and I left in a completely different frame of mind – it really did feel like my energy had shifted.” – Birgit

Therapeutic 1:1 Coaching

If you’re a human, chances are you’ve experienced trauma. This experience unconsciously shapes your neurobiology, behaviour, and relationships. Our life is navigated from a place of fear, adaptation, and disconnection rather than connection and self-worth. As a trauma-focused therapist, I recognise that trauma is real, present, and must be integrated into the body for true healing. I see best results with clients when these conditions are present:

  • You are committed to do the work between sessions

  • You are genuinely ready and motivated for change

  • Your situation is relatively safe and regulated to enable you to be vulnerable and safely undertake your inner work

  • You are willing to sit with some discomfort of growth

If you'd like to explore working together, feel free to email or call me.  I look forward to hearing from you.

My primary goal is for my clients to feel safe and seen.

All trauma occurs in relationships, making the client-therapist relationship essential for creating new, safe experiences. My primary goal is for my clients to feel safe, seen, and supported. Sessions focus on exploring self-perception, worldviews, and coping patterns. Body-centered practices are gently introduced to regulate the nervous system and increase awareness.

I work within a developmentally informed and trauma aware perspective. That means I bring trained awareness to the different ways stress and trauma might impact a person's engagement with their life and relationships.

I provide I helpful insights into neurobiology to deepen understanding of the brain-body connection. Between sessions, clients receive resources and practices to promote gentle habit formation and lasting change.

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Main Practice Areas

Included but are not limited to:

  • Anxiety

    Learning to notice and normalize the sensations that we automatically link to anxious thoughts can be one first step in re-framing our relationship to anxiety & regaining a sense of balance and well being in our lives

  • Relationships

    Connecting, communicating and collaborating with others can be challenging whether in our personal or professional lives. I work with you to understand your attachment style and schemas. The foundation to establish healthy relationships and good boundaries.

  • Life Transitions

    Bigger life transitions require adjustment and adaptability and may mean that we are grappling with loss. Even the transitions we experience as positive can sometimes be destabilizing. And sometimes we just need a little support to navigate through the change.

  • Trauma Treatment

    Post traumatic stress is an experience where the past comes alive unbidden in the present causing distressing and at times debilitating symptoms. Through gently including the body and using somatic approaches to soothe bodily symptoms we can create a sense of safety. Allowing to integrate and heal traumatic experiences.

  • Self Esteem

    Self efficacy and esteem are important for us to develop good boundaries and healthy, happy relationships with ourselves and others. Using schema therapy to understand your patterns, ways of thinking allows to develop new structures and a stronger sense of self.

  • Leadership Coaching

    Leadership coaching is a collaborative and individualised partnership between a coach and a leader - whether executive, group leader, business owner, manager, teacher, or parent. Coach and leader work together on specifically tailored & agreed upon growth opportunities.