Holistic Practitioner, Coach and Counsellor
Pevensey, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, Online and Face to Face
The mind-body connection
Relief from stress-induced conditions and chronic pain - a holistic approach toward effective treatment and recovery.
As a holistic practitioner in the mind-body connection, I use a comprehensive trauma-informed approach to the mind-body link of chronic neuroplastic conditions and pain, anxiety and unresolved or unprocessed emotions.
In your treatment journey, you may have come across or been introduced to the terms mindbody pain, stress-induced conditions, neuroplastic pain, or tension myositis syndrome (TMS for short). These terms are synonymous with one another and refer to a process in which our unconscious emotional issues such as anxiety, past trauma, or fear, can result in physical pain or other symptoms.
Symptoms may include chronic fatigue, back pain, insomnia, anxiety, migraines, sinusitis, abdominal pain… the list is quite extensive. Even if you do not see your specific symptom(s) listed here, if you are experiencing physical, chronic pain that is persistent, cannot medically explained, or traditional treatment options have so far been unsuccessful, the answer may be mindbody pain.
Your Pain Is Real
To be clear, this is not to say that your pain is not real or is happening only in your mind. Just the opposite. Emotions and mental state are capable of changing a body’s physiology. The underlying cause of the bodily pain you are experiencing may be your mind’s defence mechanism against unconscious mental stress and emotions.
In other words, your brain is protecting you from these harmful emotions, and creates pain as a distraction from them.
That is why, when exploring treatment options for chronic pain conditions, it is important to treat the whole of the body. The more you are able to learn and understand the origins and foundations of your emotional responses, the better equipped you are to manage the events that trigger those responses. Over time, the management becomes easier, and the symptoms that emerge from the emotions lessen.
Together, we will explore the mindbody connection to first identify the emotional issues that you may not even be aware are feeding your chronic pain condition, and then influence them through a variety of treatment types, which are detailed below.
SIRPA Online Support MINDBODY Recovery Programme
As a SIRPA Practitioner, I am equipped with the knowledge and tools to help you put your physical symptoms in context, bringing your emotions, beliefs, personality traits, life experiences and thought patterns into the frame.
I offer a SIRPA Online Support MINDBODY Recovery Programme. This programme is perfect if you are struggling with the physical symptoms of hormonal changes and want to take a whole-person approach to addressing them. You’ll receive an in-depth education about the role of our emotions, thought patterns and beliefs in causing and perpetuating symptoms. You’ll also be equipped with various tools to help soothe your nervous system, improve emotional awareness, work with ingrained thought patterns, and resolve physical symptoms.
NB. SIRPA’s online recovery programme is available to purchasers from anywhere at any time and from a PC, Mac, phone or tablet. You can take it at your own pace and access the content at a time/place that suits you.
Your opportunity to grow
- Are you tired, worn-down or burnt out and wonder if you will ever feel better?
- Do you find it nearly impossible to function well at work?
- Maybe the relationships around you are being impacted by your changes in wellbeing?
- Are you finding the demands of home life just too much?
- Perhaps you are approaching menopause and symptoms are making life difficult?
- Perhaps as your body changes and hormones fluctuate you feel the change in your identity?
- Maybe these shifts are happening whilst you are also navigating children leaving home?
- Are you having to balance, career, home life and looking after elderly relatives?
- Are you dealing with loss or bereavement?
- Perhaps you have always had certain standards and expectations of what it means to be a ‘successful’ or an ‘idealised’ woman - but stress and hormonal changes are making it impossible to live up to?
- Are you struggling with the many ‘roles’ placed on you?
- Maybe your physical body is changing in ways you don’t recognise, and is throwing up all sorts of pain, brain fog, and many other discomforts?
- Perhaps there have always been issues around body confidence for you, but what was a hum in the background is now a clamour you can’t ignore?
- Are you neurodivergent, and up until now have been able to mask traits of Autism and/or ADHD? But now that your hormones are in flux, your ability to function well is unravelling?
Whatever impact stress and hormonal issues are having on your life, I am here to support and encourage you. These times can feel chaotic, and confusing; it can feel like a tsunami, but hidden within is an invitation for growth. When we face transitions, and our old ways of being don’t work for us anymore - we begin to question so much of what we thought we knew, it can feel overwhelming. But with the right tools and strategies, we can learn to calm the anxiety, tune into our courage, and step forward into new ways of being which are more life-giving than previously.
If you are interested in exploring this, book your discovery call here or email health@artwellbeing.co.uk.
Get in touch
The first step is for us to have a free 30-minute discovery Zoom video call, which will help to ensure that I am the right therapist for you. Then, with your consent, we will work together to establish the best approach to give you the support you need.
My therapy sessions are relaxed and informal. I will never judge you; I am only here to support you to find balance and equilibrium and make positive changes.
Together, we will work at your pace, and you will learn a unique set of tools to help you cope with any challenges that may arise in the future. Ideally, a minimum of six sessions is recommended.
After your discovery call you will be sent an email with a new Calendly invitation to book and confirm your first session. Payment is taken at this time.
You will receive a questionnaire about you, which can act as the foundation for your first session. We can and will fill this out in more detail as we work together. This is asked to be returned 48 hours before your first session.
For complex situations ideally, a minimum of six sessions is recommended.
Book your free 30-minute discovery call now.
If you would like more information, please email health@artwellbeing.co.uk.