Holistic Approach combining EMDR Therapy with Parts Work
I believe that healing happens through connection - to the world, ourselves, our bodies, and within a safe therapeutic relationship. This belief underpins my approach to therapy. By taking a holistic view of mental health, fostering a strong mind-body connection, and building a trusting therapeutic relationship, we create a collaborative partnership that supports meaningful and lasting change.
My therapeutic approach integrates EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) with parts-based therapy. Together, these evidence-based therapies provide a gentle, safe, and effective way to process distressing experiences and unresolved memories with meaningful, lasting change. This integration not only helps reprocess the impact of past experiences but also supports the parts of yourself that continue to hold and respond to those experiences in the present. As processing occurs and these parts become more understood and connected, many people experience a greater sense of inner cohesion, self-compassion, and authenticity.
While this approach is particularly effective for trauma, complex trauma, and dissociative disorders, it is also effective for people experiencing anxiety, depression, disordered eating, addictive behaviours, and a range of other mental health concerns.
What is a parts-based approach?
Parts work is based on the understanding that the self is made up of different parts. These parts all play a valuable role such as prioritising daily living and functioning in society or seeking safety and protecting us from threats.
Often protective parts can look like mental health difficulties such as indecision, aggression, perfectionism, inner-critics or take the form of self-destructive and addictive behaviours.
Understanding the development and purpose of these parts as a survival mechanism is essential to integrating and healing our inner world so that we can live authentically and peacefully in the present.