Combined Psychotherapy with Acupuncture and/or Shiatsu

Current neuroscience increasingly recognises the importance of somatic approaches within talking therapies. Emotional and physical experiences are deeply interconnected, and working with both can support a greater sense of integration and wholeness.

A core tenet of TCM approaches and cited in the Huangdi Neijing;

 “The majority of physical diseases are caused by internal emotional factors.” 

Whilst there is some debate over this, there is no doubt that there is a direct and bidirectional correlation between the two. It makes sense to work with both; an area that has a growing research base.

A blended approach may be helpful if you experience:

• Strong physical responses alongside emotional distress

• Numbness or disconnection from your body

• Difficulty finding words for your experience

• A sense of being stuck

• Over‑intellectualisation or disconnection from felt experience

• Situations where working in the present moment is essential

• An interest in learning self‑acupressure or Shiatsu techniques

• A calming response to safe, attuned touch

Touch can be extremely powerful. I will listen and adapt to what arises in the session, in your body in the present moment and always within a framework of safety, grounded in relationship and ethics.

“Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain”

-Carl Jung