
Supporting psychologists + therapists to learn and integrate
somatic approaches into clinical practice & personal self-care
welcome
If you’re anything like I have been, you may find yourself feeling stuck in your practice — noticing that some clients reach a certain point in therapy yet struggle to create deep, lasting change. Perhaps you’ve begun to sense the limits of what talking alone can reach, wondering if something essential is missing. And maybe, beneath it all, there’s a quiet exhaustion — the weariness that comes from holding space, caring deeply, and carrying the weight of responsibility for too long.
Or you may be inspired by the resurgence of interest in and the scientific validation of the importance of what is held in our bodies.
Either way, you’re in the right place!
Somatic work helps clients access the implicit memories, emotions, and beliefs held within the body, allowing deep transformation beyond cognitive insight. It can stand alone as a gentle yet powerful approach, or beautifully complement therapies like EMDR and ACT by supporting embodied presence, emotional regulation, and integration of what emerges in those modalities.
Our somatic psychotherapy courses offer smaller group, supported, reflective and inspiring ways of coming to know somatic work (work that includes the body), from the inside out.
There are many brilliant courses in somatic work appearing online or in large conference groups with Master trainers, who have inspired these trainings. The courses presented here integrate such knowledge and present the scientific underpinnings of somatic work while also supporting experiential practices and deep reflection in a way that only smaller group settings can.
What you learn won’t replace your current ways of working (nor should it!), but you will leave with powerful tools and a deep respect for the body, which will enhance your practice and support your clients (and perhaps yourself!) in deeper healing.
I hope you find what you are looking for here. I look forward to meeting you!
Kirstie
Offerings:
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Practitioner Training: 'The Missing Link'
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'The Missing Link' Bali Training Retreats
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Mentoring & Supervision
Meet Kirstie
I am a Clinical Psychologist, Somatic Therapist, Trainer and Mentor, with over 25 years of experience in working with adult clients in a wide range of settings and with a variety of issues. I am passionate about Somatic work, which revitalised my own practice and has supported my clients (and myself!) in making deep, lasting changes and creating new, compassionate relationships with themselves and others.

I believe
That our bodies are the ‘missing link’ in our healing; they contain our greatest pains and traumas, waiting to be transformed, and our deepest wisdom which, when given a compassionate, safe space, moves us towards wellbeing.