Therapy and Coaching

People who hold complexity for a living need spaces where their nervous systems can settle, their stories make sense, and their choices expand. I offer trauma-informed therapy and coaching that restores capacity—so you can meet hard situations without self-betrayal and build a life and practice that lasts.

The people I work with are often carrying more than they realise. Years in demanding roles—humanitarian response, peacebuilding, advocacy, leadership in high-pressure contexts—leave traces in the body that don't simply resolve when the contract ends or the context shifts.

You might notice it as persistent exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix. A shorter fuse than you used to have. Difficulty being present with people you care about. A sense that you're functioning, but not really living. Or perhaps something more acute—intrusive memories, hypervigilance, a nervous system that won't settle.

This work is for people ready to address what they're carrying—not by talking about it endlessly, but by working with the body, rebuilding capacity for regulation, and restoring choice where there's been reactivity.

Who I Work With

• Humanitarians & NGO staff: chronic stress, moral injury, compounding exposure, field/HQ friction.

• Activists & organizers: burnout cycles, intra-movement conflict, harassment and surveillance stressors.

• Social-impact leaders & founders: decision fatigue, isolation at the top, co-founder and board tensions.

• Caring professions (educators, social workers, responders): secondary trauma, boundary fatigue, grief load.

• Mediators & facilitators: empathic strain, role contamination, holding others’ conflict.

• Security & public-safety professionals (military, police, security agencies): operational stress, cumulative exposure, organizational pressure, values conflicts.

If you do not presently fall within any of these categories, and you would still like to explore collaboration please do reach out through the contact form.

What We Work On

• Downshifting from hyper-vigilance/freeze; steadying your baseline

• Restoring sleep, energy, and rhythm; repairing boundaries without guilt

• Processing critical incidents and cumulative stress; addressing moral injury

• Untangling repeating conflict patterns at work or home

• Rebuilding trust and connection in teams and relationships

• Making decisions that are values-aligned and sustainable

How I Work with Individuals

I draw primarily on Somatic Experiencing—a body-based approach to trauma that works with the nervous system directly, not just the narrative. This is often more effective for people whose experiences don't fit neatly into words, or who've found that talking about what happened doesn't change how they feel.

I also integrate Nonviolent Communication for relational patterns and conflict, and parts-informed approaches for working with the different voices and impulses that can feel at war inside us; and group analytic thinking for understanding how the groups we've belonged to—families, teams, organisations—continue to shape how we relate and what we carry.

Somatic and paced. We work with your body’s signals (breath, posture, activation, sensation) to create safety and choice, using titration and pendulation rather than overwhelming dives into trauma material. There is no need for going back to traumatic memory, because trauma is non-conceptual and can therefore be resolved through the felt sense.

Relational and practical. Expect grounded conversation, micro-skills from Nonviolent Communication, and small exercises during sessions that translate into daily practice.

Systems-aware. I account for the realities in your environment: policies, power, culture, and role pressures. Change is designed to be durable in messy systems—not just in ideal conditions.

Ethical and clear scope. I offer trauma-informed therapy and coaching. I don’t provide psychiatric care or legal/operational advice. If you need additional support, we’ll map a safe pathway together.

A Note for Professionals who face critical incidents:

Work in insecure places carries unique loads: split-second decisions, constant alertness, organizational/public scrutiny, exposure to harm. My work helps you:

• down-shift without losing edge

• metabolize critical incidents and cumulative stress

• navigate values dilemmas and moral injury

• restore sleep, boundaries, and family/team connection

• build repeatable regulation you can use on and off duty