Psychoemotional Challenges

Changes to our emotional and mental health can feel really scary and isolating.

Important parts of our lives – like working or socialising – that used to feel manageable may now feel much more difficult, or even impossible. We may be beset by worries, about the state of the world, about the present and the future. It might feel difficult to connect with others, leaving us feeling isolated and alone, but perhaps still longing for meaningful support and connection.

When we experience changes to our psychoemotional health we tend to see changes to our physical health too – for example in our digestion, skin, energy level, sleep or immune system. Because of this intrinsic mind/body relationship, truly effective therapy needs to take care of the body as well as the mind.

I specialise in working with people experiencing short- or long-term stress, low mood, depression, anxiety, and panic attacks.

When we work together, you’ll have a safe and confidential space to tell your story, and a highly compassionate, empathetic and supportive listener.

You’ll have the time and space you need to share your experience, free of judgements or strong opinions.

In addition to that, we’ll explore how the health of your body might be influencing your feelings (for example, your gut microbiome, or trauma), and put together a plan focused on helping you move towards psychoemotional wellbeing and vitality.

Whether it’s through slowing down, spending time in nature, doing trauma work, embracing creativity, finding ways to connect more meaningfully with others, or something entirely different – we’ll work together to help you find what you need.

While that’s happening, we’ll also be using gentle-yet-powerful medicinal herbs to support and improve your psychoemotional health and any other areas that may be influencing how you’re feeling.

Through our work together, you’ll achieve greater balance, optimism, and resilience – both now and into the future.

Digestive Problems

Problems with digestion can feel embarrassing, uncomfortable, and just plain inconvenient.

The simple pleasures of cooking and eating can become confusing and stressful as we try to navigate what we can and can’t eat. Keeping up with things we love doing – like eating out, exercising, and socialising – can feel really difficult if our symptoms get in the way.

To make matters worse, trying to make sense of all the contradictory sources of advice out there can feel practically impossible!

In my practice I specialise in helping people experiencing food intolerances, gut dysbiosis, IBS, Crohn’s disease, colitis, and reflux or GERD.

When we work together, we’ll start by establishing the root causes of your digestive problems. Common causes include trauma, stress, anxiety, diet, and an imbalance of gut microorganisms.

We’ll make connections between your symptoms and your wider health, and get clarity on why your digestive system needs some support.

Then we’ll put together a clear and comprehensive plan – individually tailored for you – to help you focus on the foods you need and avoid the foods you don’t.

We’ll use medicinal herbs to calm, heal and strengthen your digestive system, as well as helping improve your health more generally. And I’ll support you to find a lifestyle that’s in harmony with your digestive goals (for example, working on stress management strategies).

Through our work together, you’ll improve your digestive function today, while also gaining the knowledge and tools to help maintain it into the future.

Chronic Fatigue

Long-term fatigue can devastate our ability to lead a full life.

Whether it’s a result of trauma, burnout, stress, exhaustion, a virus (including COVID-19 and long Covid), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME, fibromyalgia, pregnancy/labour/breastfeeding, a food intolerance, gut microbiome imbalance, or part of another illness – the causes of fatigue are many, and can be incredibly debilitating and demoralising.

We can start to second-guess all of our decisions. Making plans can feel full of risk and worry – about whether we’ll have sufficient energy, become overwhelmed, or experience days of exhaustion afterwards. Our confidence can drift away as our faith in our ability to complete even the smallest tasks is eroded.

We may look back on our pre-fatigue self and wonder how we ever had so much energy, how we seemingly took so much in our stride. When we’re fatigued or burned out we can feel like our world is shrinking, and the future can seem bleak. Over time, fatigue can understandably lead to feelings of depression, anxiety and low self-esteem.

In our work together, we’ll begin by establishing the root causes of your fatigue.

From there we’ll focus on healing those root causes through an individually-tailored programme of restorative medicinal herbs, nutrient-dense foods, compassionate and appropriate lifestyle guidance, and psychoemotional support. We’ll also explore any other measures that are relevant for you (for example energy and activity pacing, improving sleep, trauma therapy, and stress-management techniques).

Recovering from fatigue or burnout can take time, for your body and spirit to heal, and for you to regain your confidence and innate resources. We may need to explore new ways for you to use and gather your energies in the present and into the future, and consider how you balance activity and rest. Getting clarity on what nourishes and depletes you, and where and how to set boundaries in your life, might be important too.

However long it takes, or however difficult it feels, I’ll be there to support you throughout the ups and downs of recovery from fatigue.

And, by giving you a toolkit of strategies to help you build and conserve energy, you’ll achieve improvements that will not only last, but continue to grow, even after our work together has ended.