Articles drawn from my clinical thinking on therapy, trauma, relationships, and the nervous system.
These reflections explore experiences and patterns that can feel confusing, overwhelming, or hard to shift — including trauma, relationship difficulties, shutdown, hypervigilance, self-protection, and the ways people may come to organise themselves around stress, disconnection, or survival.
Some pieces are more reflective. Others are more practical. All are written to offer thoughtful, accessible perspectives on experiences that are often hard to put into words.
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Many people come to therapy with good insight into why they struggle, yet still feel hijacked by anxiety, shutdown, shame, or relational patterns. This article explores why trauma is not only cognitive, and why meaningful change may require attention to relationship, affect, the body, and the nervous system as well as reflection.
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Relational psychotherapist, ILF neurofeedback practitioner, and clinical supervisor in Shinfield, Reading, Berkshire, UK.
In-person and online psychotherapy, neurofeedback, and supervision.
+44 (0)7803 049039 · paolo@presentingpast.co.uk
UKCP Registered Psychotherapist · BACP Registered Member · CTA-P
