Thoughtful articles 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 can come to organise themselves around stress, disconnection, or survival.
Some pieces are more reflective. Others are more practical. All are written to help make difficult experiences feel a little more understandable.
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Feeling constantly on edge can be exhausting. This article explains hypervigilance in plain language: why the nervous system stays on guard, how trauma and chronic stress can shape this response, and why it is not a sign of weakness or overreaction.
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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.
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