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02/03/2026

Back in my practice in North Adelaide, after a trip to Brisbane to learn all about EMDR 2.0 - an enhanced, research-informed evolution of standard EMDR therapy.

Huge thanks and gratitude to Prof Ad de Jongh and dr. Suzy Matthijssen for their dedication, groundbreaking contributions to the field, and for delivering such an engaging and thought-provoking training experience.

I’ve started integrating EMDR 2.0 into my practice here in Adelaide, alongside trauma-informed psychology and my non-clinical yoga-based regulation work, and I love how it fits so well into my approach!

As a psychologist working from a trauma-informed and somatic lens, EMDR and EMDR 2.0 felt like the ‘missing link’, like a natural extension of my work. Because we know that trauma is not just a story held in the mind, it is an experience encoded in the body and nervous system.

My biggest take away (and what I have been seeing in my practice):
𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝.

EMDR 2.0 builds on the “traditional” EMDR foundation by intensifying working memory taxation and optimising the conditions for rapid, adaptive reprocessing.

EMDR 2.0 offers a powerful, structured pathway to support integration, helping clients move from survival responses toward greater flexibility, safety, and choice.

What I value most about this approach:
• It respects the nervous system’s adaptive intelligence
• It is grounded in robust empirical research
• It supports depth work while maintaining structure and safety

I definitely see increasing efficiency and effectiveness, particularly for complex trauma presentations. And that brings hope for all survivors!

26/02/2026

Our thoughts and core beliefs shape our feelings and behaviour. That’s the core tenet of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

Over the past two decades (and definitely with the popularity of Bessel Van der Kolk’s 2003 book “The body keeps the score”) psychologists are much more aware of the impact our cognitions have on our bodies.

I mean, it’s common sense, isn’t it? Of course you’d be holding your body differently if you believed “I don’t deserve love” as compared to someone whose core belief is “I’m loved and valued for who I am”.

But the links between mind and body, core beliefs and health, go much deeper, and are often overlooked, dismissed or pushed aside.

Until your body tells you to take note.

Maybe your energy levels are constantly low, and you never feel refreshed no matter how much you sleep.

Maybe you keep getting sick and are run down, even though you “do everything right”, like “have the perfect diet and exercise daily”.

A psychologist might be able to help you find out what’s going on, what core beliefs, patterns or schemas might keep holding you back from thriving and enjoying your life.

See, modern psychology is way more than “thoughts and feelings”.

We need to keep the body in mind.

22/02/2026

Have you heard of “body doubling”?

It’s a well-known technique in the ADHD space that’s aimed at enhancing productivity and decreasing procrastination.

But it goes way beyond ADHD, and I often recommend similar versions of this strategy for people who struggle with anxiety, depression, loneliness, lack of motivation…

What is it?
It’s basically just having another human present somewhere close by. Not interacting, just their presence can enhance our focus and productivity.

But this goes way beyond productivity hacks.
It’s all about co-regulation and the way our nervous systems synchronize.

How does it work?
When another regulated human is nearby, our system often feels safer.

Safer → more regulated → better focus.

This is co-regulation, something well described in the work of Stephen Porges and Polyvagal Theory.

We focus better when we don’t feel alone.

I see this every time in my in-person mindful movement classes, whether it’s in our little North Adelaide studio or when I teach in the community.

People walk into class dysregulated, scattered, overwhelmed. Sometimes nervous, not sure what to expect, or worried about not being “good enough”.

Nothing “dramatic” happens.
We breathe. We move slowly. We share space.

And something shifts.

Not because anyone forced productivity.
But because the nervous system settled in safe company.

So if you have ADHD, or simply a highly responsive nervous system, you might not need more discipline.

You might need:

• structured space
• gentle awareness
• attuned presence
• community without pressure

That’s what our in-person trauma-informed classes offer.

Sometimes healing (and even just getting things done) starts with not doing it alone.

✨Check out our timetable for current classes
Link in bio!

📍 10 Marian Street, North Adelaide

16/02/2026

When I was at uni (like, more than 20years ago 😜) the main treatment modality all psychology students learned was Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). And we were told “you need to focus on the presenting issue the client wants help with, not the past.”

I always found that counterintuitive, because whatever the issue is now clearly stems from something that happened earlier in life.

Over the past two decades the thinking has shifted, and we now know that simply focusing on surface level symptoms is not the way to go to bring about lasting change and relief for our clients.

This “three-prong approach” of working with past, present and future is at the heart of EMDR.

In Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, we don’t retell the trauma story for the sake of it.
We follow the thread between then and now.

Because we know the nervous system is still responding to experiences that may be long over.

The trigger in the present.
The belief about yourself now.
The body response that feels bigger than the moment.

When we process past memories, we’re not changing what happened, but we are changing how it is stored and how to move beyond.

So instead of
“I am not safe.”
“I am not enough.”
“It was my fault.”

… the nervous system can finally update.

EMDR helps the brain integrate what was once overwhelming, so the past becomes something our clients remember, and not be stuck in.

And from there we create a different future.

15/02/2026

Regulate & Restore is our foundational 4-week small group program, offering

✅ psycho education on the neuroscience of stress and trauma,
✅ how our nervous system works,
✅ and how to use mindful movement and
✅ gentle somatic practices to feel safer and more “at home” in your own body.

Registrations are now open.

📆 Starts Saturday 28.02.2026
⏰ 11am
📍 10 Marian Street, NORTH ADELAIDE
In person 🧍‍♀️ or online 💻

13/02/2026

The longest relationship of your life is the one with your own body.

It’s been with you through every heartbreak, every celebration, every fear, every day.

It remembers what your mind tries to minimise.
It lets you know what (and who) is safe, what it does and does not need, in subtle and not so subtle ways.

So maybe it’s time to give it some acknowledgment.

To build some trust, through listening and gentle awareness.

Through noticing the tightness in your chest before you say yes.
Through honouring the fatigue instead of pushing through.
Through pausing long enough to ask: Is this true for me?

To notice the quiet ‘no’ in your gut, or the spark of excitement about something that makes you feel alive.

Self-attunement is the practice of noticing, feeling, and letting your body have a voice in your decisions.

This Valentine’s Day, maybe it’s time to not just focus on relationships we have with others, but on the way you relate to yourself.

Because the most intimate relationship you will ever have is the one where you feel safe within yourself. 🤍

12/02/2026

I see this quote in every day. But I’ve got an issue with it…

Keen to hear your thoughts 💭

06/02/2026

Mindful movement is suitable for every body!

This 50mins class is all about feeling more at home in your mind and body.

We start with a gentle breathing exercise, then move into slow and mindful movement for about 30-40mins, and finish with a mindfulness based relaxation exercise, led by Clinical Psychologist and Trauma Informed Yoga teacher Annemarie.

There are no headstands, handstands, or complicated poses.

Each class has a theme that weaves through the breathing, movement and relaxation elements (e.g., safety, connection, heart-opening…).

Come as you are, leave calmer, clearer and more relaxed 😌

05/02/2026

“Ugh I feel like crap, it must be something I ate”

Could be. But perhaps the more important question might be:

“What did I take in today, emotionally, relationally, energetically?”

Our language reflects how closely mind and body intersect, and how what we take in emotionally impacts us physically.

Like “I’ve had a gut full of how this person treats me”.
Or (in German) “das schlägt mir auf den Magen”

Allow your mind and body the rest and stillness it needs to digest and refuel. 💛

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