The Bigger Picture Clinic

The Bigger Picture Clinic A Holistic Psychotherapy and Healing Clinic

13/05/2026

Nothing’s gone wrong.
You’ve just moved from fantasy into reality.

And this is where unresolved wounds usually enter the relationship.

The question isn’t:
“Did I choose the wrong person?”

Sometimes it’s:
“What keeps getting recreated inside of me?”

Part 3 coming soon 🤍

04/05/2026

Most of us don’t actually know what healthy love feels like…
we know what feels familiar.

And familiar doesn’t come from nowhere.
It’s shaped by what we experienced early on,
what was available, what was missing, what we had to adapt to.

So when we feel that instant pull toward someone…
it can feel like chemistry.

But often, it’s something deeper:

A recognition.
A pattern.
A part of us saying,
“this feels like something I’ve known before.”

That doesn’t make you broken.
It makes sense.

But it does mean this:

If we don’t become aware of it,
we’ll keep choosing dynamics that feel right…
but don’t actually meet us.

This is where the work begins.

Not in finding the “right” person…
but in understanding what we’ve been calling love.

Part 2 — Why this starts to hurt.

30/04/2026

Trauma doesn’t stay in the past.
It lives on in the nervous system… and in the parts of us that learned what love meant early on.

So when love shows up in the present,
it’s not just met by who you are today,
it’s met by the parts of you that remember.

And those parts may experience love as:

unsafe
unpredictable
something that has to be earned
something that could disappear
something that asks too much
or something that requires protection from

Not because you’re broken, but because, at some point, love didn’t feel safe.

So your system did exactly what it was designed to do.

It adapted.

Parts of you learned to shut down…
to overthink…
to cling…
to create distance…
to stay hyper-aware…
to protect, no matter the cost.

Not to sabotage love, but to help you survive what love once felt like.

From an IFS perspective, these are preventative parts.

They’re not the problem,
they’re trying to prevent you from feeling something that once overwhelmed you.

So when we say trauma blocks love,
it’s not that love is being rejected.

It’s that your system is protecting you from what love has meant before.

And here’s where healing begins.

Because those same parts can start to shift,
not through force,
not through insight alone,
but through safe, consistent, attuned connection.

Love, when it’s steady enough, safe enough,
can begin to earn the trust of those protective parts.

It can soften what has been guarded.
It can create new experiences that your system didn’t have before.

Because healing doesn’t just happen in the mind, it happens in relationship.

So yes…
trauma can block love.

But love, real, safe, regulated love can also be what heals it.

And that includes the relationship you build with yourself.

Because the more your parts feel seen,
not judged… not pushed away…
the less they have to protect.

And the more space love has to come through.

29/04/2026

If you keep finding yourself in the same patterns…it might not be a lack of willpower.

It might be a protective part of you choosing what feels familiar, predictable… safe enough.

Even when that place feels limiting or painful.

Because our nervous system isn’t focused on what’s best for us…it’s focused on what it knows.

And often, those patterns made sense at some point in your life.
They helped you cope, belong, stay safe.

So rather than trying to force change
or judge yourself for being “stuck”…

What if you got curious instead?

Curious about the part of you that keeps returning there…what it’s afraid might happen if things were different…what it might need from you now.

Because when those parts feel understood and witnessed, something begins to shift.

New possibilities don’t come from pushing harder… they come from creating enough internal safety to choose something different.

If this resonates, this is the work I do with my clients 🤍

27/04/2026

Most people come to therapy wanting to get rid of parts of themselves.

In Internal Family Systems…
we do the opposite.

We slow down.
We listen.
We get curious about why those parts exist.

Because nothing in you is random.

The parts of you you judge the most…
are often the ones working the hardest to protect you.

The overthinking.
The shutdown.
The reactivity.

They’re not problems to fix, they’re parts trying to help.

And underneath those protective parts…
there’s often something that’s been carrying pain for a long time.

Not because those parts are the pain…
but because they’ve had to hold it.

And when we stop shaming those parts
and start really listening…

something begins to soften.

You don’t have to fix yourself.
You just don’t have to be alone with it anymore.

If you’re ready to relate to yourself differently,
this is the work I do with my clients 🤍

20/04/2026

Kindness isn’t really shaped in the easy moments…it’s revealed in the ones that stretch us.

In the moments we feel activated misunderstood…or quietly overwhelmed.

The people closest to us don’t just experience our love, they come into contact with the parts of us that are still learning how to offer it.

And that isn’t about getting it perfect.
It’s about becoming a little more aware…
a little more honest…
in the moments it would be easier not to be.

Because the work isn’t only in how we move through the world…it’s in how we show up in the spaces that hold our history.

19/04/2026

What happens before a session matters.

The environment.
The nervous system of the clinician.
The small choices that create safety.

These are the foundations that support the work.

If you’ve been unsure about starting therapy…

It might help to know this:
You’re not walking into something cold or clinical.

You’re walking into a space that’s been prepared with you in mind.

Welcoming Priyanka to TBPC! Hi, I’m Priyanka.I am a trauma-informed breathwork practitioner and former lawyer. I work wi...
13/04/2026

Welcoming Priyanka to TBPC!

Hi, I’m Priyanka.

I am a trauma-informed breathwork practitioner and former lawyer. I work with women who are ready for a deeper, body-based approach to change. I specialise in science-backed, somatic breathwork that supports regulation, emotional processing, and lasting change. This is carefully facilitated work, designed to be both effective and responsibly held.
 
Areas I Specialise In
* Grief and loss
* Pregnancy, infertility and baby loss
* Emotional overwhelm and burnout
* Anxiety and chronic stress
* Nervous system dysregulation
* Stored trauma and emotional tension
* Reconnection with the body
Who I work best with
I work with women who are ready for change that can be felt, not just understood. Many are holding grief, overwhelm, or a constant sense of being “on,” and are drawn to a deeper, body-based way of working, either alongside talk therapy or as a gentle starting point.
 
My Clinical Philosophy
Breathwork is powerful. When held well, it can create profound and lasting change. When held poorly, it can overwhelm the nervous system. My approach is grounded in ethics, training, and responsibility. As a former lawyer, safety and credibility are foundational to how I work.
In practice, this means your nervous system is always prioritised. Preparation and integration are built into every session and you are never pushed beyond your capacity. This is deep work, and it is responsibly held.
Professional Background
Before moving into this work, I worked as a lawyer for over 17 years, and in the last 9 years I have been an advocate for families within complex healthcare systems, privacy and in online safety.
After my own experiences, I recognised a gap in science-backed, somatic breathwork that is responsibly facilitated. This now underpins every session I offer.

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20/03/2026

Three years ago, this clinic began as a small, heart-led space with just four clinicians and a big vision.

Today, we’ve grown into a thriving team of 18 (and counting), each bringing their own depth, specialty, and passion into the work we do. And with that growth, it felt important that our space and our online home, truly reflected who we’ve become.

This overhaul has been so much more than a renovation. It’s been an intentional evolution.

✨ A space designed to feel more accessible, welcoming, and aligned
✨ A clinic that holds a wider range of specialties and support
✨ A team that continues to expand with incredible practitioners joining us

Every detail has been considered to better support you, whether you’re walking through our doors or connecting with us online.

We are so proud of what this clinic has grown into. And even more excited for what’s ahead.

Thank you for being part of this journey with us 🤍

Normalize saying: “I’m willing to work on that”instead of “That’s just how I am.”Because more often than not, “that’s ju...
18/03/2026

Normalize saying: “I’m willing to work on that”instead of “That’s just how I am.”

Because more often than not, “that’s just how I am” isn’t truth, it’s protection.

It’s the nervous system doing what it was taught to do. It’s parts of us that learned, at some point, that changing wasn’t safe… or that staying the same was how we stayed loved, accepted, or in control.

So we lock it in. We defend it. We build an identity around it.

But here’s the hard truth:

When we hide behind “that’s just how I am,” we’re not standing in authenticity, we’re standing in avoidance.

And avoidance can feel like certainty .It can feel like self-acceptance. But it quietly keeps us stuck in patterns that no longer serve us.

Growth asks for something different.

It asks for curiosity over certainty. Ownership over defensiveness.And the courage to say:

“Maybe this isn’t all of who I am… maybe this is something I learned.”

So what does curiosity actually look like in real time?

It might sound like:

“What part of me is showing up right now?”“When did I first learn this response?”
“What is this protecting me from feeling?”“What would feel risky about doing this differently?”
“Is this reaction helping me… or just familiar?”

Or even simply: “Am I open to this being something I can shift?”

Because who you are at your core is not rigid. It’s adaptive. It’s capable. It’s allowed to evolve.

And choosing to work on yourself isn’t a rejection of who you are, it’s a deeper commitment to becoming who you truly are beneath the protection.

At The Bigger Picture Clinic, this is the work we gently invite you into. Not fixing you. Not forcing change. But helping you understand the why behind your patterns, so change becomes possible and sustainable.

So next time you feel that reflex rise up…pause, and try:

“I’m willing to work on that.”

That’s where real change begins.

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