Nicola Henderson Somatic Psychotherapist

08/06/2023

The arising conflict between couples, and people we’re close with, that have opposing styles to is so common. Such wisdom here and practical advice for trying on the other person’s perspective 😊

26/04/2023

There is no such thing as tough love…..💕

08/04/2023

Some of us will come out of childhood wanting more connection the other more in need of space …we often find each other ❤️

20/10/2022

This is a great 9-minute video from Dr Daniel Amen that conducts brain scans on clients brains to inform a treatment programme. In this video he discusses female, ADD symptoms and suggestions for treatment (including a natural approach) with his wife.

Check it out:

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07/10/2022

New guidelines on ADHD will support greater awareness and diagnosis from GPs, a positive step forward

It has taken two years of clinicians, researchers and people with lived experience collaborating on evidence-based Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) guidelines to get to this point.

04/09/2022

Dear Men

Happy Father’s Day! Thank you to those doing the work to change generational patterns.

May you and others feel your open hearts ♥️

Salute to all the men who show up.
To all the men who have become everything they never received and for becoming everything they ever dreamt of. Thank you.
Happy Fathers Day.

25/08/2022

The therapeutic relationship can often bring out the attachment wounds that we had with our primary care givers and our fears around closeness, distance, abandonment, and other difficult feelings we experienced. Effective and regular therapy rewires the brain towards secure attachment.

This is not withstanding that sometimes we need therapy to support us through a particular phase in our life or we may not have a relational fit with the therapist we meet, however, it's important to examine where our motives are coming from so that we do not curtail our healing journey.

If you would like to find out more about Somatic Psychotherapy then you can contact me at nicolasomaticpsych@gmail.com

18/08/2022

There is so much that can be attributed to an abandonment wound that can sit in our unconscious and stop us from forging intimate relationships or realising our potential in work.

I'm a huge fan of Susan Anderson's work. Here she details what can be outlined as some of the PTSD symptoms of abandonment:

Scrolling through this list, you recognize the universality of many of these features since we all experience birth trauma and separation traumas both large and small as we develop.  It’s a matter of degree.   PTSD of Abandonment is the underlying traumatic source of Comp