Nicky Fitzwilliam Wellness Therapies

09/12/2024

When you receive such lovely client feedback...it just makes my job so worthwhile..its priceless!

14/11/2024

This is what Bowen is so good at!! ❤️

🧠Depression is complex - but stimulating the vagus nerve can help.

📚In people with severe depression, the HPA-axis is seen as being in overdrive.
Cortisol feeding back to the hypothalamus as a “check point” is inhibited, leading to the oversecretion of cytokines.
It has been shown that oversecretion of cytokines can lead to depression. (Felger/Lotrich 2013)

From this example, depression can be an immune issue due to cytokine involvement.
Patients with depression have elevated plasma and cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of proinflammmatory cytokines.

✅Stimulating the vagus nerve has been shown to help regulate and inhibit the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and stimulate anti-inflammatory cytokines.

✅A change in secretion of CRH, preventing an overactivation of the HPA (stress) axis has been noted with vagus stimulation.

✅Stimulating the vagus also inhibits the production of a protein called TNF which increases in clinical depression.
(Koopman/Chavan 2016)

24/09/2024

My reflection for today!

21/05/2024

Absolutely thrilled to read this recent email...all the hard work well invested

Dear Nicola,

The EMDR UK Accreditation Committee has considered your application to become accredited as an EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner. I am pleased to be able to let you know that the Accreditation Committee supported your application and recommended ratification to the EMDR UK Board. This has now been agreed and formally accepted.

Many congratulations. From this date, you are now an EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner. Please note that this is for a period of five years.

Next step to work on Children & Adolescent EMDR Accreditation now!

06/12/2023

06/03/2022

23/08/2021

Your insular cortex or insula - a hive of activity.

It is an area of the brain that registers pleasant touch.
A painful or “threatening touch” will set off alarm bells and would need a quick response by the brain and the body - those touch signals will predominantly trigger the motor cortex.

What is the insular cortex responsible for?
✅Sensory processing
✅Feelings and emotions
✅Risk prediction and decision making
✅Bodily and self awareness
✅Complex social functions such as empathy and moral disgust.

Alexithymia - a condition where the person is unable to express emotions, will often lead to bodily aches and pains.

The reason why we get aches and pains out of nowhere when we’re extremely stressed out?

Interoception - the ability of the body to monitor and regulate all internal functions also takes place within the insular cortex.

Looking for a better result in treatment - especially for stress related symptoms?
Go easy and watch your touch ❤️

Almost forgot - the vagus nerve plays a big part in interoception!!

12/04/2021

Time flies... 2 years ago..

Finished my years of volunteer work with DCST last week...

03/03/2021

Hi Amy
Cant read yr message can you please send to my mobile phone 07969656763 cheers x

12/01/2021

Bowen helps digestive problems!

06/01/2021

Absolutely.
Trauma of any kind will leave a footprint within the nervous system.
And sometimes, even years later, the nervous system can create “mixed messages” and cause problems.
Bowen is great in calming the nervous system and often resetting these messages.