About Me
I am a Somatic Experiencing ® Practitioner based in Bristol, UK, and a Holistic Counsellor, certified and registered in Italy with S.I.A.F Italia. In the Uk I am registered as complementary therapist with CThA.
In the past I also trained and worked for many years as a bodyworker in myofascial energetic release, a combination of deep bodywork manipulations, breath work and supported emotional release , combined with assisted yoga stretching. I am a meditator facilitator as well as an Awakening of Love facilitator.
My experience of many years as bodyworker kept informing my work, as a counsellor in the last 15 years and especially today as Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, by giving me a privileged sensitivity and connection with my clients through the body's unspoken language.
My Story
The love for meditation and personal growth has been a strong pull since a young age, and although holding a Master's Degree in Economics, following that inner urge brought me to India in 1998 where my new life started.
After being utterly absorbed in self enquiring, meditation and de-conditioning work, I developed a genuine interest in supporting other fellow seekers and I started training in various types of bodywork, breathwork and emotional release techniques. I travelled the world on a mission to follow my purpose, deepen my studies and support others in their personal journey of self-discovery and in their quest to live a more fulfilling and purposeful life.
I got naturally drawn to talking therapy and got certified in Holistic Counselling, with a humanistic approach, in 2013 and went further studying childhood de-conditioning and codependency work.
Choosing the UK as a base, I went on training in Somatic Experiencing ® by Dr Peter Levine, becoming a SEP. Today, I am honoured to be part of the assisting team in the London training, and in the Belgrade- Serbia training, an invaluable opportunity to deepen the knowledge and the practice of this work, supporting fellow professionals. I came across this exceptional work to the resolution of trauma long before my training and I found it genuinely a perfect bridge between my bodywork and counselling skills, both of which approaches I equally value.
In my work with people, I draw from the different tools and experiences that made me the holistic therapist I am today.