Testimonials

"For the first time in a long time I feel very hopeful that I can overcome my current challenges. After my Somatic Experiencing sessions with Avril I now feel lighter, the simmering anger I was feeling is gone, and, best of all, I am not semi-paralyzed at all".

Sheryl A

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"At the time I found Avril, I had recently undergone surgery and radiotherapy for breast cancer. My sessions with Avril were welcoming and safe.  From the first session I believed that this was something that could be very beneficial and I committed to regular sessions.

 

I find the sessions with Avril are all-encompassing and I strongly recommend Avril for helping to regain health and wellbeing"

Sandra Allan

"A friend warmly recommended Avril to me.  I regard my work with Avril as psychotherapy for my body. Four months later I look forward to continuing my healing  journey  with openness and gratitude.  Thank you Avril!"

Penny K

Psychotherapist

"I have attended Avril's practice cyclically throughout the past year and it has been a very rich and rewarding part of my ongoing journey to understand and heal myself; to grow from fear and anxiety into personal agency and vitality.

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I reached out to Avril after realising that I wanted some support to figure out the quagmire of acute negative emotion and relationship trauma that I had been experiencing.

 

After a tentative start where I slowly developed my trust, Avril's practice now feels truly safe to me, and the space she offers allows me to reveal parts of myself that even I was not consciously aware of.

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I find Avril to be highly sensitive and perceptive and able to pick up on subtle changes in my emotional and physical state as we address or unpack issues. Combined with, what I perceive to be, clarity and integrity informed by her considerable experience and training, she is able to guide each session in an intelligent way that has me feeling both supported, as well as responsible for myself and thereby encouraged to develop healthy agency.

 

Avril offers a variety of tools and activities to help me understand the connection between my thoughts, emotions and my body – particularly my nervous system and its responses through sensations in my body, in safe, manageable pieces – which is the Somatic Experiencing process.

 

I wholeheartedly recommend Avril and the services she provides"

Akim Waengler-Heinicke

"Regular sessions with Avril have contributed to me remaining calm and unfazed despite a potentially challenging year. In addition, Avril's gentleness has enabled me to unravel old patterns of emotional tension."

 

Natalie J

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"I came to Avril experiencing quite a number of symptoms that were all leading to a very poor quality of life - it had been a difficult time and being the working mother of two under four year olds, I was utterly sleep deprived and running on empty. 

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Avril brings experience and talent to her work, and marries sound academic knowledge with an uncanny intuition and sincere care for others.

 

Avril has helped me lift many layers of physical and emotional blocks and I feel a much greater sense of balance overall."

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Rachael Thompson