Healing Therapy Weybridge is for people who know something inside them needs attention, even if they can’t put it into perfect words yet. Life may look “fine enough” from the outside – you go to work, keep commitments, support others – yet underneath there may be anxiety, old trauma, burnout, grief, shame, or a vague sense that you’re no longer fully yourself. In my Weybridge practice I offer healing therapy that is body-based and EMDR-informed so that change is slow enough to be safe, yet steady enough to matter in the places where life actually happens.
We begin by listening to your body rather than demanding a neat story. As you speak, we pay attention to what your nervous system is doing: whether your breath gets shallow when you mention certain people, how your shoulders respond when you talk about work or family, what your stomach does when you imagine saying “no”, or the heaviness that arrives when you say “I’m fine”. These reactions aren’t overreactions or defects – they are evidence of how hard your system has been working to protect you. Healing Therapy Weybridge starts from this honest body-level information, not from a textbook idea of how you “should” feel.
Once we have some sense of how your system responds to stress, we build the first layers of ground beneath your feet. That might be as simple as feeling both feet on the floor, noticing how the chair holds your weight, or gently letting your gaze widen so your body registers the whole room rather than just one worrying thought. Together we experiment with tiny adjustments to your breath and posture and choose a few that bring a slight softening. These become short, practical practices you can carry into your day: pausing before opening your inbox, taking two conscious breaths after a demanding call, or creating a predictable wind-down before bed.
As these micro-anchors become more familiar, regulation becomes our shared base. Many people seeking healing therapy in Weybridge describe living either at full speed – wired, driven, unable to switch off – or feeling flat, numb and disconnected. Our work is about widening the space in between those extremes. We gently move in and out of activation: touching a difficult feeling or memory for a short time, then deliberately returning to something that feels safer in the present. Over time your nervous system learns that it can experience strong emotion and still find its way back to steadier ground.
Somatic awareness helps us notice the early signals that you are nearing your limit. Maybe your jaw tightens when someone interrupts you, your heart speeds up in crowds, your chest becomes heavy when a certain message tone sounds, or your mind suddenly fogs in conflict. Instead of seeing these as inconvenient or embarrassing, we treat them as vital information. Together we design early, kind responses – a pause, movement, a grounding gesture, a boundary phrase, a choice to step out of the situation – so your body doesn’t have to escalate to panic, shutdown or rage in order to be heard.
When there is enough stability in the room and in your week, we can bring EMDR into the process. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) uses gentle left–right stimulation – eye movements, taps or alternating tones – to help your brain and body digest experiences that are still stuck. You may be carrying single-incident trauma, a long period of chronic stress, childhood experiences of not being safe or seen, or layers of complicated grief. In Healing Therapy Weybridge I use EMDR in short, titrated rounds: we pause frequently, keep checking what your body is doing, and return to grounding whenever needed. You are always in charge of pace and depth; consent is a living process, not a one-time form.
Emotional processing happens in layers, not all at once. Some sessions may focus on the sharp edges – a particular memory, a strong feeling of shame, a sense of being frozen in time. Others might be quieter, centring on exhaustion, grief, or the question of what you want your life to feel like now. Somatic work gives these themes a physical context – where they live in your body, how they shift with breath and attention – while EMDR helps loosen the stuckness around them. You do not need a perfectly organised narrative. We follow what your system shows us is ready.
A core part of Healing Therapy Weybridge is bringing change into ordinary places. Together we look at where you most want life to feel different: mornings, workdays, evenings, relationships, parenting, health appointments, sleep. Then we design tiny, realistic steps that match your capacity: a ritual that marks the end of the workday, a way to check in with yourself before agreeing to something, a short reset after contact with draining people, a bedtime “staircase” that gives your system a gentle descent into rest instead of an abrupt switch-off. These changes may look small from the outside but can radically shift how livable your days feel.
As regulation strengthens, people often notice subtle but significant shifts. Mood still moves, but the swings feel less violent. Anxiety spikes shorter, or loses some intensity. Rest becomes a little more reachable. You may find more room between “I feel this” and “I react like this,” allowing you to choose whether to speak, rest, act, or wait. Some people describe feeling more like themselves again – able to feel joy without bracing for loss, able to feel sadness without falling apart, able to be alone without being lonely all the time.
The structure of Healing Therapy Weybridge is flexible. You can attend sessions in person in Weybridge, work online from home or the office, or use a blended format that fits your week. Some people value the steadiness of a weekly appointment; others need a different rhythm that respects health conditions, shift work, caring responsibilities or energy levels. We decide this together and review it regularly so that therapy supports your nervous system instead of becoming another source of stress.
Across all of this, I keep one guiding principle: skills and insights must survive busy, imperfect days or they are not useful enough. We choose tools because they have a real chance of being used when you’re tired, stressed, late or emotionally raw – not because they look impressive in theory. You don’t need a diagnosis, a tidy story or a history of previous therapy to begin. Healing Therapy Weybridge can start from wherever you are now: anxious, numb, grieving, angry, overwhelmed or simply aware that something has to change.
If you’re curious about beginning, you are welcome to ask any questions that would help you feel safer to take the first step. To enquire or arrange an initial session, please use the contact page: https://www.cherie-james.com/contact
— you can outline what brings you here, what you most hope might heal, and what pace of work feels realistic. From there, we can explore together whether this somatic, EMDR-informed approach in Weybridge is a good fit for you.
FAQ
Q1. How does somatic EMDR support healing therapy effectively?
By stabilising first with grounding and regulation, then processing stuck moments in short bilateral sets with clear consent.
Q2. Will I learn skills that work under pressure?
Yes—portable anchors, doorway pauses, boundary lines and evening wind‑downs you can actually keep.
Q3. Can I mix online and in‑person sessions?
Yes—Weybridge appointments and secure online options can be blended to fit your week.