Somatic Healing Therapy Weybridge Care is for people who sense that their body is still carrying what their mind has tried to move past. You may feel “over” certain events in theory, yet your chest tightens in familiar situations, your sleep is light and jumpy, or your mood swings feel bigger than what is happening right now. In my Weybridge practice I offer somatic healing and EMDR together, so that change is paced, respectful of your history and practical enough to support daily life, not just the therapy hour.
We begin by getting curious about your nervous system rather than judging it. Before we go near big stories, we pay attention to what is happening in this moment: how your breathing shifts when you talk about work, what happens in your shoulders when you think about a particular person, or how your stomach reacts when you imagine saying “no”. These details show us where your body is still bracing, where it is numb, and where there is already a little more ease. Somatic Healing Therapy in Weybridge starts here, with this real, physical information.
Next we build simple grounding practices that help your system find a steadier base. That might be feeling the pressure of your feet against the floor, noticing three things you can see and hear in the room, or letting your out-breath lengthen slightly while your shoulders soften. Together we turn these into short, repeatable “micro-routines” that can sit inside your day: a small settle before you look at your phone in the morning, a tiny reset after a demanding call, or a shift in posture that signals to your body that it is allowed to come out of attack-or-defend mode.
As we repeat and refine these practices, regulation becomes the foundation of Somatic Healing Therapy Weybridge Care. Instead of asking your body to endure long periods of distress to “get better”, we move in gentle waves between activation and resource. We visit the difficult material for a moment, then come back to places of relative safety in your body or your life – a supportive relationship, a calmer memory, a sense of grounding in the room. Over time, your nervous system learns that it can touch pain and still return to a more settled state.
Somatic awareness is central to this work. We map the early signals that tell you your system is nearing its limit: perhaps a tight jaw, a sudden rush of heat, shakiness in your limbs, fogginess in your thoughts or a strong urge to bolt from the room. Once we understand these patterns, we design responses that are kind and early rather than harsh and late – a pause, a breath, a movement, a boundary phrase, or a deliberate decision to leave a situation. You are learning to work with your body, not against it.
When there is enough steadiness, we can bring in EMDR to help your brain and body reprocess what they have been holding. Many of the patterns you live with now – over-vigilance, collapse, people-pleasing, chronic tension – began as survival strategies. EMDR uses bilateral stimulation (eye movements, taps or sounds) in short, titrated sets to help those old experiences be digested differently. In my Weybridge practice, EMDR is always somatically informed: we keep tracking your sensations, we pause often, and we return to grounding whenever things feel too intense. You stay in charge of pace and depth.
Emotional processing happens gradually, layer by layer. We do not have to do everything at once. Some sessions may focus on a specific memory that still flashes up; others may be about the ongoing feeling of “never being enough” or “never being safe”. Somatic Healing Therapy Weybridge Care allows space for anger, grief, fear and numbness to show up, but we hold them with structure so they are not overwhelming. The aim is not to erase your past, but to help your system stop reliving it as if it is still happening now.
A key part of this work is bringing body-based healing into everyday life. Together we create small rituals that can travel with you: a grounding step you use at doorways, a way of arriving in your seat before a meeting, a brief check-in with your body before you agree to a new commitment, or a short de-briefing practice after visiting challenging places or people. We also explore language that protects your boundaries in a way that feels honest and possible.
As regulation improves, many people notice that choices slowly return. You may find that moods feel more defined instead of blending into one long blur; that you recover more quickly after stress; that you can stay present in conversations that once felt impossible. Clients often describe having “more room inside” – enough space to decide whether to speak, rest, move, say yes or say no, rather than being driven purely by habit or fear.
The structure of Somatic Healing Therapy is flexible. You can work with me in person in Weybridge, online, or through a combination that fits your week, your health and your responsibilities. Some people benefit from a steady weekly rhythm; others need a format that can flex around shifts, caring roles or flare-ups. We agree the pace together and review it regularly so that therapy supports your nervous system instead of overwhelming it.
Throughout our work, we keep things practical and grounded. Techniques matter only if they survive busy days, family demands, work pressures and low-energy evenings. You do not need to arrive with a diagnosis, a perfect narrative or a meditation practice. We start from exactly where you are: with the sensations, symptoms and patterns that currently shape your life.
If you are curious about Somatic Healing Therapy Weybridge Care – whether you are living with trauma, long-term stress, anxiety, chronic tension or a vague sense that your body never truly relaxes – you are welcome to ask questions. 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 and what pace feels manageable, and together we can explore whether this body-based, EMDR-informed approach is the right next step for you.
FAQ
Q1. How does somatic EMDR support somatic healing therapy care 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.