Discover freedom from trauma

I offer an integrative approach depending on personal needs that is multi-layered, drawing from a range of modalities, including but not limited to: Compassionate Inquiry®, Internal Family Systems (IFS), plant medicine wisdom, trauma informed embodiment practices and other somatic psychology modalities. This broad range of skills allows me to design the most individualised approach for each client’s unique needs.

*Compassionate Inquiry® is a psychotherapeutic approach developed by Dr. Gabor Maté that reveals what lies beneath the appearance we present to the world. 

 Using the Compassionate Inquiry system, both the individual and therapist unveil the level of consciousness, mental climate, hidden assumptions, implicit memories and body states that form the real message that words both express and conceal.

Through the therapist’s use of the Compassionate Inquiry approach, the client can recognize the unconscious dynamics that run their lives and how to liberate themselves from them.

“The purpose of the Compassionate Inquiry is to drill down to the core stories people tell themselves – to get them to see what story they are telling themselves unconsciously; what those beliefs are, where they came from; and guide them to the possibility of letting go of those stories, or letting go of the hold those stories have on them …

That’s what Compassionate Inquiry is.”

~ Dr. Gabor Maté

*excerpt from CI website


 

Sessions can specialise in:

  • Life transitions: new job, new baby, relocation, job loss

  • Dark night of the soul

  • Relationship difficulties

  • Sex and Intimacy

  • Trauma Recovery

  • Burnout

  • Chronic pain, fatigue & fibromyalgia 

  • Addictions, depression & anxiety

  • Cultural identity

  • Race-based stress

  • Sexual abuse in adult and adult with childhood sexual abuse

  • Integration of plant medicines & psychedelic experiences (Ayahuasca, Huachuma - San Pedro, psilocybin)

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the discoveries of science, the teachings of the heart, and the revelations of the soul all assure us that no human being is ever beyond redemption. The possibility of renewal exists so long as life exists. How to support that possibility in others and in ourselves is the ultimate question"

~ Gabor Maté


 

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Book in your free introductory 15-30 minute online session today. In our session, you’ll have the opportunity to have a sense of how I work and whether we’d be a good fit. My schedule sometimes changes so feel free to reach out directly if none of the options below work for you.

TESTIMONIALS

  • I was experiencing anxiety, poor sleep and feeling fear of the unknown. I learnt how to be with my body and enquire with compassion about painful traumas. What has been most valuable is learning to accept all my parts and learning how I can be whoever or whatever I need to be for myself. I feel empowered to manage my wellbeing through a greater awareness of what is happening for me in any given moment. And I’ve been able to use the tools that I’ve learnt with Ana to give care, compassion and understanding to myself. I’m incredibly grateful for taking this journey with Ana because it means I have a better relationship with myself. I’ve healed much of my wounds and my suffering and feel lighter and more able to live the life I want to live.

    Tony, Australia

  • It has been only 6 months since we started working together, but for me it has been the equivalent of years of therapy. Having someone like Ana, that holds your hand and guides you gently in this process makes it possible to heal and feel life is worth living. Working with her has been one of the best decisions I have taken.

    Carolina, Colombia

  • The most valuable thing I have learned is that most of the answers I’m looking for are actually already inside me and working with Ana helped me access and decode what is already there, waiting to come through. I have begun to let go of my ‘people pleaser’ and have developed my confidence to express my needs, desires and boundaries a lot more.

    Phoebe, Australia

  • Tap into your bravery to try, to simply show up. Everything else will unravel. Ana has a deep embodied toolkit and incredibly intuitive sense of what might be appropriate to support.

    Katie, England