Find freedom from chronic pain
Up to 28 million adults in the UK live with chronic, unexplained pain, causing huge suffering and sometimes permanently disrupting their lives.
If you are experiencing this, you are not alone
Let me support your recovery
After suffering with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and multiple symptoms for many years, I finally found the Mindbody approach, based on solid neuroscience, which resolved my pain and gave me my life back. Now I have the privilege of enabling others to do the same!
I am a psychology graduate and SIRPA Practitioner, trained in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), and Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET). I’m experienced in helping people to recover from a wide variety of Mindbody symptoms, enabling them to return to a life free from persistent pain.
The Mindbody approach to resolving your pain
Your pain is real
Your pain is real and there’s a reason for it, but it doesn’t have to mean that it’s caused by structural or tissue damage. If you have persistent symptoms that your doctors can’t explain your pain might be what is called neuroplastic, produced by your brain in response to fear, not damage. This fear can come from physical, emotional, psychological and social sources.
Symptoms caused by stress and trauma
Some stress is good for you because it keeps you engaged with the important and enjoyable things in life. But research shows that persistent stress or traumatic events can change your brain, causing it to rewire to become hyper-vigilant and over-protective.
If your nervous system doesn’t return to balance, this can increase your brain’s sensitivity to pain and make it more likely to become persistent.
Your mind and body can heal!
Your brain is neuroplastic which means that you can teach your fearful brain to stop creating unnecessary pain by helping it to rewire itself using proven Mindbody tools and strategies.
The Neuroplastic Pain Checklist
Neuroplastic pain behaves in certain ways. Have a look at this list and see whether any of these apply to you.
- Has your pain persisted beyond the normal course of healing?
- Did it seem to come out of nowhere?
- Does your pain seem to move around, or happen symmetrically?
- Does your pain change with your stress levels?
- Does it get triggered by sounds, smells or the weather?
- Does your pain disappear sometimes?
- Have you experienced long-term stress, or trauma, in your life?
- Have your doctors done all the tests and told you they can’t find any cause for your pain?
“Zélie gave me the space, empathy and tools to manage my emotions in a safe, healthier way. As I started to trust the process and continued to practise the skills and techniques Zélie had taught me the pain started to dissipate from 10, which was very painful to 0 (no pain). Yes, the pain returns at times when I am feeling stressed or tired. The difference now is that I have the skills to manage it. I did not need to have a hip replacement and I don’t have to take the painkillers anymore.”
“It’s so incredibly helpful on so many levels when you know somebody gets it and has the skills to help and guide you through your journey”
Interested?
Book a discovery call to ask me any questions and see if you would like to work together.