Testimonials

‘I want to say a huge thank you to you. Your teachings are a wonderful gift and made a real difference. I am able at last to start doing things again’
SB 2021

‘Brilliant advice as ever. Thank you for your unwavering support and commitment to helping me. Our sessions are so illuminating, many doors open and many connections get made that I would totally have missed before going on this journey with you’

Reading through your post-session summary email…some of the things you said I obviously didn’t hear at the time and the links and resources are so useful so thank you very much, great stuff!’ AJ 2022

‘It was so good. I hugely admire your method of teaching, and I took so much from it’
RT 2021

‘I have improved beyond recognition’
CD 2018

‘Our work together has enabled me to tune into my body, to acknowledge unhelpful negative thoughts, and to allow them to become less insistent through mindfulness. I would definitely recommend this course which is accessible and easy to understand’
JM 2020

‘After suffering a neck injury I was not only living with the daily discomfort, but also finding myself increasingly isolated and anxious.

Zélie immediately put me at ease with her calm and understanding manner. It was helpful to know that she genuinely empathised due to her own experience of living with chronic pain.

We worked through a previous trauma and I learned new techniques to help me to feel less anxious and how to be less critical towards and kinder to myself. I also rediscovered the simple pleasures of life and connecting with others.

I looked forward to each weekly online session with Zélie and I am grateful as I now have a toolkit of strategies and practices to carry with me into the future’
SC 2021

‘For 30 years I thought my pain was just in my body and now I know my brain and mind play a big part too. It helped that Zélie had experienced chronic pain and I felt she really understood what I was going through. The course was extremely useful in helping me to understand the mind-body connection and reducing and managing my pain better. I would recommend it’
JW 2019 2020

‘I went to work this morning for the first time in a year with no back or pelvis support on and I managed the pain through breathing and it made such a difference. I couldn’t believe it’
EW 2021

‘Zélie is a natural, approachable and empathetic teacher and her voice for guided meditations is spot on. First class. Thank you Zélie’
PH 2018

‘I quickly realised that Zélie was someone I could talk to in depth to try to work through some major sources of stress and uncertainty in my life. She was simply fantastic at getting exactly to the point, saying exactly the right thing at any given moment, and instilling in me a source of comfort whilst boosting my confidence immeasurably as we looked at the deep-rooted sources of my emotions and problems and found new ways to approach them.

With Zélie’s help and her incredible wisdom and gentle guidance, I was able to recognise ways to create a more positive future and to make a big decision that up until then eluded me. With that decision came an immense sense of calm and acceptance. I recommend her wholeheartedly as a warm-hearted, natural and experienced counsellor. I cannot thank her enough’
JP 2018

‘The Mind-Body approach makes total sense. So frustrating that it isn’t part of mainstream learning. It would help so many people suffering needlessly and would avoid so many operations! This learning should be compulsory just to help educate people about the power of the brain’‘

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’‘

I’m so happy that the debilitating back and neck pain I was suffering for several months has all but disappeared…Fantastic that it seems clearly obvious that it’s coming through my brain’
AH 2022

‘I have been suffering with pain for a very long time. I cut back on my activities and my life seems to be consumed by pain. With no specific answers I started on a downward decline. I was constantly searching for answers and asking, ‘Is this it for me?’ I was only 49!

Zélie was recommended to me by my physiotherapist. It was difficult for me to think positively but I connected with Zélie straight away. I felt like I’d found someone at last who understood what it was like.

Each session I’ve taken on a new tool to help me live a happier life.I would urge anyone suffering from chronic pain, stress and anxiety to try this course with Zélie. I could not have imagined that after two months of working with her I would be feeling as I do now’
KWEM 2019

‘I’ve started doing emotionally expressive writing after huge resistance in me to start the process. I started to write about my difficult feelings and, surprise surprise, it really helps! It’s very interesting even to be able to identify and name the emotions’.
PG 2023

‘We were unable to help a patient with chronic pain any further. No procedure was appropriate so I therefore suggested she came to you. She messaged me today to say how useful your course was and she was grateful for the suggestion. Such a service is essential for patients with chronic pain. I am sure I will recommend you again to patients who are struggling’
Practice Manager, Cheltenham Spine Clinic 2021

‘I suffered from chronic pain for over twenty years from a fall I had way back then. I was going through a separation from my marriage, the sale of the family home and becoming self-employed around the same time. I was feeling a roller-coaster of emotions and overwhelmed at times. As the years went on I was using over-the-counter pain killers and the pain was getting worse, especially in my hips. I attended my GP regularly who referred me to a consultant with the view of having a hip replacement.’

‘Then I heard about Zélie from a friend and decided to contact her about chronic pain management. That was my turning point although I did not know it at the time. Zélie is a very loving, compassionate person and as time went on I learned that my mind was generating pain as I was not used to safely processing my emotions. It was too hurtful and I was afraid of becoming overwhelmed.’

‘Zélie gave me the space, empathy and tools to manage my emotions in a safer, healthier way. As I started to trust the process and continued to practice 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.

I highly recommend Zélie to anyone who is living with chronic pain. She is a very skilled and knowledgeable professional when it comes to teaching how to manage and heal from chronic pain. Pain Reprocessing Therapy works – I am living proof of it. I am forever grateful for the support I received from Zélie.

Thank you Zélie’
PG 2023