Oasis Counselling Bristol

Mental, emotional & physical health and wellbeing: restore your aliveness, energy and vitality

There are so many things we can do to try and change our lives. Perhaps you’ve tried to piece together different health and wellness hacks but are struggling to truly embody the shift you desire

Access and embody what true health means to you through a simple yet powerful practice to help stop fixing the external and tap into your wellspring of vitality

Working with our nervous system is foundational- this intelligent living web that protects us – sometimes triggered by past experiences, also a powerful indicator of where we may be misaligned. When we are on constant high alert it’s very difficult for anything original and inspired to emerge. Healing begins by bringing awareness, rootedness, and coherence between body, heart and mind—creating the space where your true expression can come through and life can flow freely

Supporting physical symptoms: understanding how stress-related conditions including autoimmune issues like eczema can connect to emotional and nervous system health and trauma

Building beautiful, nourishing connections

True connection and a support system are fundamental to our wellbeing, success, and such a powerful gateway to knowing ourselves

Relationships can reveal so much about us, supporting us to become our best/ most authentic selves, as well as excavating our darkest, most challenging and “shameful” parts – often simultaneously! We can drag these old patterns into the present like old carcasses and to try create a cosy home in them, or learn to see afresh, with eyes of loving awareness to tend to and “complete” what is wanting to be resolved, often repeated from our childhood, through our parents/family and other figures in our lives

If you’re looking to deepen or build healthier relationships and/or your village, find yourself after a breakup, or define what it is you’re really looking for, I can offer guidance and support to help you heal, set boundaries, and create connections rooted in truth, mutual respect, depth and devotion

Slow down to grow: from forcing to flowing

True growth happens through presencing, sitting with (and as) what is, listening to what our bodymind are saying. Through embodied healing and somatic inquiry, we tend to the roots of survival patterns of anxiety and stress with compassion,

By anchoring and grounding your nervous system, using somatics and body-based practices to ease emotional and physical tension, stop wasting energy on what drains you and start building a stable foundation for wellbeing. By allowing yourself to rest deeply, gradually, you can rebuild your capacity, energy levels, and vitality—supporting natural, embodied transformation

Mind of a Ferrari with the brakes of an old Ford…

Feeling behind, overwhelmed, with most probably a creative mind that rapidly joins the dots and connects many different perspectives, yet struggles with executive dysfunction, where seemingly simple daily tasks become a mammoth impossible mission? We will guide ourselves back to clarity, grounding the nervous system and accessing the intuition whilst sorting through your priorities, simplifying life. Slowly learning to refocus on what matters to turn what can be a burden into a superpower…

From fragmentation to wholeness

Support with PTSD including attachment trauma. We might feel like were living in the present yet often our experience of life is shaped by the past, traumatic memories especially etched on the psyche. By slowly and steadily presencing the (mind)body, we can welcome and integrate the parts that may have been fragmented in order to survive, coming home to ourselves and growing beyond even before the experience took hold. Post traumatic growth is a reframe from post traumatic stress to realise how we can alchemise and make meaning of our trauma stories, moving from victim to creator of a new reality. Pls note this is not therapy but a therapeutic space that reaches to the root and helps to go beyond diagnosis.

Whether perfectionism, self judgement, trying to control… maybe you don’t really want to be [skinny, big, insert label here]… anything other than what you are underneath the weight of these expectations. Find freedom in your body, a balance of strength and flexibility and feel at ease, not worrying about what you eat but appreciating and nourishing your body through daily rituals. I guide you to embrace food as medicine and incorporate movement you love into your day through somatics, Yoga & beyond to also support fluidity in the fascia – the connective tissue fundamental for flow state and overall balance

Release the protective layers: let go of the emotional (and physical) weight we carry as a shield against the world, which can be caused by abuse and unclear boundaries as we take on what is not ours and avoid what we don’t want to feel. Gentle guidance to cultivate habits of true health – no diets, restriction or control but soulful, sustainable living

Too much, not enough? So many challenges can stem from our (perceived) worth and identity. Imbalanced relationships, boundaries at work, our ability to commit to our purpose, health and self care. In your essence you are powerful and capable of all that you desire. This is a space for this to be revealed, and spill out into every area of your life. Starting with how you treat and feel at home in your body, mind, space and home you can start to (re)build your life the way you truly desire

Alchemising destructive addictive patterns into spirals of abundance

Transform habits that no longer serve your wellbeing not by forcing but understanding their causes and shifting your focus to aliveness, what nourishes, and allowing a constructive spiral of (imperfect!!) growth. Whether food, social media, love or other substances we can transmute these loops when we make peace with them and channel the urge into creation/ something constructive

Living in alignment with your cycle: life as ritual, your body as temple

Embrace flexible approaches to eating, health, and lifestyle that honour your natural rhythms, eating and living in alignment with your menstrual cycle to ease symptoms of pain, PMS and mood swings; option for intuitive fasting if appropriate

Create your oasis, replacing hormone disrupting chemicals with natural/ eco/ healthy (home made) products, for overall health as well as planting a self-sustaining garden of edible perennial plants or entire food forest with minimal work needed. I can come to you in Bristol and also support with clearing out, improving feng shui and sustainable interior design to beautify your home and create a space where you thrive. Reach out to me with your ideas

So many if not all of us can feel lonely and disconnected in our modern day society where we are so rushed, unfulfilled, living in lack, in nuclear, separate settings, surrounded by people we don’t trust or we feel don’t really see or understand us. It is so human and so understandable. Yet by truly seeing, taking care of and investing in ourselves we start to collide with more of the right people and feel part of something greater, always supported, and able to be ourselves, giving whatever we have to share authentically.

From imbalance, entanglement and codependency to sovereignty, secure attachment and soulful intimacy

I know what it’s like to feel bound by relationships, lost in the “cloud of confusion” – not sure where others’ stuff ends and you begin, which can eat away at our creative potential

When we start to create space for ourselves and our true desires we can (re)claim our power and self worth. Setting clear boundaries and honouring our needs, we can naturally build healthy, nourishing relationships. This self-awareness is key to connecting authentically without losing ourselves in others and instead cocreating in a beautiful, mutually beneficial way

True intimacy thrives on reciprocity, based on desire and interdependence instead of survival/ need — where both/all people give and receive freely, supporting each other’s growth and freedom

Leaving toxic or abusive or misaligned relationships is an act of self-love that creates space for connections based on respect and self-worth. Reaching to the core of these family and ancestral patterns with care and compassion through practices like parts work or family constellations can free you from old cycles that hold you back. By shifting our perspective (as opposed to fixing) we can I have seen this work play out in miraculous ways

What makes you come alive? Find meaning when life feels stuck

Do you end your days feeling like you haven’t really moved forward, even though you’re not sure what you’re aiming for? Or stuck on a hamster wheel and path that isn’t yours. That sense of emptiness or lack of meaning can be hard to shake, especially when the way ahead feels unclear

With practical tools and simple yet powerful meditations based on ancient shamanic journeys, you can start to build a clear vision of what a fulfilling life looks like for you – your “land of plenty” where your energy, values and passion align to open a path to healing, purpose, creativity and artistry that feels meaningful, natural and deeply personal

Might sound wild but I can tap into your vision too using intuition to affirm and help unlock your purpose and passions

Stress, burnout, and unrealistic expectations trap us in draining patterns, disconnecting us from ourselves. Together, we’ll gently start to ground your nervous system, allowing tension to release naturally to create space to reconnect with your purpose—not as a fixed goal, but as a true and evolving direction

Some of us experience life intensely and can easily lose ourselves in confusion and the energy of others, especially in a world that bombards the senses and mind with distraction and disempowering and dysfunctional beliefs, causing us to dissociate from reality as our system goes into overwhelm. Learn to understand and stand for your needs and boundaries, deeply rest and not take things on that aren’t yours/ so personally to gently build capacity and create space for more of what is yours

Is there a voice inside you nudging you towards a more beautiful existence? Perhaps it’s a scream in the form of a job you hate or feeling uninspired when you wake up to start your day.. we were made to create, and there are so many ways to add more artistry, uniqueness and delight to our lives, let alone slowly start to make this a way of life through your creative purpose

Creativity is a powerful and proven way to understand ourselves, tap into deeper often hidden layers of our psyche, healing, a renewed sense of playfulness and possibility and freedom in our lives and explore and transform resistance like perfectionism and self-judgment. Unlock your childlike curiosity and inspiration and express your truth beyond words through a combination of art therapy, intuitive painting and voice healing, perhaps using foraged materials, natural paints, mud and beyond

When we slowly learn to let go of the inner critic in a truly supported setting, even befriend it and give it a role in guiding us, we open a space where our intuition and subconscious can speak—through art, symbols, movement – any form that feels authentic. In my experience, so much – if not all – our woes and conflict stem from denying our true desires and allowing our creative energy to flow, which can otherwise get stuck and manifest in dis-ease, depression and drama…

It’s not about the outcome or skill, but a deep process of alchemy, self-discovery and allowing your life artistry to unfold

For truth seekers and deep thinkers, a space to explore existential questions that cannot be answered by mind alone, with a view to translating them into tangible reality. I have been on this path for 10+ years, studying and practising different ancient traditions, philosophies and cosmologies and digging into objective systems and wisdom that guide us to discover our own truth and understanding, yet this process is always emergent and tailored to you