The Healing Nest

MY PROCESS

IDENTIFY AND ACKNOWLEDGE

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EXPLORE/LEARN

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PROCESS AND RELEASE

Identify the struggle, whats going on for you, when did this start? What would you like to change, how do you want to feel?

Explore the different layers of trauma and how these have influenced and defined the way you show up in the world. Understand the meaning you gave to the events that took place and find the belief that underpins the behaviour, anxieties and reactive patterns you now experience as a result.

Using a range of Havening Techniques® and through Compassionate Inquiry we remove the emotional reaction and triggers that keep you bound to any trauma and past experiences. I can then assist you to release any remaining layers of childhood wounds, constriction and suppressed emotion embedded in the body. From here I will help you gain new perspectives and insights about the experience, creating new choices and ways of being.

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Introduce new practices, tools and a routine that supports you to stay aligned and connected to your goals and outcomes. Through this work you will learn to reconnect to the truth within yourself, become free from self-generated suffering and gain clarity, confidence and greater choice in your actions.

BUILD RESILIENCE &
CREATE OUTCOMES

MODALITIES

HAVENING TECHNIQUES®

LIFE COACHING

Through Compassionate Inquiry, we look at the patterns that shape how you react and respond in life. This isn't about just talking things through intellectually—it's about creating a safe space where you can explore what you've been carrying, sometimes for years. We'll approach these experiences with curiosity, not judgement, so triggers can ease and old cycles can shift.

My clients often find that real healing doesn't come from forcing change or avoiding discomfort—it comes from being genuinely seen and supported as they sit with difficult feelings. When you have that support, without anyone trying to rush in and fix things, your system naturally starts to settle and find its way back to balance.

Developed by Dr. Gabor Maté, this approach understands that many of our deepest hurts come from feeling disconnected—from ourselves, our bodies, and what's true for us. The shift happens when we can be gentle with our pain, like we would with a scared child. Instead of "what's wrong with me?" we ask "what happened to me?" That one change can turn years of self-criticism into self-compassion. You start to see your patterns not as something broken in you, but as ways your system learnt to cope and survive.

Havening is a gentle yet powerful Psychosensory Therapy that harnesses neuroscience principles to specifically address trauma and rewire the brain's response to traumatic memories. This approach honours your body's innate wisdom to heal by working directly with your nervous system's natural capacity for Neuroplasticity—the brain's ability to form new neural pathways and reshape existing ones.

The Neuroscience behind this technique reveals that specific types of sensory input can generate delta waves in the brain, which help to de-link the emotional charge from traumatic memories through gentle, soothing touch combined with simple cognitive tasks. This allows you to process and release deep-rooted feelings that may have been held in your system for years, without re-experiencing the original trauma.

What makes Havening uniquely effective is its ability to create rapid, lasting change while remaining beautifully gentle and safe. The approach works with your natural healing mechanisms rather than against them—there's no forcing or re-traumatising. You may experience brief moments of distress during a session, but this quickly transforms as the technique facilitates genuine neurological change at the cellular level.

Havening is particularly effective for treating trauma, anxiety, depression, and phobias. The result is profound: you walk away with your sense of empowerment intact and your past finally in its rightful place—as memory without emotional overwhelm, allowing you to move forward with greater freedom and resilience.

This is about discovering who you are when you strip away all the conditioning and expectations you've been living under. Somewhere along the way, the real you got buried under other people's needs, endless to-do lists, and the exhausting job of keeping everyone comfortable. What if you could hear your own voice clearly again? What if protecting your energy wasn't selfish? What if "no" could come out of your mouth without that crushing weight of guilt?

You know that moment when you look in the mirror and think "when did I get this tired?" When did your dreams become things you only think about late at night?.....The version of you that has energy, ideas, and feels things deeply—she's still there, waiting.

Together, we'll help you reconnect with your core self, the wise, grounded, compassionate leader inside. Using my approach to Internal Family Systems, we'll explore all the different parts of you—the parts constantly trying to keep you safe, accepted, and in control through pleasing, perfecting, or managing everything around you, the parts carrying what happened to you and holding the weight of old wounds and unexpressed emotions, and the parts that take over when life feels like too much, whether that's shutting down, numbing out, distracting, reaching for comfort, or just surviving the moment. Instead of fighting against these parts, we'll understand why they're there and what they're trying to protect.

I'll support you to tell the difference between what you've been taught to think and what you actually know is true for you. This isn't about adding more to your life—it's about clearing away what isn't really yours so you can finally breathe. When you start living from that authentic place instead of constantly trying to perform and show up as who you think the world wants you to be, life begins to flow differently. Your connections feel real, your work resonates, and your own inner guidance becomes louder than the doubt.

What happens in our sessions is just the beginning. I'll give you practical tools we'll practise together—things you can actually use when you're standing in your kitchen at 6pm, or sitting in your car before walking into work, or lying awake at night. These aren't complicated techniques you'll forget about. They're real, usable ways to shift how you respond to stress, set boundaries in the moment, and stay connected to yourself when life gets messy. The goal is for you to take what we do here and weave it into your everyday life, so the changes stick.

COMPASSIONATE INQUIRY

INNER CHILD WORK

I always emphasise to my clients that healing isn't about improving or trying to fix ourselves. True healing is welcoming and turning towards all our different parts and understanding the story behind them. Inner child work is a profound technique for healing trauma because it focuses on understanding and nurturing the part of you that holds past feelings and experiences. By connecting with your inner child, you can acknowledge and process emotions that may have been ignored or suppressed, creating space for deep transformation.

This process helps you heal old wounds, develop genuine self-compassion, and create healthier patterns in your life—not just for yourself, but for your children too. When you learn to reparent yourself, something magical happens. You begin to offer yourself the validation, comfort, and unconditional love that you may never have received. You become the loving parent to yourself that you needed all along.

The power in this work lies in breaking generational cycles. When you can hold your own pain with tenderness instead of judgment, when you can speak to yourself with the kindness you deserved as a child, you stop seeking that validation from others. You become whole within yourself. This inner stability transforms every relationship in your life, because you're no longer coming from a place of lack—you're coming from fullness.

“We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.”
- Gabor Matae

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Client Feedback

"Life changing support."

"I have gained a sense of acceptance and calmness that I didn't have before."

"I Have been dealing with pain for a long time and was told by doctors that I’d need ongoing treatment just to get by. It was frustrating, and I felt like there was no end in sight.

When I started working with Alice, things really started to shift. Alice not only provided a safe and supportive space but she was also incredibly informative throughout the entire process. Her ability to clearly explain complex emotions and trauma in a way that made sense to me was invaluable. It helped me understand what I was going through and why, which made the healing journey so much smoother.

Since then, I’ve seen big changes. The pain I had been experiencing has reduced significantly, communication in my relationships have opened up, and I’m seeing things with a fresh perspective. I honestly feel like a weight has been lifted, and I’m really grateful for the difference this has made."

"My journey with Alice has had a big impact on me. Before doing therapy with Alice, I had done therapy with other therapists. Although past therapy had been useful, I felt like the improvement was temporary. With other therapists, we worked on how I was feeling in that specific moment, without speaking much or addressing what had caused me feeling like that (events that had happened years ago). So, eventually, those feelings would come back.

I am very grateful for having met Alice and for doing therapy with her. I think the work we have done together has helped me heal some wounds that I've had for many years. I also feel like my body has learned how to stay calm when I remember those or similar events, or when something in the present reminds me of that (even though in the past it would have triggered a strong emotional response). I am truly grateful for this. I have gained a sense of acceptance and calmness that I didn't have before, and I'm truly grateful for it."

"My experience with Alice has truly been life changing and has been so helpful in so many ways. I’ve never felt more safe to be vulnerable and express all sorts of emotions. She is kind, compassionate and has helped me understand myself more than ever. I can’t thank her enough."

"I highly recommend Alice and the techniques she uses. Working with her has completely transformed my perspective on life. I struggled with my traumas for a long time, but now I can finally live a lighter, happier life. Alice is truly amazing!!."