#SomaticExperiencing

Gavin Conochie

Letting Ourselves Be Broken

The early experience that many of us who were traumatized in infancy are carrying is one of fragmentation: the sometimes frightening...

Gavin Conochie

Making Space for Emotion

Photo: Robert Harding I’m currently on Dartmoor, in the south west of England, where the weather systems shift and change more in a day...

Gavin Conochie

Masking Our True Selves

A key part of developmental trauma involves learning to hide what we really feel. It is not safe to come into contact with our...

Gavin Conochie

Does Healing Come at a Price?

People don’t often talk about the cost of healing. Many of us embarked on this journey hoping that it would lead to a place where we have...

Gavin Conochie

Counting the Cost

My body has been in a state of readiness for over half a century now: ready to respond to the feeling of crisis that has continued to...

Gavin Conochie

''Yes, but how do I do that?''

One question that comes up a lot in therapy is the “How do I...?” question: “How do I get to a place where I’m happier?” “How do I stop...

Gavin Conochie

On Embodiment

One of the things that really interests me is this word 'embodiment', and what we mean when we use it. It's a question of how do we...