Background

Hello, welcome.

My name’s Rachel, and I work one to one at my practice room in Bristol.

A little bit about my background, for the past decade I’ve immersed myself in the world of psychological, emotional and spiritual healing, being a sensitive and emotional human being has meant I’ve been continually drawn to investigate and explore my inner world, to bring care and healing to the places that are in need, and to ultimately bring myself home, over and over again to the deeper Self within.

My struggle with dissociation, anxiety and depression has eased significantly through coming into relationship with my shadow. As well as talking therapy I use creativity as a nourishing way into my unconscious and I’m a huge advocate of connecting with the phenomenal creative force within which has the potential to put us in touch with something greater than ourselves and to give expression to the unconscious aspects of the psyche.

I’m devoted to the journey of deepening into embodied compassion through the continual journey of learning how to embrace and accept more of myself, the messy gritty sides of me as well as the magnificence. A core focus in my life is rooted in my human relationships and in learning how to keep my heart open and my truth speaking amidst the triggers, differences, boundaries and the complex inner workings of our psyches. It resonates for me the quote that says ‘In our earliest memories of relationship we are wounded and so in relationship we can heal’.

Learning to share my vulnerable and painful experiences with the people I feel safe with has transformed my experience of being alive. And having spaces where I can share my vulnerability allows parts of myself to gently come home and I am able to deepen a little more into my relationships, and allow a little bit more of myself to be seen and welcomed into life.

I believe in the healing force that is within all beings which moves in the cyclical pattern of nature - Life, Death and Re-birth. The Death process I see is like the caterpillars transformation into a butterfly, the caterpillar must first turn into mush as part of the transformational process, and sometimes that is also necessary as part of our own healing journey. Death (transformation) is agonising, lonely and risky (Marion Woodman - Mythopoetic Author and Analytical Psychologist) we have to be willing to suffer the loss of those things that stand in our way of freedom. I believe if we allow ourselves to attune to the healing force within, it will continually move us towards our deeper Self, the Divine within.