louisa watts therapy
Psychotherapy for Women | Somatic & Trauma Trained Therapy in Surrey, Online & in Nature
Life can bring moments when everything we thought we knew begins to shift. The ending of a relationship, motherhood, grief, trauma, changes in identity or a growing sense that the life we are living no longer feels like our own.
These thresholds can leave us feeling disconnected, overwhelmed or uncertain of who we are becoming.
I offer psychotherapy for women navigating change, transition and the complexities of being human. My approach brings together contemporary psychotherapy, somatic approaches, ecopsychology, ancient wisdom and mythology, creating space to explore the relationship between your psychological world, your body and your deeper sense of meaning and belonging.
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Guiding you Home
From survival to full body living
Centering your unique body and nervous system, somatic psychotherapy guides you out of survival mode - the sleepless nights, the irregular bowls, the doom scrolling, the feeling of missing out on life as it moves before your eyes - towards full body living - present with your loved ones, reigniting joy and passion, ability to make aligned decisions and getting a full nights sleep.
Reclaiming YOU
No more having to cut off or squash parts of yourself to fit in. No more lying awake at night in shame sweats about something you did 10 years ago. This is reclaimation of your wholeness and fullness. Bringing back to life the uniqueness of you that had to hide behind the layers of adaptation. A deep remembering of who you are.
Deep connection & Belonging
Trauma and chronic stress by their design, disconnect us from ourselves and the world around us. It is a protective response that allows us to feel more safe but eventually leaves us feeling untethered and unhoused. Somatic Psychotherapy works at your pace to rebuild and reconnect back to form meaningful, loving and expansive bonds towards yourself and to the world around you
Into the Mystic
Society demands that we have an answer for everything. I love seeing how science is catching up to what we have known in our bones for thousands of years. It can help provide some grounding and stability. However, a large part of this work is leaving space for the unknown, the uncertainty, the underworld. For it is here that lies the most fertile ground for transformation.
Trauma & Childhood experiences
Exploring how earlier experiences continue to shape your relationships, emotional field and sense of self.
Anxiety & Overwhelm
Understanding the underlying experiences and patterns contributing to distress.
Depression
Depression is a protective response to overwhelming, unsupported situations, leading to shutdown. Through a dance of holding and expression, somatic therapy aims to guide you back to the flame of life force vitality.
Addiction
Addiction serves as a coping mechanism to escape internal pain. Therapy provides the space to hold, soothe, move and alchemise that pain. When we no longer have to numb, we get the chance to experience the fullness of life.
Sexuality
Our sexuality is one of our biggest sources of power, yet it is often over-coupled with shame. Sessions allow the space to rebuild safety within our bodies, explore our own sexuality and reignite our passion, sensuality and pleasure.
Motherhood & Identity
Whatever journey you are currently on, navigating the decisions whether or not to become a mother and the psychological, physiological & soulful whirlwind that can entails
Grief & Loss
Making space for endings, bereavement and the many forms of change and loss. The Birth, Death and Rebirth cycle is etched into our very DNA.
Women's Health
There is so much that can tied into living in a female body. Somatic Therapy holds space to explore our bodies not just as a series of medical symptoms but as an expression of our lived experiences, cyclical nature, hormonal cycles and more complex nervous systems.
Separation and divorce
Finding your footing through the ending of a relationship and the reimagining of life beyond it. Holding ceremony and ritual for what has been and what is to come.
Midlife and identity transitions
Exploring questions of purpose, belonging, identity and what comes next. Seeing these as thresholds and inititations into the next stages of life.
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Psychotherapy for Life's transitions
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Why choose me
Therapy with depth
Offering much more than the standard
Personalised fusion
To suit your mind, body & soul
10+ years, 5000+ client hours
Drawing on a wealth of experience
