Hello, my name is Diana.
I believe the freer we feel with our emotions, our truths and our body, the more we can live a life of authenticity, power and aliveness.
Reconnecting to that freedom can be experienced through receiving attuned touch, embodied compassionate listening and intentional movement practice in a safe therapeutic relationship.
I bring into our time together: clarity of thought, embodied intuition, open-heartedness and a deep appreciation of the body’s wisdom. What I offer, I have personally spent years delving into to anchor myself as a highly sensitive person in a busy world. I would love to support you to stand in your embodied ease and power and hope to have the opportunity to journey alongside you.
reclaim your authentic expression, reconnect to your body, ease your stress with somatic therapy and coaching
Somatic therapy with me draws on embodied inquiry, mind-body trauma integration modalities, inner child/parts work, and therapeutic touch, to support your return to a place of greater ease and freedom. This approach might resonate for you if you:
Identify as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). You might have been told you are “too sensitive” and feel like you are “too much”. The body-oriented work we explore can offer much relief for HSPs, which you can read more about here.
Desire authentic expression of your truth, boundaries and emotions in your relationships. You might be shedding the expectations of being a good girl or boy and wanting to live more aligned to your values, not just your conditioning. Or perhaps you might be wanting to feel more empowered in your yes and no in your relationships.
Desire a better mind-body connection. You might already be very aware of your patterns but can’t seem to shift the behaviour. Or you might find the mind cannot always control how the body feels, and you recognise the need to learn how to reconnect to your body’s wisdom.
Desire a stronger, clearer voice. You might be wanting to feel more liberated and expressed with your voice - in conversation, singing, etc.
Are navigating life transitions. Maybe you are going through a significant life transition - loss, relationship, job, health, andropause/perimenopause - that can come with grief and disorientation.
Are managing chronic presentations of pain, fatigue, etc and wanting to live a life that feels thriving rather than just surviving.
enliven your body through TRE
Movement can help us reconnect to our body’s innate sense of aliveness and wholeness. If you might be feeling stuck, TRE can be a powerful way to tap into our body’s in-built system of reconnecting, releasing and rewiring old patterns of gripping and holding to bring a sense of inner freedom.
kind words from clients
Somatic therapy and embodied reconnection is a lived, sensate experience. As diverse as the clients that I see are, their experience of our shared explorations together across different modalities is equally unique. Here are some testimonials in their own voices, with more experiences found here:
“I’ve been working with Diana almost every other week over the past year. Starting somatic therapy has been the most important decision in my life, and I will always be grateful for the journey of healing and growth. Diana’s expertise, warmth, and gentle approach helped me become less anxious, and I can finally say that I feel safe. Thank you!”
“Somatic therapy sessions with Diana have really helped me develop deeper intimacy and trust in myself, and I feel more resourced to move through challenging moments in life. I used to feel quite numb, and persistently stuck in negative emotions and trying to fix myself. In Diana’s steady presence, I learnt what it means to really come home to my body and trust in my body’s intelligence, to honour my feelings instead of trying to fix them, and to be gentler and more compassionate with myself.
Diana is extremely skilled at what she does, insightful and wise, and a calm and regulating presence. When you enter a therapeutic container with Diana, know that you are in excellent hands”
“I first reached out to Diana at one of the lowest points in my life, after being diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome that mainstream doctors could no longer help me with. I remember telling her that I felt nothing and was completely disconnected from my body. From our very first session, something began to shift. Through her gentle touch and compassionate presence, I started to feel more connected and experienced sensations I hadn’t known I was capable of. Over the next few months, these sessions helped restore my energy and bring more functionality and ease into my daily life.
Although I initially sought out Diana for somatic therapy, I soon realized our work together was much deeper. Through boundary work and tapping, she helped me rediscover my true self and feel more at home in my own body. Diana is a gift for sensitive souls. With her warmth and intuition, she helped me embrace my sensitivity rather than see it as a burden. Words cannot describe how grateful I am for the countless times she has held space for me, supported my tired body, and gently guided me back to myself”
“Diana’s BCST sessions have been incredibly helpful in grounding and centering me during a period of bad anxiety. I noticed how my body felt safer with each session and how fast my body would respond and drop into a deep state of relaxation. Externally it may look like the practitioner isn’t doing much, but I’ve witnessed how my body starts to respond – pulsing, unwinding etc. I have grown more confident in my body’s innate wisdom to respond in a space where it feels safe. Diana is intuitive and creates that safe space in her sessions.”
“I have worked with Diana with somatic therapy for the past 2.5 years and it has been one of the best choices I made in my healing journey. I have seen noticeable shifts as a result of our work together - I am now able to set healthier boundaries, exist more fully in the here and now as well as possess a more intimate understanding of my body and tools to tend to myself in times of need.
Back then, I approached Diana as I was slowly finding talk therapy insufficient, and felt a desire to pair it with somatic work. She was my therapist of choice as she is well-versed in different modalities and more importantly, exudes deep safety and an ability to hold deep material competently. In my time working with her, this has proven true consistently. Diana has an uncanny ability to intuit subtle energies and movements happening in the space - with her, I was able to touch deeper into my felt sense and access insights that were only possible through the body, resulting in crucial moments of awareness for myself.
Thank you for all that you’ve taught me - it will carry me on for the long haul!”
“Coming across Diana, her kindness and capacity to support others has been one of the most important moments of my life - it shifted so much for me. She appeared in my life at a time when I (finally) started to realise that I lacked the capacity to show compassion and care for myself in ways that I knew I needed. But had never learnt. Little did I know - my mind, body, soul had been craving for a lot more than I had the capacity to give them. Over time, one somatic therapy session after another, I started to break down the barriers and the old operating systems that were keeping my body locked up. I’m amazed at how much love and compassion I have for myself today.
Let Diana show you compassion that you don’t have the capacity to show for yourself right now. Give yourself that gift. ”
