Support for women in health care who are exhausted from holding it all together for everyone else.
Get your energy back & feel like yourself again through Somatic Therapy.
You know that to take care of others well, you also need to take care of yourself…
But you still often put other’s needs ahead of your own.
You tell yourself that others needs are more important than yours.
You feel guilty about taking time for yourself.
You’re often the one people come to for support, and feel like everyone always needs something from you.
Sound familiar? Read on.
Client Experiences
A Compassionate & Trauma-Informed Approach
What this work helps you do
(In real life)
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Get to know your body and emotions, so you can better communicate boundaries, needs and prioritise your own care without feeling guilty or selfish.
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Creating space between feeling and reacting, meaning more responding and less snapping at your loved ones after a long day.
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Discover new skills and tools to relax, unwind and regulate. No more doom-scrolling or bingeing needed.
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Gently loosening old patterns in your nervous system to support new sustainable ways of living and working.
What To Expect In A Session
You don't need to arrive with the right words, a clear story, or a plan for what to work on.
Sometimes all we know is that something feels off. That we're overwhelmed, disconnected, stuck, or simply not quite ourselves anymore. That's enough.
Together, we'll become curious about what's happening beneath the surface. We'll explore your thoughts, emotions and body, gently building your capacity to stay connected to yourself rather than becoming overwhelmed by your experience.
Some sessions might involve talking. Others may include noticing sensations, working with emotion, exploring different parts of yourself, or learning practical ways to regulate your nervous system and move through difficult feelings with greater ease.
There is no agenda to force breakthroughs or push beyond what feels right. We work at a pace your mind and body can easily integrate.
My role isn't to tell you who you are or how you should live. It's to help you understand yourself and your patterns more deeply, trust your own inner experience, and develop the confidence to respond to life from a place that feels more grounded, connected and authentic.
This is a space where every part of you is welcome — you don’t need fixing, and your emotions and experience deserve to be held and witnessed.
This Work Is For You If
You’re great at caring for others… but struggle to switch off once your work day is done
You feel guilty about taking time for yourself
You carry the emotional weight of your work home with you
You find it hard to say no, or set boundaries without feeling guilty
You’ve overextended yourself for so long that “tired” just feels normal now
You feel like your job has slowly taken over your life and become your whole personality… and you want to feel like yourself again
This Work Is Not For You If
You’re looking for quick fixes or someone to tell you how to life your life
You’re not open to slowing down and exploring what’s actually going on beneath the surface
You’re only wanting to talk things through, without engaging with the body or emotions
You’re not in a place to prioritise your own support right now
You’re not open to gently exploring your own patterns and responses
You’re not curious about understanding yourself better
You’ve vented to co-workers, which brings temporary relief but nothing has changed long term.
You’re working in an industry that’s under-resourced and under-staffed which all puts more pressure on you.
You’re pushing through, doing what you need to just to get through the next shift.
You want to start taking better care of yourself, but your brain is maxed out, you’re tired and don’t know how or where to begin.
Start here… I’ve got you.
Frequently Asked Questions
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You don’t need to come with a clear story or agenda. Often, we begin with what feels present in the moment — even if that’s “I don’t know.” From there, we gently explore together. There’s no pressure to say the right thing.
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No. You won’t be pushed to relive anything you’re not ready for. We work at a pace that feels safe and supportive. Sometimes healing happens through building capacity in the present, rather than revisiting the past.
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This is something we actively work with — not around. Those responses aren’t failures, they’re intelligent nervous system patterns. We gently move in and out of feeling, building your capacity at a pace that feels safe. If things feel like too much, we slow down, ground, and support your nervous system back into balance. Nothing needs to be pushed through. We work with feelings gently.
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It’s very normal to feel nervous. Beginning therapy (especially body-based work) can feel vulnerable, particularly if you’re used to holding things together on your own. We’ll move at your pace, and you’re welcome to name any hesitation or uncertainty you’re carrying. You don’t need to be brave or fully ready, just willing to show up.
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Yes. Big emotions are welcome here. We don’t force them, and we don’t avoid them. We build the capacity to stay connected to yourself while they move through.
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Sessions are currently offered online, to increase flexibility and accessibility for this work. You’ll be guided to set yourself up in a way that feels supportive, comfortable and private.
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Sessions may include gentle conversation, noticing sensations in the body, pauses for breath or grounding, or tracking emotional responses as they arise. Some sessions are quiet and settling; others may bring insight or emotion. There’s no “right” way for a session to unfold. We always begin with a brief check in, grounding meditation and end with a moment of pause to transition out of the session and back into the day.
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Yes. While conversation is part of the process, somatic therapy also includes awareness of the body and nervous system. Instead of only analysing patterns, we work with how they live and move within you.
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There’s no fixed timeline. When we begin working together, we start with 3 sessions. This is sometimes to shift a block, for deeper patterns people may choose to commit to a longer process. We can check in together and adjust as we go, based on what feels most supportive for you.
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Absolutely. You don’t need to be in crisis to benefit from support. Many women I work with are functioning well on the outside, but feel disconnected, overwhelmed, or quietly struggling inside.
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It’s understandable to want change quickly. We move at a pace that feels safe and sustainable. Often, subtle shifts in awareness create deeper, longer-lasting change than pushing for big breakthroughs.
Hi, I’m Chelsea
I’m a trauma-informed somatic therapist (with a background of 15+ years of design and identity work with women in wellness professions).
I work with women who are great at caring for everyone else, but feel disconnected from themselves.
My work is shaped by both formal training and lived experience.
Being the eldest daughter and building an identity around being the “strong one” and “the helper”.
Working in disability support and aged care and hitting compassion fatigue in my late 20s.
Spending over a decade exploring and studying somatic therapy.
Learning to regulate my own nervous system (as a highly sensitive, deeply feeling person).
Overcoming various addictive coping patterns.
My therapeutic approach draws from somatic experiencing, embodied processing, parts work and other body-based, trauma-informed practices.
