Keeley Good

I am a qualified psychotherapist with a degree in CBT, helping clients understand and shift the thoughts and patterns that affect their wellbeing. While talk therapy creates powerful insight, I recognise that for some people, understanding alone doesn't stop the anxiety, panic, freeze, or shutdown responses happening in the body. I understood this not just professionally but personally.

When I experienced somatic therapy myself, influenced by the work of Dr Peter Levine, I was surprised how quickly Ifelt a shift. As I gently tuned into my body, I noticed an immediate lightness. My system felt less stressed, more settled, more connected. It wasn’t about analysing the past, it was about my nervous system finally feeling safe enough to let go.

That experience changed the way I work. Trauma doesn’t just live in the thought; it lives in the body. When fight, flight or freeze responses are suppressed, the body can hold onto that survival energy, keeping the internal threat alarm switched on. This can show up as anxiety, panic, dissociation, shutdown, or chronic tension, even when you know you're safe.

Somatic therapy gently helps release that stored energy and turn off the threat alarm. Together, we will build your capacity to safely feel and process body sensations, allowing unfinished survival responses to complete and your nervous system to return to balance.

You don’t have to stay in survival mode. Your body can learn to feel safe again. Clients often describe feeling calmer, lighter, more grounded and more present.