This is for you if you've already done some work to improve the relationship with yourself, with your past and others, have good self-awareness, but you now want to experience positive, tangible shifts in your life on a much deeper level that will last.
We'll do this together with a somatic-based approach that will help you tap into your brain-body innate healing powers.
Book Your Trauma Assessment
"Effie helped me get to the core of my problem, gave me tools to transcend it, and techniques to help me feel and release emotions I used to shut down out of fear. She helped me feel ‘whole’ again. To anyone thinking of working with Effie, I'd say do yourself a favour and do it. She's been incredibly helpful to me and I will always be grateful the universe sent her my way."
Dave Cooke
A compassionate somatic-based approach
Through a compassionate somatic-based psychotherapeutic approach that also combines nervous system mentoring and coaching, my intention is to help you improve the way you see and feel about yourself and your past.
I'll help you uncover and release layers of childhood trauma and repressed emotions embedded in the body. This will be one of the most pivotal moments of healing because trauma repression doesn't only lead to mental health challenges and to cycles of self-sabotage, but also to 'mysterious' illnesses from migraines & IBS to chronic pain & autoimmune diseases.
Your body has an extraordinary capacity to heal itself and it always guides you towards healing. It's wise and creative, and has its own organismic intelligence that can set your biology in order.
Through our work together, you'll learn to use its innate healing and regulatory resources, and start experiencing small victories that will gradually lead to bigger practical life shifts, while recovering a sense of safety in the prospect of a fulfilling life.
"Working somatically with Effie helped me be more familiar with the sensations in my body and be comfortable to sit with my feelings. I’ve struggled with urgency and I’m now able to notice when my body is in the fight or flight, and to ground myself. Effie also helped me realize how my core wounds are playing out in my life, and I’m better able to notice when I’m acting out of a wound. My skin has also cleared over the months after working on my trauma, which was unexpected but now makes sense since I was always in fight or flight and never gave my body a chance to relax. Working with Effie was so beneficial and at the end I noticed huge improvements in my mental health."
Allie Westrup
"Your guidance has helped me immensely. I feel that my mental and emotional state has improved a lot, and it happened in the best moment in my life. In certain ways my whole mindset shifted and I learnt a new approach. It works! I'll be using the methods you taught me."
Szilvia Frank
"Effie broke down complex information so it was understandable, gave me tools to support myself with my cPTSD, anxiety and depression, and she offered persistent and reliable guidance. There has been such a transformation for me and I'm in a totally difference place compared to where I was before."
Corina Ebnother
What does my approach look like?
- We explore the past and your childhood through a developmental and attachment trauma lens
- We actively engage your body, nervous system and emotions in the healing process, in addition to cognitively exploring your belief systems
- We bridge neuroscience with soul work, body with mind, and cognition with intuition to help you process trauma and emotions, and create a more conscious, fulfilling life rooted in the authentic ‘you’
- In addition to working on your challenges, we also equally and constantly emphasise your strengths to increase your confidence, belief in yourself and trust in your body
- We see your body and brain as a unified system, which is what neuroscience has known and proven for the last 30 years, and that's why we take into account your overall health to understand what happened to you and the story of your trauma
- We approach your health from the science-based understanding that your health is a reflection of your life story, environment and culture, and that by reversing the trauma process and by making necessary changes in your lifestyle and environment, you can gradually bring balance back into your body. This is why we look at your whole life and health holistically, as the ultimate goal is that you start making practical changes in your life that can activate your brain-body innate healing abilities
- You receive high-level and evidence-based nervous system psychoeducation so you can understand your body better, start seeing it as your friend and remove shame from your normal responses to a disordered culture
- Your body is never seen as the enemy, and instead of making it wrong, you learn to look at any symptoms or dis-ease with compassion and curiosity which is the only way of unlocking deeper layers of healing and health
- In the beginning of our programme, you are sent an intake form with questions about your overall health, environment and habits that give me a first indication of brain-body areas we might need to work on together
- As a first call, we meet and set clear intentions for our work that give us direction in the next months and ensure we remain on track, while there's also room for flexibility
- Following each session, you are shared bespoke practical, somatic and reflection exercises to strengthen your body-brain regulation skills, and your healing plan will be 100% tailor-made to your personal needs, desires and values
- You're an equal partner in our relationship and are encouraged to show up with full agency because you're always the best expert in your health
"This course has opened a warm, comforting and inspiring door for me not only to learn and understand a lot more about myself and my struggles with anxiety, shame, fear and self-doubt, but also taught me there are tools beyond awareness to grow and nurture myself. Effie's clarity and insight is a priceless and abundant gift. Can’t recommend Effie and her course enough!"
Jonny Benson
To Heal our Nervous System and Awaken our Vitality
We've got to restore our balance on three levels - on emotional level, on cognitive level (belief systems) and in our body (nervous system).
Together we'll be following my SAFETY™ in Thriving framework working with your emotions, your belief systems and your body, so that you heal unhelpful patterns and start changing the trajectory of your life.
Emotions
Emotions are energy in our body driving our behaviours. The goal as part of our work together will be to process emotions that keep you stuck in unwanted situations, and to achieve emotional balance that will support your thriving.
Belief Systems
Our core beliefs about ourselves and the world create our reality. Our goal in our work will be to help you become aware of belief systems that limit your potential and to transition to new beliefs that will allow you to thrive.
Body & Nervous System
Our nervous system is the conductor of all systems in our body. Our goal here will be to help your nervous system find its balance and achieve emotional regulation so that you don't just survive, but you're able to thrive.
Results Past Clients Have Reported
- Achieving nervous system and emotional regulation, and operating in alignment with their body's window of tolerance
- Processing trauma and emotions with a somatic-based approach
- Bringing more balance into their body as a result of building emotional resilience and nervous system flexibility
- Learning to navigate uncomfortable emotions with more ease without getting lost in them
- Creating a healthier partnership with their mind so that their negative thinking no longer holds them back
- Identifying shame-based stories that distorted the way they saw themselves and their place in the world
- Nurturing a more compassionate and loving relationship with themselves
- Reconnecting with their intuition, and trusting themselves and their decisions
- More confidently expressing their truth, needs and boundaries
- Strengthening their trust in their body's capacity to heal and in their ability to create positive change
"Effie is a great teacher and day by day I see small changes in me. Before I met her I thought everything was my fault and that I was not worthy of being loved or feel happy, but now I see that I can create a better future."
Caroline Enmark
"The most important benefit from my coaching with Effie is that I’m more confident about what I can achieve. Working with Effie has been a catalyst for me and I love the person I’ve become."
Katerina Papavasileiou
"Effie was very attentive to all things coming up during the coaching calls and all participants really showed up for each other, learnt from each other, and provided a safe space to be vulnerable. I really felt like myself in the group."
Alexandra Badita
What You'll Receive
Private Calls
You'll receive a call at the start of the programme where we'll get clear on your goals & intentions for this work. After that we'll meet three times each month for 75min and we'll work on what you'd most benefit from each time.
Cutting Edge Tools
I'll be sharing with you somatic-based strategies and exercises designed to support your healing and next level thriving after each call. Many of my clients use them for a long time after the programme ends.
Access to My Signature Course
If you pay in full, you'll get LIFETIME access to Healing Trauma Guided by the Body designed to help you tap into your body’s capacity to process trauma and emotions, and improve nervous system regulation with science-based somatic strategies.
"Since day one I noticed changes in the way I see myself. Now I show up with confidence and I’m not afraid to make mistakes. I recommend working with Effie to anyone who’s struggling with emotional overwhelm and self-doubt. This will probably be one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make."
Mafalda Franca
Available Packages
Pay in full and payment plans available.
"Effie’s ability to get to the truth of the matter and create a path to a different way of seeing myself has been life changing."
Susannah Barrie
"Effie held space for me to explore my feelings, difficulties and new perspectives on myself, my view of the world and my experiences. I’ve gained a deeper understanding of my patterns and cycles and was given the tools to work through them."
Kyli Ferguson
"I feel that the biggest part of not feeling worthy and feeling inadequate has been healed through working with Effie."
Lili Suke
If you feel called to engage in this transformative trauma and somatic-based psychotherapeutic work to address the root causes of your mental health challenges and not only the symptoms, book your trauma assessment and consultation below.
Book Your Trauma AssessmentAbout me
What’s led me to what I do today is a story that started when I was 10 and experienced trauma that involved family loss and mental dis-ease. Back then the stigma of mental health was even worse than it is today and, as a result, I spent my childhood feeling a lot of shame. This painful experience motivated me as an adult woman to go on a path to figure out how people can heal and live good lives after trauma.
It's come as no surprise that I've become a trauma educator and somatic coach running a successful practice that supports people privately and in groups. I have been trained in Dr. Gabor Maté's somatic-based psychotherapeutic approach, as a Mental Health and High Performance Coach and, I'm also currently training in Somatic Experiencing.
Through my studies and training, my work with hundreds of clients privately and in a group setting, and my personal transformation journey, I've seen again and again that with the right tools, guidance and community we can recover from trauma, feel better and live better.
I’m also a corporate trainer having run workshops on resilience, mental health and performance for organisations such as NatWest and The Centre for Entrepreneurs.
What nourishes me is the sun, the sea and meaningful conversations with friends. I hate small talk and I'm fascinated by people's life stories. In my free time, I love writing poetry and fiction, and travelling.
