Somatic Healing in Ireland: What It Is And What A Session Involves
Somatic healing works with the body rather than only with the story. Here is what that means in practice, what actually happens in a session, and how to tell whether it would suit you. By Abi Beri | Integrative Therapist & Family Constellation Facilitator · In person across Dublin, Naas, Newbridge & Kildare · online […]
You Know Your Attachment Style. Why Hasn’t Anything Changed?
You took the quiz. You got the word. Something in you said: yes, that is exactly me. And then you did the same thing again on Thursday. By Abi Beri | Integrative Therapist & Family Constellation Facilitator · In person across Dublin, Naas, Newbridge & Kildare · online worldwide TL;DR. KNOWING YOUR ATTACHMENT STYLE DOES […]
The Body Keeps The Score — But It Also Keeps Hope
By Abi Beri Half a sentence If you’ve ever read Bessel van der Kolk’s book, or come across the phrase the body keeps the score in a therapy room or a wellness post, you’ll know it has changed something fundamental about how we think about trauma and the body. The contribution was monumental. It has […]
Your Triggers Are Not Your Enemy
They Are Your Wounded Parts Asking To Be Seen On the radical reframe of triggers as messengers rather than malfunctions, the wounded part speaking through them, and why managing your triggers will never resolve them The Way We Usually Talk About Triggers We talk about managing them. Coping with them. Avoiding them. We have trigger […]
Rejection Sensitivity Isn’t an Overreaction: A Somatic Therapy View on Why Silence Hurts So Much
If a delayed text can ruin your afternoon, your nervous system isn’t broken — it’s hypervigilant. Here is the body-based path back to safety. By Abi Beri | Somatic Therapist & Integrative Practitioner, Dublin & Online Picture this. Someone you care about texts you. It is shorter than usual. No emoji. Just the words. And […]
Executive Dysfunction Isn’t Laziness: A Somatic Therapy View on Why You Can’t Start
When your brain won’t do the thing, you’re not weak — your nervous system is in shutdown. Here’s the body-based path back online. By Abi Beri | Somatic Therapist & Integrative Practitioner, Dublin & Online There is something you need to do. You know what it is. You know how to do it. It is […]
The Fawn Response: When Your Survival Strategy Was to Please
Let me ask you something. When you walk into a room, what is the first thing you do? If you are anything like the person this piece is for, you scan. Instantly, automatically, without thinking about it. Who is there. What mood they are in. Whether there is tension. What might be needed. What might […]
When Love Feels Like Danger: Understanding and Healing Relational Trauma
By Abi Beri — Nervous System & Trauma Specialist | BlissfulEvolution.com | SomaticTherapyIreland.com There’s a particular kind of loneliness that doesn’t come from being alone. It comes from being in a relationship — or wanting one — while something inside you braces, pulls back, or waits for the floor to give way. Maybe you’ve noticed […]
Nervous System Reset: Why Quick Fixes Don’t Work (And What Actually Does)
Your nervous system isn’t broken. It’s stuck. And it can learn to come home. By Abi Beri | Dublin, Naas & Newbridge [Reading time: 11 minutes] You have probably searched for this. Nervous system reset. How to calm your nervous system. How to get out of fight or flight. And you have found a lot […]
Why You Can’t Let Anyone In: Healing the Guarded Heart
Safe and closed is not the same as safe and alive. By Abi Beri | Dublin, Naas & Newbridge [Reading time: 10 minutes] You might not call it a closed heart. You might call it being independent. Self-sufficient. Not needing anyone too much. You might call it being careful, or having high standards, or protecting […]
