Embodied Psychotherapy - Lucy Kuipers | Embodied Psychotherapy

Embodied Psychotherapy follows a humanistic, relational approach with a focus on the mind-body connection.

I am interested in you, and what you bring to the space, and how we can explore your thoughts, feelings and behaviours through embodiment and the 'person to person' relationship.

Through the body we can become more aware of feelings and emotions, by connecting to the sensations that we experience, which can inform the thoughts we have in our minds (and vice versa).

Exploring the relationship between our mind and body allows us to understand more about how they interact and influence each other and how our mental, physical and emotional health can be affected.

Together we can reflect on your experiences and patterns, in what you do, feel or say, that may contribute to your difficulties or problems. Through understanding these connections and patterns, therapy can help you to establish deeper self-understanding and awareness so that you can have healthier, more fulfilling relationships with yourself and others.

You can choose to work verbally, or using movement, or a combination of both. The option to work creatively through art, or other creative fields, is also available to support you during the sessions.

My aim is to provide you with a safe, confidential space which offers the opportunity to talk through various issues as well as for self-development and growth.

I am influenced by humanistic psychotherapy with a special emphasis on the person-centred approach, relational approaches and process-oriented psychology. This guides me in my thinking, and helps me to understand how you may be experiencing the world.

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Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP) is a form of psychotherapy under the Arts and Play Therapies umbrella. This approach involves body and movement, and is practiced as both individual and group therapy in a range of settings.

Although my core training was in DMP, I would describe myself as an embodied (movement) psychotherapist. For me, this started as a response to making the approach more accessible for people who might find the idea of dancing 'off-putting' or threatening in their embodied expression. I have experienced myself connecting with a more in-depth understanding of embodiment.

My creative and embodied psychotherapeutic approach pays attention to and invites the continuum of body-mind in action into the experiential process. For my work, there is something more about focusing on movement and the continuum of body-mind that allows clients to express themselves in a creative and healing way. My clinical approach draws upon a range of techniques, for example, from the practices of body-oriented psychotherapy, DMP, and expressive arts therapies. I have an interest in working integratively through movement, art, and words.

I work with people experiencing a range of difficulties and problems relating to:

anxiety
relationship issues
mental health
pain management
neurodiversity
loss and bereavement
confidence and self-esteem
stress
gender and sexuality
low mood / depression

Some areas in which I have additional experience or a special interest are: childhood trauma, self-harming behaviours, end-of-life work (palliative care), twin loss and bereavement.

I can work with individuals and groups including children, young people and adults.

I strive to be considered an LGBTQ+ Ally who supports and advocates for the queer community.

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