Somatic Therapy in Auckland
In-person Therapy for Anxiety, Trauma, and Overwhelm
Black sheep, deep feelers, and misfits
Have you spent years trying to fit into a world that has never quite fitted you?
Perhaps you’ve become good at masking.
Good at coping.
Good at appearing okay.
Maybe you’ve always felt a little too much, too sensitive, too intense, too different – or perhaps you’ve simply never found the words for why life seems harder than it looks for everyone else.
Maybe you’ve tried therapy before. It helped… but something was still missing.
If any of that feels familiar, welcome.
You belong here.
🌿 Quirk-friendly
🌿 ADHD, autism & PDA-friendly
🌿 LGBT, queer, poly & SW-friendly
🌿 Psychedelic-friendly
🌿 Friendly
Come as you are
I don’t expect you to arrive with the right words, the right emotions, or the right diagnosis.
We’ll discover together what helps.
Sometimes that means talking. Sometimes movement. Sometimes silence. Sometimes laughter. Sometimes an unexpected moment opens a door that neither of us saw coming.
There isn’t a script.
There is curiosity.
There is relationship.
There is room to be fully yourself.
I’m interested in the places where things don’t quite add up – where instinct, feeling, humour, contradiction, and unexpected connections reveal something meaningful.
Neurodiversity, big emotions, other ways of being – it all belongs here. We work with who you are, not against you.
Your first session is two hours for just $60. Contact Hamish to have a chat, or arrange a time.
More than Talk
Your nervous system hasn’t read the CBT worksheet.
Some things can’t be solved by thinking or behaving differently.
They need to be felt.
Moved.
Expressed.
Experienced.
Many of our deepest patterns were learned before we had words for them, and they can’t always be reached through insight alone. Sometimes change comes through having a new experience – in the body, in emotion, or in relationship.
Together we’ll listen not only to your thoughts, but also to your emotions, your body, your impulses, and the deeper patterns that have quietly shaped your life.
Healing the Wounds You Can’t See
Trauma is not always stored as a clear memory that can be explained in words. Much of it is held implicitly – in bodily sensations, emotional reactions, expectations, and patterns of relating that operate before conscious thought.
You may know that you are safe, yet your body braces for danger. You may agree when you want to say no, withdraw when you long for connection, or feel overwhelmed by something that seems small in the present. These reactions are not irrational. They are often old forms of protection, learned when you had fewer choices and fewer resources.
That is why trauma work involves more than talking about what happened. We pay attention to how the past is still being lived in the present: in tension, numbness, shame, anxiety, avoidance, sudden emotion, or the impulse to disappear, please, fight or shut down.
We work gently and at a pace that allows you to remain connected to yourself. Over time, experiences that once felt unbearable can become more understandable and less overwhelming – not erased, but integrated, so they no longer have the same power to take you by surprise.
Therapy That Adapts to You
There is no single right way to do therapy.
We’ll work collaboratively, paying attention to what feels useful, what feels too much, and what seems to open something new. Some sessions may be thoughtful and reflective. Others may be emotional, embodied, symbolic, relational – or simply quiet.
We might explore the story you tell yourself, the beliefs that shape your choices, the feelings beneath the words, or the patterns that appear between us. At other times, we may work with imagery, movement, metaphor, implicit memory, spirituality, or the deeper sense of meaning that cannot always be explained.
I draw from cognitive, narrative, somatic, emotional, relational and transpersonal approaches – but the method is never more important than the person.
We find our way together.
Let’s create something transformative together.
You deserve therapy that meets you where you are. If you’re ready for something different – something expressive, experiential, and deeply attuned to who you are – I’d love to work with you.
Or give Hamish a call
021-0298-7007