In Playa del Carmen · and online
Somatic trauma therapy and body psychotherapy with a medical doctor trained in clinical psychoneuroimmunology. The work runs as a programme rather than as isolated sessions, and it always begins with a consultation to see whether my approach is right for you.
The approach
Most of what we call character is a nervous system that learned to defend itself and never got the message that it can stop. It becomes posture, digestion, sleep, desire, and the way you react when someone comes too close.
So this work does not begin by trying to open anything. It begins by giving the body back its safety. Without that foundation, an intense experience gets mistaken for repair, and the system closes again a few days later, a little more tired than before.
We work directly with the nervous system — polyvagal-informed regulation, somatic trauma release, body psychotherapy — alongside conversation. My background in clinical psychoneuroimmunology means we can also look at what your physiology is doing, and not only at your story.
The foundations
The work rests on three levels, and all three point at the same centre: bringing human experience into contact with being. They are not worked through in order — they are held at once.
MindWisdom
A mature mind, in a body whose energy is no longer blocked, becomes wisdom.
EmotionCompassion
Emotions, experienced freely in a therapeutic space and in personal practice, awaken compassion and empathy towards ourselves and towards the world.
WillGrace
The will discovers grace on contact with the divine and spiritual love that guides our path towards a greater purpose.
What is offered
All three run as an accompanied process, with objectives we set together, and all three begin with a free first consultation. They can be taken in person in Playa del Carmen or online from anywhere in the world.
Somatic and conversational therapy that includes work on the body's tissues and fascia (fully clothed), for people working with trauma (this therapy is not a massage).
Not everyone who writes to me is looking for massage, and massage is not necessarily the best therapy in every case. So somatic therapy is a distinct therapeutic path, done fully clothed, sitting or lying down, in person in Playa del Carmen or online.
The approach is somatic: we work with the nervous system directly — regulation grounded in experience with trauma, and somatic-emotional release — alongside conversation. My background in clinical psychoneuroimmunology means we can also look at what your physiology is doing and, where needed, consider other approaches, not only your story.
Because real change needs continuity, I work in programmes rather than isolated sessions. We begin with a free mini-session so you can feel whether my approach resonates before committing to anything.
Where the mind's patterns and the tension the body holds are treated as one system, because they are.
Body psychotherapy works on the understanding that thought, emotion and posture are not separate systems. A belief you cannot rationalise your way out of is often held somewhere in the tissue.
Sessions move between conversation, directed somatic work, meditation and practices that reorganise the relationship between mind, emotion and will. The aim is not catharsis without foundation — it is a mature mind in a body whose energy is no longer blocked.
Because this is trauma work, it runs as a programme with objectives we set together for the short, medium and long term.
A conversational, educational space to understand and mature your sexuality — grounded in medicine and in the tantric tradition.
Many questions about sexuality never find a place to be asked. They are not always trauma that needs treating: they are questions about desire, pleasure, the body, boundaries or life as a couple, which almost nobody learned to talk about clearly.
Sexuality coaching is that place. It is conversational and educational work: together we look at how you live your sexuality today, what you want to change, and which concrete practices can support you in that change. As a doctor and midwife I bring a real understanding of anatomy, hormones and physiology; as a coach in sexuality and neotantra, the body-awareness and energy practices I work with in everything else.
If something comes up along the way that needs more than a conversation, I will tell you honestly, and we can continue with somatic therapy.
Like the rest of my work, it runs as a programme with objectives we set together, and it begins with a free first consultation.
What we can aim at
Every process is made by hand. This is the range of what can be worked on; which of them are yours is something we decide together in the initial consultation, and revisit as we go.
See the full programmePDF · the document I work from
Where we meet
As I mentioned above, psychotherapy sessions are done in comfortable clothing (sportswear or something loose, so you can move easily), sitting or lying down (and just to be clear: they are not massage), although in person they can include work on the body's tissues to release specific tension (neck, shoulders, head and so on, at a superficial level). You can take them in my consulting room in Playa del Carmen, or online from wherever you are — the body-psychotherapy work we do also works over a video call, because the technique allows it and it does not reduce the effectiveness of the process; in fact, we see extraordinary results in patients who take it by video call.
If what you are looking for is bodywork rather than somatic and conversational therapy, the tantric massage page may be the one you want.
Questions
If your question is not here, write to me. No question is too direct — I would much rather you ask.
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