Top-down meets
bottom-up.
A holistic integrative
approache.
Somatic Experiencing.
Somatic Experiencing rests on a simple clinical observation: when a body cannot complete its natural response to overwhelm — fight, flight, defence — the unfinished energy stays in the system. It surfaces later as anxiety, tightness, sleep that won't come, reactivity that seems out of proportion to the present moment.
The work is to help the nervous system finish what it began. Not by re-telling the story, but by giving the body the time, the attention, and small enough doses for it to discharge what it has been carrying.
In Dr. Peggy's practice, SE is held by full clinical training. The same psychologist who does the somatic work also takes a comprehensive intake, formulates the case clinically, and provide whole-person brain treatment.
What we mean
by Physical
Intelligence.
We hold the body's knowing as a wisdom — its working capacity to sense, regulate, and return. Not a score on a chart, but a fluency the nervous system learns over time.
Its physiological coherence (physical intelligence) that affects exceptional leadership and performance.
A nervous-
system view
of distress.
Most of what brings people to this work can be understood as a nervous system stuck outside its window of tolerance. The aim of facilitating physical intelligence is to learn how our nervous system work best for ones health.
Hypoarousal — freeze
Numb. Foggy. Disconnected. Fatigue without obvious cause. The body has pulled the plug to protect itself.
Window of tolerance
Settled. Curious. Resourced. Able to think, feel, and connect at the same time. The work, and the home, is here.
Hyperarousal — fight / flight
Wired. Reactive. Anxious. Sleep dysregulated. The body is mobilised, but it can’t quite land.
Conditions
worked with.
Indicative, not exhaustive. The list reflects Dr. Peggy's clinical experience across psychiatric hospital and private practice settings; SE is integrated where it is likely to be useful, and is not the right approach for every concern.
Depression & mood
Including post-natal depression, complex grief, and the flat aftermath of sustained stress.
Anxiety & panic
A nervous system that has not been able to come down. Vigilance, sleep dysregulation, panic.
PTSD & complex trauma
Single-incident shock, post-medical / post-accident, and developmental or relational trauma.
Eating disorders
Including the regulatory and somatic difficulties that often accompany them.
Adjustment disorders
Major life transitions, illness, loss, relocation, and the body's slower way of catching up.
Early psychosis
Supportive clinical work for individuals and families, in co-ordination with psychiatric care.
Tourette's syndrome
Psychological work in tandem with medical management; supportive work for family members.
ASD & ADHD
Adults exploring or living with autism-spectrum or ADHD diagnoses. Strengths-based support.
Learning disorders
Adults navigating the long impact of unrecognised or unsupported learning differences.
Anatomy
of a session.
Slower than you'd expect, in the most useful way. A session is fifty to sixty minutes, seated or on the working table. The pace is set by what your nervous system can metabolise — weaving Somatic Experiencing with mindfulness, cognitive, and depth-oriented work.
Presence
Awareness without grasping. We begin — and return — here. Noticing breath, body, and thought as they arise, with no need to change them.
Cognition
Where thoughts loop or distort, we map the terrain together. Patterns come into view, lenses become visible, and room opens up for choice.
Soma
The nervous system speaks in sensation. We listen carefully, working in small doses, so that what has been held can finally move through.
Depth
Beneath thought and sensation, the psyche speaks in symbol and image. We make space for what surfaces from dreams and the deeper layers.
Dr. Peggy.
A certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP) and approved Provider with SE International — having completed the full three-year training through the Advanced level.
She is also a UK HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist (PYL32662), integrating thirty years of clinical training across neuropsychological assessment, mindfulness-based psychotherapy, and Somatic Experiencing.
If something here
resonates, reach out.
Share what you are carrying and Dr. Peggy will reply personally — every enquiry is read and answered by her, within two working days.