Relationships

In Sheree's opinion, and as odd as it might sound, relationships have a unique capacity to bring to the surface anything that is most unlike love.

Sheree and Somatic Rehabilitation help couples find the issues at hand and work together to build pathways to growth and happiness.

All relationships need a little help

Sheree sees this from both a personal and a professional point of view - her experience suggests that relationships are powerful catalysts for individual growth and change. She notes that we seem to learn about love most usefully from within a relationship, and not before we have encountered the sort of problems and challenges that cause relationships to flounder or end.

How can Sheree help yours?

With this in mind, Sheree uses mindfulness and the Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy to explore what is occurring in the present moment: we observe what is happening now. This gentle yet powerful process of self-discovery is designed to facilitate awareness and intimacy for both partners, and goes beyond insight and into action.

Raising the issues

Couple differences tend to arise around needs, vulnerability and self-protection. Becoming aware of how these patterns in relationship are operating, using present moment awareness to observe this, provides us with useful information about our self and the other.

Finding pathways ahead

As we begin to use this information, learning about ourselves and each other with compassionate understanding, we build our capacity for sharing and intimacy, strengthening our relationships and expanding our ideas about who we are.

We are whole human beings: being able to bring more of ourselves into a relationship with another allows us both to deepen and flourish.

Our scientifically grounded approach

Authors Lewis, Amini and Lannon in their book 'A General Theory of Love' write:

“From birth to death, love is not just the focus of human experience but also the life force of the mind, determining our moods, stabilising our bodily rhythms, and changing the structure of our brains.”

This view best sums up Sheree's approach to understanding, working with and being in relationship: learning that there is science and proven research around relationships and attachment, family systems and psychosocial development changed her understanding of what love and relationships are all about.