Compassionate Inquiry

Somatic Based Psychotherapy

My qualifications and experience in CI includes:

– CI Self Study Course (July 2020)
– CI Year Long Professional Training with Sanjog Kaur (Feb 2021 cohort)
– Wisdom of trauma online retreats with Gabor Mate (Jul 2020/Mar 2021)
– CI Internship Programme with Cristina Bara (Feb 2022 cohort)
– CI Mentorship Programme (Mar 2022 cohort)
– Participant: CI event in Budapest (Aug 2022)
– Participant: CI Conference in Vancouver (Online Nov 2022)
– CI Suicide Awareness Training (2023)
– CI Circles participant with Steve Borloz (2023)
– CI Internship Programme with Sat Dharam Kaur (May 2023 cohort)
– Participant: CI Conference in Bucharest (Sept 2024)
– CI Certified Practitioner (Sept 2022/Re-Certified Sept 2024)
– CI Mentor in Training Program (Started in Aug 2024)

“We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world”.

– Gabor Mate

With Gabor Mate in Glasgow 2023

Compassionate Inquiry is a psychotherapeutic approach created by Dr. Gabor Maté and structured and organised by Sat Dharam Kaur.

This approach gently uncovers and releases the layers of childhood trauma, constriction and suppressed emotion embedded in the body, that are at the root of mental and physical illness and addiction.

When we can release ourselves from the old stories we tell ourselves, a new way of being emerges, leading to spontaneity, choice, expansion and freedom.

We learn how to hold and integrate our younger selves in a compassionate and transformative way, helping us to be more authentic and self-directing in our lives.

There is a rich amount of personal and professional development opportunities within the CI community. I am currently enrolled on the Mentor in Training Program, where I am training to support participants who are either on the professional training programme or those looking to certify or recertify as a compassionate inquiry practitioner.

Self care is of primary importance when working in CI. As well as having my own daily practices I regularly meet with mentors and my CI therapist for supervision sessions and join zoom calls with Gabor, Sat Dharam, guest speakers and the facilitation team to enhance my therapeutic skills and knowledge.

I am currently the only qualified compassionate inquiry practitioner based in Scotland, first certifying in September 2022. Once qualified, practitioners have to go through a re-certification process every two years, and I am delighted to share that I was re-certified in September 2024. You will find my listing on the compassionate inquiry practitioners page here.

CI sessions take place from my home in Edinburgh or globally over zoom, seven days a week, including evenings. You can find my availability here.

I try to make CI sessions available to as many people as possible. Therefore, I offer a sliding scale of fees depending on income and personal circumstances. I also offer a couple of sessions per week at a further reduced rate if you are a student or on state benefits.

You are warmly welcome to get in touch if you have any questions or you can directly book a session here.

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