Shaun Higgins

- Diploma in Craniosacral Therapy - ITEC Level 3 Certificate in Anatomy, Physiology & Pathology for the Complementary Therapist - IAFPD Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Coaching - Certificate in Trauma-informed Practice (2021) - FnD Youth &
I offer Craniosacral Therapy and Holistic Coaching to adults, teens and children who struggle with chronic stress and anxiety, physical injury or difficult emotions. I specialise in supporting adults working in purpose-led professions dealing with stress-related burnout or chronic illness. I can support you or a family member in regulating their nervous system, finding ways of slowing down, and break harmful patterns and cycles of stress.

Forced to constantly work at speed and juggle endless responsibilities, our nervous systems are held in a constant state of activation. With this, our perception of reality changes. We become more vigilant, prone to stress, anxiety and fear. In this state, we are responding not to life as it is, but through the lens of physiological alarm. 

 

From here, we tend to operate in fight-or-flight patterns shaped by survival. We rely on familiar strategies, even when we know they are no longer effective. Over time, this can create a sense of repetition — of circling through the same problems, responding with the same decisions and arriving at the same outcomes. The more stressed we feel, the faster we move. The faster we move, the more problematic our problems become.  

 

Slowing down interrupts this cycle, allowing us to create space within the nervous systems to allow a calmer sense of understanding and being to emerge. I offer Craniosacral Therapy to support you in gently allowing your the nervous system shift away from chronic activation. I also offer coaching to bring conscious awareness to your recurring patterns and find solutions for change. Together, they can support a genuine reconnection to ourselves. 

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