Therapeutic Breathwork
Therapeutic breathwork is a body-oriented practice in which conscious, connected breathing is used as a tool to access emotions, sensations, and experiences that are often held below the level of everyday awareness. By using the breath in a supported, intentional way, you are invited to explore and reorganise patterns of nervous system response, release tension that has become embodied over time, and connect more deeply with your felt experience.
This work is not about achieving a particular state or 'doing it right'. It is about what arises when the breath becomes a bridge between the thinking mind and the body’s intelligence. Many people find that breathwork offers a different kind of access to emotions, memories, and sensations — one that is felt rather than merely thought about. It can bring clarity to experiences that have felt stuck, held, or hard to articulate in words alone.
In a breathwork session, you will be gently guided through an approach that invites connection with your internal world. Sessions take place in a safe, paced, and ethically held environment, with attention to your readiness, comfort, and consent at every step. You remain fully in control of your experience; nothing is done to you. My role is to support your self-exploration, help you stay connected to your body’s responses, and assist you in integrating what emerges.
People come to breathwork for many different reasons: to explore emotional release, to calm and regulate nervous system activation, to deepen self-awareness, or to reconnect with parts of themselves that have felt distant or suppressed. Some find that breathwork helps dissipate long-held tension, opens access to feelings that have been avoided, or offers a sense of clarity and grounding that carries forward into daily life.
Therapeutic breathwork can also be a powerful tool for those who have experienced trauma. When practised in a safe, trauma-aware context, it can help re-establish a sense of agency in the body, support regulation of the nervous system, and create new, felt experiences of safety and coherence. Because each person’s history and nervous system are unique, breathwork is always paced according to your capacity and comfort.
Breathwork is not about “fixing” anything. It is a way of listening to what your body already knows and of allowing experience to be felt rather than avoided. Some people experience vivid emotional release, shifts in perspective, or states of calm and expansiveness; others notice subtle changes in embodiment, grounding, or relational presence. All of these are valid expressions of the process.
If you are curious but unsure whether breathwork is right for you, I offer a free exploratory conversation to discuss your questions, intentions, and any concerns. Breathwork can be gentle and grounding, deep and transformative, or somewhere in between — always guided by your readiness and what feels safe for you.
Interested in group breathwork sessions? Have a look at our Therapeutic Breathwork Circle.
FAQs
An initial session of Breathwork is usually 90–120 minutes. If we start with psychotherapy, this will be 60 minutes. We can discuss the best approach for you within a free initial consultation call via Zoom.
For Breathwork and Psychotherapy, the cost is £60 for 60 minutes. For a 90-minute breathwork session, this is £90. I have a small number of reduced-cost sessions for those in need. I review my fees each year.
At the Bird House Therapy Centre in Falmouth, UK, or online via Zoom. It is possible to have a mix of online and face-to-face appointments.
Tuesdays and Fridays face-to-face in Falmouth & Wednesdays and Thursdays on Zoom
I work with a range of people looking to find meaning and connection and who are open to trying out breathwork alongside traditional psychotherapeutic approaches. I specialise in depth work, uncovering our purpose and value in life. I enjoy being flexible in your needs, using the body-based approach in breathwork, and the mind with psychotherapy and coaching styles.
You can contact me, and we can arrange an initial 30-minute chat, which is free of charge. This is an opportunity for you to tell me a bit of what you’re looking for, and I can answer any questions you might have. Often people arrange this with a few different therapists so that they are more likely to find the right match. If for any reason I don’t think I’m the best fit for you, I can usually refer you to another therapist who is more likely to be.
If we make an agreement to work together, we will book in a timeslot, and I will then email you a therapy document with information about things such as confidentiality, cancellations, GDPR, where to find me, payment details, etc. During your first session, we will briefly go through this so expectations are clear from the beginning. If you have any questions about anything at any point, I am always keen to hear them.
~ Weekly sessions are preferable~
Therapy often involves working through complex emotions, unconscious patterns, and long-held beliefs. Weekly sessions provide a structured space to stay engaged with the work, rather than having to re-establish the connection each time. Regular sessions also enable consistent momentum, allowing insights and shifts to build progressively rather than fading between extended time between meetings. This is why I ask people to commit to 12 weekly sessions initially as a minimum. If for financial or other practical reasons you would then like to change to fortnightly sessions, this can be accommodated.
I always do my best to accommodate people to return for another chapter of work together; however, there may be a wait before I can schedule this and unfortunately it is not always possible.
Not directly anymore, no; I work with people aged 18+. If you are a young person looking for support, I can point you in the direction of brilliant colleagues who do work with children.