James Robinson
I help people suffering from anxiety to experience a deep, lasting sense of inner peace and wellbeing by helping them to gently release the root causes that fuel their distress.
Just as we feel a huge wave of relief when we finally put down a heavy shopping bag we’ve been struggling to carry, releasing heavy stored emotions from our past creates an immediate sense of lightness, calm and an increased sense of well being.
By clearing these stored emotions, we remove the primary trigger for the anxiety cycle – dramatically reducing your symptoms until there is simply no fuel left to feed the distress.
When a loud, prolonged background noise – like a chainsaw or alarm – finally stops, we feel an instant sense of peace as the quiet that was always present returns. Peace is always inside us. Just as the clear blue sky is always present behind the storm clouds, the more we quieten the disturbing “noises” and dissolve the heavy clouds we carry, the more our natural state of calm is felt.
When we experience trauma and unknowingly store it in our bodies, it acts like an alarm going off in the background all the time. Our nervous system signals danger, keeping us locked in fight-or-flight. In response, our brain tries to give meaning to this physical distress by generating anxious, racing thoughts to justify the threat it interprets. Reacting to those thoughts amplifies the body’s alarm, which escalates the thoughts further, creating a spiralling loop of distress.
I have a very warm, simple and effective approach and over the last 17 years, I have successfully helped hundreds of clients clear the root causes of their anxiety. My intention is always to help my clients reduce their level of anxiety to below the clinical threshold for Generalised Anxiety Disorder in as few sessions as possible.
I’m a big believer in efficacy which is why I utilise the techniques that I use. My core focus is always the endeavour to achieve obvious improvements and lasting relief. Rather than open-ended approaches that can lead to endless rolling sessions, I use effective tried and tested somatic techniques designed to produce clear, reliable relief.
I use a combination of proven therapeutic techniques in response to what I feel will be most beneficial to you at the time. The foundation of my approach is my personal refined adaptation of Clinical EFT, an evidence-based somatic technique that involves focusing on the physical response to uncomfortable thoughts or memories while lightly tapping on specific points on the body to send direct safety signals to the brain.
To complement this, I integrate two advanced visualisations techniques that evolved from EFT: Optimal EFT, a meditative visualisation approach developed by Gary Craig as an evolution of EFT and Matrix Reimprinting, which combines gentle tapping with guided memory resolution. Together, these tools allow us to safely diffuse deep-seated emotional patterns and past events without overwhelming your system.
I always endeavour to create a very informal, relaxed, non-judgemental, and supportive space during our time together, as I believe developing true rapport between us is as important as anything else for your success.
To give you a general idea of what a typical session would look like between us;
We usually begin with a casual conversation to catch up and check in on how you’ve been feeling and from there, we use gentle tapping to address whatever immediate thoughts or physical feelings arise. As we move deeper, we generally integrate guided visualisations to resolve the underlying memories and beliefs supporting your anxiety, systematically working through historical distress step by step until the fuel for your general anxiety is gone and greater sense of peace is felt.
I offer ad-hoc in-person sessions at The Practice Rooms in Exeter, as well as online one-to-one sessions and structured programs designed for different levels of anxiety.
Feel free to reach out so we can arrange a conversation to discuss how we can best work together.
Online and/or telephone appointments are available.
