Here, we delve even deeper into the connection between pain in the physical body and trapped energy. Information taken from the Pre-Consultation questionnaire and/or consultation, which will allow me to construct a psychosomatic analysis of you, which takes about 4 hours. The client does not need to be present. This will identify emotions, instincts, hormone and neurotransmitter releases, creating links between negative life experiences and the physical pain the body is experiencing.

If you require more information, I can send out a mock psychosomatic analysis to help demonstrate how it works. Just send me an email to contact@christopherholt.co.uk, and I’ll send one out to you.

Once this has been completed and discussed, some clients, after doing a psychosomatic analysis, have their ailments or pains disappear or resolve over a couple of weeks without any further help. This is because they understand within what their body is trying to communicate to them.

Some clients need more

Some clients need to discuss more to better understand and/or need nerve stimulation. This could either be an interoceptive awareness session work (Internal Family Systems) with myself and/or Acupuncture with a trained professional to help shift and move stored negative energy within the body.

More about the interoceptive awareness session work I do

Understand conscious and unconscious thinking  

This involves identifying parts, understanding their positive and negative intentions, and fostering a relationship between the “Self” and these parts to unburden them.

Control instincts and emotions

Instincts are innate, inherited, and automatic behaviours directed toward survival goals (e.g., flight or fight response), while emotions are internal, conscious, and often learned feelings that signal changes in mood (e.g., fear or Joy). Instincts provide the action, whereas emotions provide the feeling and motivation. To control instincts and emotions, we must first work out which instincts are fighting each other and which emotion shows as the outcome. Once we have worked this out, we can then get to grips with secondary gain and self-sabotaging patterns. 

“Secondary gains are, as I describe, a special type of self-sabotage pattern. They can be quite a big obstacle to process. Secondary gains are sections of your mind that are conscious motivators that reward you in emotional or physical ways for holding onto your problems and blocks.” 

Link hormones and neurotransmitters 

Your emotions, instincts and mental states act as a "conductor," triggering the brain to release specific neurochemicals (e.g., endorphins, serotonin) or signals to glands to release hormones (e.g., cortisol, adrenaline). Trading can be very stressful, and when you are stressed, your body undergoes an immediate, automatic, and complex "fight-or-flight" chemical reaction designed to prepare you to face or flee from danger. This response is driven by the nervous system and the endocrine system, triggering the release of key hormones and neurotransmitters, including adrenaline (epinephrine), noradrenaline (norepinephrine), and cortisol. Cortisol, the primary stress hormone, acts on the brain to manage acute stress by boosting alertness and energy, but high levels can damage brain structure and function. It shrinks the hippocampus (memory centre), reduces prefrontal cortex function (impairing decision-making), and increases amygdala activity, which can intensify anxiety and fear. Creating all sorts of mixed emotions about how we really think and act.

Total session time: 60 minutes

£60 per session

(I offer lower rates for individuals on low income, please email me for further information)