PSYCHOSOMATIC
ANALYSIS
Exploring the connection between your experiences, emotions and physical symptoms.
A Psychosomatic Analysis with Christopher Holt is a personalised exploration of possible connections between physical symptoms, emotional experiences, personal history and recurring patterns. It does not assume that every physical symptom has an emotional cause, but looks at the individual and their experiences as a whole.
Using information gathered through your consultation and detailed questionnaire, I look at your personal history, emotional patterns, significant experiences and physical symptoms to build a broader picture of what may be happening.
A detailed analysis prepared individually for you.
Consultation + Personal Psychosomatic Analysis · £250
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WHAT IS A
PSYCHOSOMATIC
ANALYSIS?
Looking beyond the symptom.
A Psychosomatic Analysis explores possible connections between your physical symptoms, emotional experiences, personal history and recurring patterns.
Using the information gathered from your consultation and questionnaire, I spend time reviewing your individual story away from the session. This allows me to look at the wider picture rather than considering a symptom in isolation.
The completed analysis brings these observations together in a structured way, highlighting patterns and connections that can then be explored further with you.
Your analysis is prepared individually following your consultation.
WHAT WE EXPLORE
Understanding the wider picture.
01 — PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
Where symptoms are experienced, when they began, how they behave and any patterns you have noticed.
02 — EXPERIENCES & EMOTIONS
Significant experiences, emotional responses and circumstances that may be relevant to what you are experiencing now.
03 — RECURRING PATTERNS
Connections that appear across your history, relationships, environment and physical wellbeing.
The aim is not to assume that every physical symptom has an emotional cause, but to explore whether meaningful connections may be present in your individual experience.
HOW YOUR
ANALYSIS IS
CREATED
Time is taken to look beyond the initial conversation.
01 — GATHER
We begin with your consultation and detailed questionnaire, bringing together your symptoms, personal history, experiences and the areas you would like me to explore.
The analysis itself is prepared outside your consultation and typically takes several hours to complete.
02 — ANALYSE
I review the information away from the session, looking for recurring themes, possible connections and patterns across your individual story.
03 — BRING IT TOGETHER
I prepare your Psychosomatic Analysis, bringing the observations together into a structured picture that we can then explore with you.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
Your analysis, brought together clearly.
01 — YOUR PERSONAL ANALYSIS
A detailed written Psychosomatic Analysis prepared individually from the symptoms, experiences and information you provide.
02 — PATTERNS & CONNECTIONS
Each area is explored individually, looking for recurring emotional themes, experiences and patterns that may be relevant to your wider picture.
03 — REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS
Your analysis includes carefully selected questions designed to help you reflect on the experiences and patterns identified.
04 — MOVING FORWARD
The findings are brought together to highlight areas we may choose to explore further in future sessions.
Your Psychosomatic Analysis is individually prepared and typically takes several hours of work outside your consultation.
AFTER YOUR ANALYSIS
Understanding the pattern gives us somewhere to begin.
Your Psychosomatic Analysis brings together the experiences, emotional themes and recurring patterns that may be relevant to what you are experiencing.
Once we have identified these connections, I will often recommend Internal Family Systems (IFS) work as the next stage.
IFS gives us a way to explore the different parts of you that may be holding particular emotions, beliefs, protective responses or past experiences — helping us work with what has emerged through your analysis.
The approach and pace are always individual to you.
Your analysis gives us the map. The next stage is working with what we find.
INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS
Working with the different parts of you.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an approach that recognises that we can experience different “parts” within ourselves — each with its own feelings, beliefs, memories and ways of responding.
Some parts may try to protect us, some may carry difficult experiences, while others can influence how we react to particular situations, relationships or emotions.
Following your Psychosomatic Analysis, I may use IFS to help explore some of the patterns that have emerged — particularly where a part of you appears to be holding onto an experience, emotion or protective response.
Rather than trying to push these parts away, the work is about approaching them with curiosity and understanding.
The aim is to understand what a part may be protecting — and what it may need from you now.
HOW IFS WORKS
Getting to know the parts rather than fighting against them.
01 — NOTICE THE PART
We begin by noticing the thoughts, feelings, sensations or reactions that appear and identifying the part that may be present.
02 — UNDERSTAND ITS ROLE
We explore what that part may be trying to do for you — including what it may be protecting you from and when that role may have developed.
03 — WORK WITH THE PART
Rather than trying to remove or suppress it, we approach the part with curiosity and begin exploring what it may need in order to respond differently.
The work is not about getting rid of parts of yourself. It is about developing a different relationship with them.
WHAT TO EXPECT
An IFS session is a conversation with yourself, guided and supported.
There is no need to prepare or know which “parts” you want to work with. We begin with whatever feels most relevant for you at the time.
During the session, I will help you slow things down and notice the thoughts, feelings, physical sensations or reactions that arise. From there, we can gently explore the part that appears to be present and what it may be trying to communicate or protect.
You remain in control throughout the process. There is no pressure to explore anything you do not feel ready to explore.
The session moves at your pace, with curiosity rather than judgement.
IFS SESSION
60 minutes · £75 per session
The number of sessions varies depending on the individual and what you choose to explore.
READY TO EXPLORE WHAT’S BENEATH THE PATTERN?
Begin by understanding the wider picture.
A Psychosomatic Analysis gives us the opportunity to look beyond individual symptoms and explore the experiences, emotions and recurring patterns that may form part of your wider story.
From there, we can decide together whether further work — including Internal Family Systems — may be useful for you.
Psychosomatic Analysis · £180
