Compassionate Inquiry®
60MIN - IN PERSON - ONLINE
Compassionate Inquiry® is a trauma-informed, mind-body therapeutic approach developed by Dr. Gabor Maté. It helps you uncover the underlying emotional and psychological patterns, unconscious beliefs, and survival strategies that shape how you think, feel, and relate to yourself and others. Rather than focusing on symptoms alone, Compassionate Inquiry® supports you in seeing the deeper mechanisms behind your behaviours and reactions, especially those rooted in early attachment experiences or stress.
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What to Expect During a Compassionate Inquiry® Session?
In a Compassionate Inquiry session, we create a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental space where you can explore your present-moment experience with curiosity and clarity. Together we may:
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Notice present-moment body sensations
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Explore emotional responses and patterns
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Gently uncover unconscious beliefs
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Understand how past experiences influence current behaviour
This work emphasises felt experience and attuned observation, allowing you to access deeper understanding through your own lived experience rather than only through intellectual insight.
Creating Lasting Change
Many of the emotional and behavioural patterns you experience today were intelligent adaptations. They developed in response to stress, unmet needs, or relational wounds. At one point, they helped you survive. Over time, however, they may become limiting.
Lasting change begins when these unconscious patterns become conscious.
How it Works
Compassionate Inquiry sessions are guided through careful, compassionate questioning and the attentive witnessing of your inner experience. The approach does not require reliving traumatic events; instead, it supports the emergence of awareness around the adaptations your nervous system developed to keep you safe.
Embodied Healing
This awareness creates a foundation for:
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Deeper emotional regulation
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Greater self-understanding
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More sustainable change over time
Many clients choose multiple sessions to explore and integrate what arises, as each session builds on the last.
Who Compassionate Inquiry Is For:
Compassionate Inquiry can support you if you’re experiencing:
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Anxiety or chronic stress
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Emotional reactivity
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Attachment or relationship patterns
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Persistent self-criticism or shame
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Difficulty understanding repeated life themes
It’s suited to anyone wanting to understand themselves more deeply, develop healthier nervous system regulation, and step into patterns that serve them better.
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F.A.Q.
How does Somatic Integration Therapy work? This therapy works by bringing attention to physical sensations and exploring how they connect to emotions, memories, and patterns. Through guided awareness, breathwork, and gentle movement, the body’s natural capacity for healing can unfold, allowing for greater balance and clarity.
How many sessions will I need? Healing is a process that unfolds over time. A minimum of 2–3 sessions is recommended to allow for a thorough and supportive process. Each session builds on the previous one, deepening your understanding and creating sustainable growth.
Who can benefit from Somatic Integration Therapy? This approach is beneficial for anyone seeking emotional healing, nervous system support, or a deeper connection with their body. It can be particularly helpful for those navigating trauma, stress, anxiety, chronic pain, or emotional overwhelm after a life event or experience.
Is this therapy suitable if I have experienced trauma? Yes. Somatic Integration Therapy is trauma-informed and designed to support you safely. It emphasises creating a sense of safety, grounding, and choice while working with the body’s natural rhythms.
What can I expect during a session? Each session is tailored to your needs. You will be guided to explore physical sensations and emotional responses with curiosity and compassion. Sessions may involve mindfulness techniques, breathwork, gentle movement, and supportive dialogue.
Can Somatic Integration Therapy be combined with other therapies? Yes, it can complement other healing modalities such as talk therapy, bodywork, or energy healing. It can provide additional tools for deeper self-awareness and emotional regulation.