Transform Pain & Trauma Into Lasting Change
Are you in pain, burnt out, and unable to switch off? When your body stays tense, pain flares without reason, or silence feels safer than being seen, even though you’ve tried therapy, medication, mindset work, or lifestyle changes, nothing seems to last. That’s because your pain isn’t a sign of damage, it’s your brain and body stuck in a fear–pain cycle. I’m a specialist in chronic pain and burnout, using science-backed, trauma-informed approaches to help you live a life your body no longer fights and your self-expression no longer hides.
This Isn’t About Coping Better. It’s About moving beyond survival
You’ve pushed through pain, burnout, and pressure, holding it together because others needed you to. But deep down, you know managing symptoms isn’t enough. You’re ready for something different.
I’m Christina, a Coaching Psychologist with 25 years of experience across health and psychology, guiding overwhelmed high achievers move beyond survival.
Most people only get pieces: therapy that stays in the mind, nervous system work without the brain, or mindset work that never reaches the emotions underneath. Each helps a little, but none address the whole picture.
My work brings those pieces together, working with the brain, body and emotions using neuroscience and psychology.
- Not months of therapy.
- Not quick fixes.
- Not about managing symptoms.
It’s change you can live and feel: less pain, more ease in your body, and a way of living that no longer costs your health or your self-expression.
Change your brain and body can hold onto
We work with the survival patterns underneath, not just the symptoms on the surface.
It’s not mindset tricks or lifestyle tweaks. It’s grounded in how your brain and body actually work, and how they’ve learned to protect you through pain, burnout, and self-sacrifice.
When you work with me, we focus on:
Working with Your Nervous System, Not Against It
Chronic pain, burnout, and emotional overwhelm aren’t failures. They’re survival patterns your brain and body learned to protect you. We work where those patterns live, so change doesn’t have to be a fight.
Science-Backed Methods
I use methods grounded in neuroscience, psychology, and body-based practice, including EMDR, IFS, Pain Reprocessing Therapy, and Emotional Awareness & Expression Therapy. These are woven into a coaching process that is practical, personal, and focused on moving you forward.
What Becomes Possible
When survival patterns no longer run the show, space opens up.
This isn’t about managing symptoms or pushing harder. It’s about reclaiming the freedom, presence, and capacity to live and lead without being held back.
You’re the One Everyone Relies On. But Who Holds Space for You?
This work is for you if you’ve built a life of responsibility, achievement, and care for others, but somewhere along the way, you lost touch with your own body, your own needs, your own identity.
A high achiever overwhelmed by pressure and pain
- Burned out but still pushing through.
- Struggling with chronic pain or emotional exhaustion.
- Making big decisions while quietly feeling numb or disconnected.
- Carrying everyone else’s needs while neglecting your own.
- Wanting more ease, but terrified of slowing down.
An executive leader or entrepreneur who has self-sacrificed to succeed
- You’ve built success, but left parts of yourself behind.
- Your self-expression feels unsafe when it matters most.
- Confidence slips away at the exact moment you need it.
- You find yourself doubting your own worth.
- You overwork to prove yourself, but it never feels enough.
Kind words from those who’ve experienced my work
Sometimes the right words from others remind us we’re not alone. Here are a few words of appreciation they’ve shared
The Right Support, At the Right Depth
No two people arrive with the same story.
That’s why I offer one-to-one spaces that meet you where you are, whether your body is in pain, your voice feels lost, or the weight of responsibility leaves you drained.
1:1 Coaching to Unmask Your Self-Sacrificing Patterns
For executive leaders and entrepreneurs who’ve self-sacrificed to succeed. Together, we restore safety, rebuild your capacity to lead as yourself, and reclaim your voice, so you can show up as who you are, not the role you’ve learned to perform.
1:1 Coaching for Chronic Pain & Burnout
For overwhelmed high achievers who feel stuck, exhausted, or in pain, physically or emotionally. Together we get to the root of your symptoms, so you can return to work, life, and relationships feeling present, with energy and ease.
Your First Breakthroughs
A curated collection of complimentary and paid resources including mini-masterclasses, interactive exercises, and embodied practices, to help you begin shifting patterns of pain, burnout, and self-sacrafise at your own pace.
Insights & Reflections
This space is where I write each week to share the science, the language, and the stories that help you feel less alone in struggles like chronic pain, burnout, and emotional overwhelm and more anchored in how to live today.
