Many clients come to me because they know something needs to change, but thinking their way out of it isn’t working.

You might look like you're coping on the outside, but inside you're exhausted, constantly on edge or reacting in ways you feel like you don’t have control over.

You've tried talking, reading, analysing and thinking your way through it, yet your nervous system still feels stuck in survival mode.

I work with trauma as a protective response, not a personal weakness. It's the brain and nervous system adapting to experiences that once felt overwhelming. Those protective patterns made sense then, but they don't have to define how you live today.

Together, we'll work with the parts of your experience that talking alone can't always reach, gently reducing the emotional impact and imprint of past experiences so you can reconnect with yourself and move forward with greater calm, confidence and freedom.

You are invited to book a call and we can see how I can guide you towards health and healing.

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Esme Winterflood | Embodied Trauma Therapies

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My Approach Is Shaped By Personal Experience

Alongside my professional training, my work is also informed by my own experience of navigating difficult periods through mindfulness, body-based and nervous system approaches.

I understand what it’s like to intellectually understand your experiences while still feeling anxiety, stress or survival patterns held within the body. This work sits in that space; where a felt sense of regulation and freedom are experienced.

It’s not about forcing healing or pushing beyond your capacity. Sessions are collaborative, trauma-sensitive and carefully paced to support safety, choice and nervous system regulation over time.

Outside of my work, I’m a mum, partner and dog mum who loves nature, laughs and gentle movement and slow mornings.

Professional Training

I have trained extensively in trauma-informed, somatic and nervous system approaches to provide safe, compassionate and evidence-based support.

My training includes:

  • Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY-F)

  • Havening® Practitioner & Photostack method

  • Yoga Therapy Certification (Breathing Deeply Yoga & Meditation School)

  • Meditation Teacher Training (Aura Wellness Centre)

  • Introduction to Somatic Experiencing®

  • Reiki Level 1 & 2 (Usui Tradition)

  • BA (Hons) Philosophy — University of Reading

My work continues to evolve through ongoing learning, neuroscience research and integrating approaches that support safe, effective and compassionate nervous system healing.

Our sessions together will often weave in several of these methods and systems, combining professional knowledge with pacing, attunement and genuine care for each individual’s experience.

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Moving beyond survival patterns.

If you’re ready to be free of the past and start moving towards real embodied change, then you are warmly invited to get in touch.

All you need is an internet connection and a quiet, comfortable space to get started.

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FAQ’s

  • I came to this work becasue of my own experiences and how I navigated through them. This gives me a deeper understanding of how it feels to intellectually understand experiences while still carrying stress or survival responses within the body. I deeply believe in this work and philosophy and am learning every day.

  • Yes. Sessions are carefully paced and trauma-sensitive, with a strong focus on safety, choice and nervous system regulation. The work is adapted to support your individual capacity and needs. We go as slow as you need.

  • My lived experience and professional trainings have given me a deep capacity to hold non-judgemental space for others. Our sessions are highly attuned to your needs specifically, so every person gets the therapeutic space and interventions best for them. Throughout our time together, I share insights and we build a folder of practices for you so you have real tangible support both in between our sessions and after.

  • Havening Techniques® is a gentle, neuroscience-informed approach that helps reduce the emotional impact of stressful or traumatic experiences. By working with the brain, nervous system and subconscious learned patterns, it supports the brain in creating new associations so you can respond to life with greater calm, flexibility and resilience.

  • Many people I work with already understand their experiences intellectually but still feel stuck in anxiety, overwhelm or survival patterns within the body. My approach works gently with the nervous system, body and subconscious through embodied and neuroscience-informed practices, rather than focusing solely on talking or analysing experiences cognitively.

  • Somatic or body-based approaches recognise that stress and trauma can continue to affect the nervous system and body long after difficult experiences have passed. This work supports greater awareness, regulation and safety within the body through gentle, trauma-sensitive practices.

  • Clients often come to this work feeling anxious, overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted or disconnected from themselves. Many are high-functioning externally while internally struggling with chronic stress, hypervigilance, burnout or long-standing survival patterns.

  • Not at all. Many clients are completely new to body-based practices. Sessions are adapted carefully to each individual and paced in a way that feels supportive, collaborative and manageable. You just need a curiosity and willingness to explore !