The Body Speaks: Why Counselling Alone Isn’t Enough - and How 9D Work Changes Everything

My girls have been book worms since day one. Both of them. And, somehow, it has become a small tradition, that each time I am in Brighton running around doing errands, with my girls, its a must to walk into a bookshop. Let’s make this very clear again… My girls love books. So, as they were sitting on the floor, immersed in books, I was roaming around, half lost in the shelves myself - picking up books flicking through pages, waiting for something to speak to me.

That’s when I opened The Body Keeps The Score. I read few random lines… and instantly felt that spark of recognition.

It was saying exactly what I tell my clients every day: we can talk about our pain for years - but without action, without body involvement, without somatic engagement, actual healing doesn’t happen.

It felt like this book was giving language to something I’ve believed - and lived - for a long time.

A Personal Moment That Taught Me The Same Truth

My understanding of this isn’t just professional - its personal.

When I was 9, I had a frightening experience during a swimming lesson. My instructor held me underwater for longer that I could manage. I didnt know what to do, so I kept swallowing water, desperate for air. My body panicked. My nervous system went into full survival mode.

And here is the thing:

Logically, as an adult, I know I am safe now. I can swim. I understand what happened. I have talked about it. I can explain it. But deep water still triggers something in me - not a memory, not a story, but a reaction.

My mind may have moved on. My body didn’t. Not until I learned to work with it directly.

That moment from childhood taught me the truth I now see in my clients every day:
the body remembers until we help it release.

Trauma Isn’t Your Story. It’s a State.

Talking is powerful. Talking gives shape to chaos. Talking helps us understand ourselves. But trauma isn’t stored as a narrative. It’s stored in:
-muscle tension
-breath patterns
-emotional reactivity
-avoidance
-panic
-shutdown
-automatic responses that bypass logic entirely

Clients often tell me:
”I know I am safe. So why do I feel this way?”

Because understanding safety is cognitive. Feeling safe is physiological.

Your Body Holds The Score - and the Solution

This is why simply talking about trauma can feel incomplete.

It’s not because counselling is ineffective - counselling is vital. But it only addresses one layer: the mental and emotional understaning.

To shift the physiological imprint - the “body memory” - we need to work with the nervous system itself.

That’s where somatic work and 9D journey come in.

9D allows access to places the mind cannot reach:

-the subconscious emotional storage
-breath patters linked to survival
-tension locked in the muscles
-energetic blocks in the fascia
-unfinished stress cycles
-sensations that don’t have words but hold entire stories

This is where transformation happens. Not by retelling the story - but by releasing the body’s reaction to it.

What 9D Makes Possible

People often describe 9D as:
-a nervous system reset
-an emotional clear-out
-a release they didn’t realize they were holding
-the missing piece after years of talk therapy

it dosen’t replace counselling - it completes it.

Counselling brings awareness. 9D brings release. Together, they allow genuine embodies change.

Separately, one often feels like understanding without shifting. And this is why I do both!

Healing Is a Whole Body Experience

That moment flipping through a book in a shop reminded me why I do the work I do - and why I believe so deeply in a combined approach.

Because healing is not just:
-naming the trauma
-explaining the trigger
-analyzing the past

Healing is:
-breathing fully again
-releasing the tension your body has been holding for years
-calming the survival reflex
-teaching your nervous system that the danger is finally over
-reconnecting with your body instead of bracing against it

You cannot think your way into that. You must feel your way into it.

If You Ever Wondered “Why Am I Still Stuck?” - This is Why

You are not stuck because you haven’t talked enough. You’re not stuck because you don’t understand enough. You’re not stuck because you are weak or resistant.

You're stuck because your mind has processed what your body still holds.

When you include somatic work - breath, sound, movement, 9D - healing stops being an idea and becomes something you can genuinely feel.

That’s why the book spoke to me so deeply. That’s why I work the way I do. Because healing isn’t an intellectual exercise - Its a whole body experience that finally lets you exhale.