What Happens
In A Somatic
Inquiry Session?

In sessions I help you to skilfully and compassionately explore your own somatic experience offering skilful cues, questions and techniques that support you to navigate the painful beliefs and feelings that are below the surface to help them release and leave greater freedom in their wake.

We first lay a foundation of safety so that it feels safe to explore our body and the wounds it holds.

Then we invite in whatever wants to be looked at: a painful emotion, belief, memory or some other part of yourself that we know is causing suffering.

I then help you to go deeper into that part of you using specific inquiries and tools before guiding you to through the act of processing and integrating the emotional residue.

Throughout my sessions I sprinkle in explanations of the nervous system and insights into how thoughts and feelings work to help you develop an understanding of what’s going on for you.

I also give you tools and practices that you can (and should!) practice in your daily life to

How I Work With You

It’s your session. Every person is completely unique, so I adjust how I work based on the history and temperament of your body-mind.

Here are few of the key principles that guide how I work:

Safety: together, we co-create a conscious and trauma-informed container where you feel safe and held
Non-judgement: tears, rage, sadness, fear, hatred, shame, what you’ve done, what you haven’t done…all of it is welcome
Validation: deep validation of who you are, where you’ve been and where you’re going
Authenticity: supporting you to do YOUR thing (not my thing or someone else’s thing)
Balance: holding a ‘power-with’ space. I’m not some expert who will ‘fix’ you. I bring my experience and unique energy, you bring your experience and unique energy and together we bake a transformation pie :)
Wholeness: relating to you as someone who is already whole and complete, not broken and in need of fixing

FAQs

Each session is 60 minutes, although we sometimes go over a little if needed.
A single session is USD$120.
A package of 5 is $550.
A package of 10 is $1000.

There is scope for discounts if you are financially struggling, please just get in touch: ben@drunkenbuddha.net
Sessions are video calls held on Zoom.

I live in the UK, so I operate largely on UK time zones, working some evenings also.
There is no fixed structure. Every session is tailored to the individual and is free-flowing.

I do describe a typical Somatic Inquiry session below. Scroll down!
Unfortunately, it’s impossible to say. Everyone is wired very differently.

And this work isn’t really about fixing a particular problem, so much as learning the skills to meet our pain and triggers. It’s a new way of living, not a quick fix for a specific problem.

What My Clients Say About Me

Caroline, UK

Ben is the most amazing, caring, and knowledgeable therapist. He is one of the very few professionals I've worked with who I feel really 'gets it'.
I feel completely safe in his sessions to experience, process, and express the deep dark stuff that most other people I've worked with couldn't handle.
Audra, USA

When I came to see Ben, I was miserable. After several months of working with him, I feel alive!
Life is bright and colourful, and I am able to see and experience the positive in life. I am kind to myself and feel more connected to myself and others. I trust myself and others and am able to experience a full range of emotions without fear of being overwhelmed.
Justine, Australia

Thanks to sessions with Ben I am seeing real, true transformation: a lessening of limitations, suffering and physical & emotional ailments.

I am clearer, more present. My mind is working better, as is my intuition. I am feeling safer and stronger in myself and my life, as well as experiencing true healing in a grounded way.
Taylor, Australia

Working with Ben has granted me a safe space to feel again. Whenever I try to access my feelings I quickly numb out or disassociate.
With his compassionate inquiry and amazing ability to hold space, I slowly unravelled tension stuck in my body. His approach is gentle and non-judgmental which is something I appreciated greatly. I look forward to working with him again.
Patrick, UK

My time working with Ben has been very revealing of the hidden causes of my addictive and problematic behaviours.
I had no idea so much feeling was trapped in my system and in need of attention. Ben used simple but effective techniques to gently get in touch with these hidden feelings and give them the care and attention that they couldn't receive when they were caused during the painful knocks of earlier life.

Work With Me

This work is for you if you are on a personal growth, healing or spiritual journey but you’re feeling lost, stuck, confused, frustrated and just not seeing the results you want.

My Therapy and Coaching Services

1:1 Somatic Inquiry Sessions

What Can I Help with?

What Happens
In A Somatic
Inquiry Session?

How I Work With You

FAQs

Caroline, UK

Audra, USA

Justine, Australia

Taylor, Australia

Patrick, UK

Yesterday I
was clever,
so I wanted
to change
the world.

Today I am
wise, so I
am changing
myself.

—Rumi

Drunken Buddha

Work With Me

This work is for you if you are on a personal growth, healing or spiritual journey but you’re feeling lost, stuck, confused, frustrated and just not seeing the results you want.

My Therapy and Coaching Services

1:1 Somatic Inquiry Sessions

What Can I Help with?

Safety and nervous system regulation

Heal trauma and core wounds

Release emotional blocks

Anxiety, depression, hypervigilance

Freeze, numbness, dissociation

Overwhelming thoughts, emotions and triggers

Unconscious beliefs and programs

What Happens In A Somatic Inquiry Session?

How I Work With You

FAQs

How long is a session?

How much does a session cost?

When and where are sessions held?

What happens in a session?

How many sessions will it take me to achieve my goal?

Caroline, UK

Audra, USA

Justine, Australia

Taylor, Australia

Patrick, UK

Yesterday Iwas clever,so I wanted to change the world. Today I amwise, so Iam changingmyself.

—Rumi

Drunken Buddha

What Happens
In A Somatic
Inquiry Session?

Yesterday I
was clever,
so I wanted
to change
the world.

Today I am
wise, so I
am changing
myself.