Hi, I am Alicia, and I feel honoured that you're reading this.

Growing up, emotions always felt like something I couldn't quite manage. I often felt they were too much, which led me to believe that I was too much.

Despite an apparently good childhood and a safe home, I came to understand that trauma is not always born from big, catastrophic events. Sometimes it develops because our nervous system simply isn't able to cope with and process what we're experiencing at the time. For me, this eventually led to the development of an eating disorder in late adolescence.

I was very studious and analytical, believing that if I could just understand my struggles and where they came from, I could think my way to being well. It turns out that insight alone wasn't enough.

Although previous therapies gave me incredible understanding, I still felt disconnected from my emotions. I became good at talking about them, but not necessarily feeling them or allowing myself to stay with them. For me, that is where true transformation began.