Somatic psychotherapy and massage
Individual face-to-face therapy for adults in Lichfield and Birmingham.
Hi, I’m Melita
I’m a trainee biodynamic body psychotherapist and biodynamic massage therapist based in Lichfield and Birmingham.
I am passionate about supporting people in their therapeutic journey. Every day, I am amazed and humbled by the richness of life flowing through each person I work with. It is a privilege to witness my clients – their courage, and their capacity for change.
I believe the body carries an incredible intelligence within it. My work is about listening, slowly, respectfully, and with care. What is your body saying? Let’s explore!
Work with me
The word “soma” means body. “Somatic” refers to a type of therapies that work with the nervous system and address the body-mind. Within this field, there are many different approaches, and I offer Biodynamic Psychotherapy and Biodynamic Massage.
Biodynamic Psychotherapy
A body-oriented approach to therapy that supports the processing of deeply held experiences by addressing the root cause.
Biodynamic Massage
A gentle hands-on treatment designed to support nervous system regulation and dissolve excessive pressure within.
Why somatic therapy is different.
Your body remembers everything. Joyful experiences, familiar scents, the taste of your favourite food. It also remembers stress, daily pressures, relational wounds, and trauma. All of this shapes how your nervous system is wired, how you perceive your environment, and how you move through life. Somatic therapy works with your nervous system and body, where stress, trauma, and emotions are actually experienced.
Signs that we hold stress:
- Anxiety and panic attacks
- Low mood and depression
- Physical tension
- Feeling “on-edge” and burnout
- Chronic fatigue
- Insomnia
- Trauma and PTSD
- Low self-esteem
- Racing thoughts
- Irritability and impatience
- Lost interest and enjoyment in life
The body holds the stress, and it also knows how to let it go.
Somatic therapy offers a space to reconnect with your body’s wisdom. A space to slow down and notice what’s happening inside. To explore the root of your experiences, find new ways of relating to them and let go of what is no longer needed.
Somatic therapy often helps to:
- explore and understand yourself better
- process your past and present experiences
- feel fully seen, heard and understood
- develop a deeper connection with your body and emotions
- build a real sense of safety and trust from within
- develop more capacity and resilience to respond to stress
- feel more grounded in daily life
- create lasting embodied change
What a session can look like?
Sessions are slow-paced, supportive, and tailored to you. There is no set structure, we allow the work to unfold naturally. There is freedom to explore and work with what is present.
If you’re looking for psychotherapy, our meetings may include conversation and reflection, guided awareness of body sensations, biodynamic massage, gentle movements, inner child work.
If you’re looking for massage only, during our meetings you can bring and share anything that you wish, however, we will mainly work with direct hands-on touch.
Locations
I offer in-person sessions in Lichfield and Birmingham.
Lichfield, Staffordshire
3 Manley Road, WS13 6TF
Birmingham
1437 Pershore Road, B30 2JL