About Ann Manning

When I was six, I was sexually assaulted by a family ‘friend’. My parents failed to notice or acknowledge anything was amiss, and this person continued to be a regular visitor at our house. Six-year-old me drew six-year-old conclusions. One was that I obviously didn’t matter, my needs were of no importance. The other was that the experience of abuse, which felt so very wrong, must have been my fault. And the only way my six-year-old self could survive this situation was to internally 'wall off' the experience, blocking out what would otherwise be overwhelming. The good girl act was one of my ways of coping. Falling ill in my final year of school represented the first crack in this façade.

Through my adult life I have been working to assimilate and heal the impacts of this childhood trauma, both the assault on my young body and the sense of not being seen, of not mattering. I have undergone and studied different healing modalities, and I have learned to be very gentle in this process, allowing what arises in my body, my emotions and mental state to dictate the pace of healing rather than either pushing too hard or avoiding what is calling out for attention.

I am not alone in experiencing childhood trauma. Even without experiencing identifiable, trauma many people have suppressed overwhelming experiences and emotions simply to survive when no other resources were available. Does this sounds like you? I am committed to working to support you to both heal from trauma, and to re-claim what is your inherent worth. I practice as a homeopath and also teach mindfulness practices based on self-compassion. Both modalities can support deep healing.

Homeopathy can help shift deep emotional blocks, helping to bring you back into a balanced state when overwhelm threatens. I have honed my knowledge and skills in the modality for over twenty years, supporting others who have suffered childhood trauma or other adverse emotional experience.

Meditation has been an anchor in my life for over forty years. In 2018 I trained to teach Mindful Self-Compassion and I now teach self-compassion and related practices to support you to soften the inner defences and enable gentle healing.

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I'd love to work with you, and support you to explore new perspectives.