Welcome to “Between Sessions” - my new blog
If you’ve landed here, you might be carrying more than anyone realises. Maybe on the outside you’re holding it together - showing up, working hard, doing your best - but inside, it feels like things are unravelling. You’re not alone. This blog, “Between Sessions”, is a space I’ve created for people like you: those who are exhausted from pushing through, overwhelmed by the mental load, or quietly wondering, “When did I stop feeling like myself?”.
I’m an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and Somatic Psychotherapist, and this blog is an extension of my therapeutic work - a place to reflect, make sense of things, and begin softening toward yourself. I work primarily with women navigating life transitions, burnout, trauma, and disconnection from themselves. So much of the healing I support in therapy is about coming back into relationship with the body - not just intellectually understanding what’s going on, but feeling safety, connection, and aliveness again.
I thought that as this is a new blog I would share a bit about me - I grew up in a small country town with my family, where my days were filled with sport, time at the beach with friends, and what I now appreciate as the simple things in life. Back then, as a teenager navigating the complexities of growing up, I probably took a lot of it for granted. But in hindsight, those early experiences helped shape some of the values I hold today: connection, compassion, community, and the importance of slowing down enough to notice what truly matters.
Professionally, I’ve spent over a decade working in the domestic and family violence sector, walking alongside women and their families through some of their most vulnerable and courageous moments. That work changed me. It deepened my understanding of trauma, of resilience, and of the systems that can both harm and heal. It also sparked a longing in me to work in a way that allowed more space - to move beyond crisis responses and into long-term, body-based healing. My private practice was born from that desire: to offer meaningful, attuned support for women and their families across the lifespan. My own journey into somatic psychotherapy wasn’t just professional - it was personal. I came to this work not because I had all the answers, but because I needed a way to stay connected to myself while holding space for others. Over time, somatic approaches taught me how to create more capacity in my body - to stay with discomfort, to notice the subtle signs of overwhelm, and to respond with compassion instead of judgement. It has genuinely changed how I show up in life and in my work. I began to see that healing isn’t just about talking about things - it’s about having a new experience of safety, presence, and choice, especially in the body.
This blog is a place to explore those themes - from nervous system regulation and trauma recovery to self-compassion, boundaries, identity shifts and what it means to live more fully in your body. It won’t be polished or prescriptive. You won’t find 5-step formulas or here. What you will find is honest reflection, practical tools, and gentle encouragement to meet yourself exactly where you are. Whether you're here as a client, a fellow therapist, or a curious reader, I’m so glad you’re here. My hope is that this space offers small moments of resonance - little reminders that you’re not broken, you’re not too much, and healing is possible, even when it’s messy.
You don’t have to do it all. You don’t have to do it alone.
"Your body isn’t betraying you - it’s protecting you. What looks like shutdown, anxiety, or disconnection is your nervous system doing its best to keep you safe. The healing begins when we stop judging the response and start listening to the story it’s trying to tell."
Welcome & Thanks for reading!
- Stacey Hampshire