Abi Newman
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About me
“It is not only a wild nature that we need as human beings; it is the untamed open space of our imaginations.”
~ J. Winterson
I hold a deep trust in the wisdom and power within each of us, even when it feels distant or hidden. I honour how profoundly human it is to carry struggle, fragmentation, and the sometimes-challenging experience of being embodied. With compassion, curiosity, and a trauma-informed, depth psychological lens, I offer a safe and welcoming space to explore and embrace your evolving sense of self.
The Embodied Way...
Eco-somatic soul work is body-based inner world exploration, woven with ancestral, animistic wisdom, active imagination and somatic internal family systems practices. This approach gently invites you into relationship with the living systems of your inner and outer world.
Together, we listen to your body's deep intelligence: the breath, posture, sensations, emotions, images, and impulses that carry stories, protect parts, and hold unspoken truths. These are not problems to be fixed, but messengers, parts of you that may have been previously exiled, misunderstood, or silenced.
Through somatic therapy, parts work, and soul-tending, we begin to map the terrain of your past, present, and becoming. I work holistically, acknowledging all that arises with compassion, holding space for what wants to move, be witnessed, or be heard.
Safety, stabilisation, and co-regulation are central. We go at your pace. I offer resources, grounding, and a space for embodied integration, not through force, but through relationship with your whole self.
The body is not simply a place of pain, it is also a source of joy, imagination, resilience, and deep remembering. As we attune to the protective patterns and nervous system responses that have shaped you, we create the conditions for sustainable transformation.
I walk alongside you in this work, as witness, guide, and companion. I may incorporate sound, music, or the frame drum to deepen your process when supportive.
“When the body is felt as our home, the natural world can be reclaimed as our homeland.”
~ J. Ferrer
The Re-Wilding Way...
In a time of disconnection and fragmentation, Earth-based soul work invites us to remember that we are not separate but living, embodied, embedded beings, held within wider systems of life.
This practice honours our place in the greater web of existence. It draws from animism, ecopsychology, and depth psychology, recognising the Earth not just as backdrop, but as a relational partner in healing, a co-regulator, mirror, and guide.
Whether we walk the land together, sit in silence with the elements, or feel into seasonal cycles, we attune to the wild as a reflection of the inner world. Nature becomes not only a witness, but a participant in your process, offering metaphor, regulation, and connection.
Eco-somatic soul work understands that we are part of an eco-community, a network of interbeing that holds, informs, and shapes our lives. In these sessions, we soften the illusion of separation and invite a reconnection to body, soul, and Earth. With all that brings, in the the turbulent times we are alive within.
Whether working indoors or in the wild, this is an invitation to remember, your body’s wisdom, your soul’s voice, and your belonging to the living world.
For more detailed information about sessions please head across to my website.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, working in accordance with the BACP Ethical Framework. I have regular supervision, peer support and I am committed to ongoing growth through professional/personal development.
I draw upon practices from Internal family systems/parts work, somatic experiencing, body Mapping, dance Movement Psychotherapy and core Shamanism.
Mindful movement and visualisations are at the heart of what I offer in a session.
Qualifications and longer courses
- MSc in Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology (Completing 2026)
- FdSc in Integrative Counselling
- EMDR training
- Shamanic Practitioner 3 year apprenticeship
- Holistic voice work training
- Year of Ceremony and the Shamanic Journey
- Certificate in Integrative Embodied Psychotherapy: Dance of Soma &Psyche
- Certificate in Integrative Somatic Parts work
- Bodylistening programme - A grounding in body psychotherapy and deep bodywork
- Dance of Awareness Practitioner training
- Somatic Body Mapping Practitioner Mentorship
Short courses and workshops
- Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy: An Introduction
- Embodied approach to working with Parts
- Sexuality through an IFS lens
- Exploring the Root of Developmental Trauma: A Somatic Perspective
- Introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Introduction to Somatic Experiencing
- Moving and being: Exploring creative ways of being in relationship to self & client
- Women Who Run With The Wolves Creative Soul Retreat
- Acupressure Workshop: The Vagus Nerve – The Missing link to Health, Connection and Intuition
- Embodied relational therapy: The Wild Nature of Embodiment
- Embodied relational therapy: Trance and Transference
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
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Fees
£80.00 per session
Additional information
Free 30 minute Zoom Discovery call
£80 1 hour 15 minute session
£95 1 hour 30 minute session
ALL CONCESSION SESSIONS ARE CURRENTLY TAKEN.
When I work
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Weekly sessions available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Fortnightly sessions available on Thursdays.
Monthly and ad hoc sessions available on Fridays.
