Name: Ksenia Belash
Address: London, SW4, GB
Price range: £65.00 - £90.00

About me

I’m a relationally-focused, trauma-attuned therapist who truly gets what it's like to struggle with ongoing anxiety, debilitating self-doubt, guilt and that persistent feeling of not being quite enough, like something has been irreparably broken within, no matter how much you do and how hard you try.

These feelings often seem like a life sentence, but they are learned patterns that most often trace back to early experiences, when our environment didn't mirror and support us in the way that our system needed. We had to adapt to survive. The good news is that these patterns can be explored and gently untangled, as we bring safety, curiosity and compassionate attention to what's been held in your body and nervous system.

Because I’ve walked this path myself, I bring both professional expertise and lived understanding. I offer the kind of attuned support I once longed for – a space where you can be fully seen and don’t have to carry it all alone.⁣

What I help with

⁣People come to me carrying many different things – yet there is often a familiar thread: a persistent sense of not being quite enough, of having to work hard to not disappoint, to manage other people’s feelings, to keep things together. Chronic anxiety, hypervigilance, rumination, and emotional overwhelm are common companions. Many also struggle with persistent self-erasure, finding it difficult to say no, take up space or ask for what they need. Underneath it all, there is a deep current of shame that seems to resist all the inner work already done.

Others arrive in the aftermath of loss - grief, endings, transitions that have shaken something fundamental. Sometimes it’s both at once.

What most share is a longing: to feel more at ease in themselves, more at home in their own skin, more able to simply be without the constant effort of self-management.

How we work together

⁣I hold the belief that nothing in you needs “fixing.” Instead, our work is about discovering, understanding, and welcoming the parts of you that have been waiting for safety and recognition. Healing happens when you can trust your inner system – and my role is to support you in building that trust.⁣

My approach is body-oriented, trauma-attuned and nervous-system informed, yet it is also intuitive and very welcoming of creativity, play and laughter. I believe in the power of going slow and gently, with respect to the needs of the nervous system and the sensitive parts of our psyche, as opposed to pushing through and imposing a particular tempo or expectation on the individual's process.

Our relationship plays the central part - as we build trust over time, it is there to serve as the safe ground not only for processing the old patterns and challenges, but also for healing the attachment wounds and creating new positive relational experiences that can be transferred to other life contexts.

People I've worked with often describe feeling safe, accepted, and met with authenticity, gentleness, steadiness, and compassion in my presence. While all spaces I hold are uniquely tailored to each person, all of them are strongly informed by my trust in the wisdom of the person's intuitive being and the body that already has all the answers and keys to healing.

My background⁣

Coming from a background in the creative arts, I originally trained in Gestalt therapy, with its emphasis on present-moment experience and creative exploration. Over time, as my own healing brought me deeper into the body, my work shifted into trauma-focused and somatic approaches.

I’m currently in my final year of the three-year Somatic Experiencing training – a modality that has fundamentally changed how I understand healing. I have also studied Family & Systemic Constellations, Somatic Shadow Work, Jungian Psychology, Relational Mindfulness, and Embodiment facilitation, among other approaches.

From 2018–2020, I worked as a bereavement counsellor at London’s Royal Trinity Hospice. This work deepened my capacity to be present with some of the toughest aspect of human experience, and strengthened my trust in our capacity to meet even the hardest moments and find wholeness through them.

The somatic lens has shifted my focus from insight and understanding to the actual reorganization of the nervous system – creating conditions for deep, gradual, organic change that affects the whole system and opens new pathways for thriving.
I also draw on my own embodied spiritual practice – intuitive movement, drumming, singing, communion with nature, ritual, energy and dreamwork – and am open to weave this dimension into therapy work if it resonates with you.

A Space for You

If you’re someone who needs time to feel safe, who values depth over quick solutions, and who wants to be met with patience and care, you may feel at home in my work. You don’t need to have the right words or be certain about what you’re looking for – arriving with curiosity is enough.

Training, qualifications & experience

Diploma in Gestalt Counselling, Gestalt Centre London, 2016-2019
Somatic Experiencing training, 2022-ongoing (Advanced level)
Polyvagal Informed Practitioner training, 2025
1:1 Family Constellations training, 2025
Somatic Shadow Work, 2024
Body-Art therapy training, 2021
Embodiment Facilitation training, 2020
Relational Mindfulness (Circling) facilitationtraining, 2017-2018
Authentic Relating training, 2018
Bereavement and Grief Support training at the London Royal Trinity Hospice, 2018
Reiki Level 1 & 2 training, 2018
Non-Violent Communication training, 2017

I am also a qualified as a relational mindfulness facilitator and have been leading embodied human connection circles, groups and retreats since 2017.