Mind and Body Therapies

Integrative Mind and Body Therapy for Holistic Healing

Mind and Body Therapies offers an integrative and transformative approach to wellbeing, deep healing and lasting change. It recognises the deep interconnectedness of the mind and body, and how thoughts, feelings, and emotions influence each other and are stored in the body.

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Integrative Mind and Body Therapy for Holistic Healing

What is Mind and Body Therapies?

Mind and Body Therapies is an integrative approach

to working with mental health that recognises the physiological dimension of emotions, thought processes, and feelings and the connection between the mind and body. It holistically addresses underlying factors rather than just treat symptoms. It integrates talking therapies with evidence-proven somatic processes....

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Mind and Body Therapies is an integrative approach

Meet Your Therapist

I'm Louisa Boydston

I'm the creator of Mind and Body Therapies. For over 11 years I've provided mental health support. I specialise in helping people navigate their mental health and past experiences, take care of their wellbeing, and live the life they want feeling content, calm, connected and capable....

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Local Therapy with Nature-Based Options

Standard Therapy Sessions

Get started with the standard therapy session A very popular option. Your therapy, your goals, in-person. Therapy will be tailored around your needs and preferences to help you achieve your goals. In-person is available indoors and outdoors, from my counselling office in Paignton, or other private and comfortable spaces around the bay from Brixham to Newton Abbot. Each therapy session is 60 minutes long and typically held on a weekly…

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Extended Therapy Sessions

Extended sessions for deeper work and extra integrated proce Physiological and mental changes take time ~ and this option gives it to you. Who is this for? ✓ You want more time for deeper exploration through combined talking and somatic therapeutic work ✓ You want to add in advanced guided practices in mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, or polyvagal exercises. ✓ You experience severe anxiety or stress before therapy that makes you feel scattered,…

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Somatic Therapy Sessions

Discovering Inner Peace with Mind and Body Therapies Somatic Therapy: Somatic therapy is a form of therapeutic treatment that focuses on the connection between the mind and body to promote healing and emotional well-being. It emphasizes bodily sensations, movements, and physical experiences as a way to access and release stored trauma, stress, and emotional pain. By integrating body-centered techniques such as breathing exercises, movement, touch, and mindfulness, somatic therapy aims…

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Nature-Based Therapy

Take therapy into the great outdoors Why not take advantage of the beautiful settings around you? Spending time outside is proven to improve mental health and wellbeing, so it’s no surprise this option is becoming increasingly popular! Many people find it easier to talk when outside or moving. We can sit or walk in a beautiful setting. Being outdoors has natural benefits such as reducing anxiety, increasing creativity, and calming…

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Approach to Therapy

Counselling approaches to meet your needs Personalised Therapy Plans Every individual’s journey to healing is unique. At Mind and Body Therapies, we create personalised therapy plans that address your specific experiences and goals. Our integrative counselling approach ensures that your plan is tailored to your needs, facilitating deep healing and empowering you to live fully in the present. In-person Therapy available around Torbay, Devon If you’d like in-person sessions in…

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