I'm Anne Cheshire SEP®, MNIMH, trauma therapist and business strategist

I'm based here in the beautiful city of Edinburgh working in person and online with leaders and decisions makers who experience anxiety and overwhelming stress.  I'm a Somatic Experiencing trauma therapist and also a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, and director of the Trauma Recovery Clinic.  I'm also a qualified business strategist.

My expertise is in helping people overcome anxiety and self-doubt, and deal with inner conflict, so they can identify their goals, make decisions which are absolutely right for them, and their business, and take action with deep confidence.  We all have one shot at this great life, and we need to know how to make the most of it.

My online self-access and supported programmes, one-to-one masterclasses, and fully supported mastermind programme are all based on neuroscience, compassion, and the very real business of living in this world. 

I have been a trauma therapist since 2009, and I've worked with thousands of clients and patients in one-to-one therapy, seeing them go from anxious and antsy to calm and confident, identify their goals, make great decisions, and do what they want to do in life.  As a business strategist I have seen the same transformation take place in founders and CEOs.

I'm also a mum, a grandma, a linguist, and a medical herbalist, I've owned exercise studios (I still teach barre!) and I've been a secondary school teacher.  I have witnessed deep, and sometimes irrational anxiety, fatigue, and stuckness everywhere I have been, within families AND in corporate situations, and I know how hard it is to let go of that. 

What I know, as a trauma therapist, is that it is not just about knowing rationally what to do, but about getting the unconscious brain to support our rational desires and decisions.  Our brain in its unconscious mode is intent on keeping us safe rather than making the right decision.

Here are some of the signs that your unconscious brain is trying to keep you safe, but is stopping you from feeling free to act.  You feel: 

• overwhelmed by events and circumstances
• anxious, not coping very well
• physical sensations of stress and overwhelm, like racing heart, tight chest, light-headedness, tingling, buzzing, shaking, emptiness, jerky legs, freeze, digestive problems, and many, many more symptoms
• unable to stick with or even make any decisions
• unable to see what the right decision is
• unable to see the right direction
• disconnected with who you are
• stuck with no way out
• frightened of change
• envious of other people who seem to be so happy in life, and just do what they want without anxiety

If this resonates with you, I can help you.  Rooted in clinical experience in my field of expertise (trauma therapy, Somatic Experiencing®,  and neuroscience-based therapy) my work helps anyone with an unconscious part of the brain (that's you and me!) gain calm, confidence, a clear vision of their goals, and motivation, so they can make great life and business decisions and be empowered to take action.  I've been on that journey myself, and I'm here to be with you on your's.