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Areas of focus

Emotional wellbeing

Emotional regulation is a skill, not a personality trait. It can be learned at any age.

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Some people arrive saying they feel too much; others that they feel nothing at all. Both are forms of the same difficulty: emotions that have never had a safe place to be expressed.

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Emotional regulation is my central specialism. It is the thread that runs through everything else I work with.

You may recognise yourself if…

Reactions that feel bigger than the situation

Anger that arrives late, or never arrives at all

Shutting down when things become emotionally intense

Difficulty naming what you feel

Repeating the same relational scenario and not knowing why

How we work together

We build an emotional vocabulary, then a felt map: where each emotion lives in your body and what it needs.

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We practise regulation in the room, in real time, so the skill becomes yours rather than a theory.

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We trace the origin of the patterns, gently, and give the younger parts carrying them something they did not receive.

The first step is often the most difficult. Let's take it together.

Virginie Soum

English-speaking psychotherapist for adults, teenagers, children, expats and international families on the French Riviera.

Where to find me

Espace Nelia, Valbonne (near Sophia Antipolis)

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (near Monaco) — Saturdays

Online sessions worldwide

Home visits (under certain conditions)

Contact

06 05 00 19 95
virgsoum@gmail.com
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