12 Month Healing Journey

Trauma-informed therapy for Complex Trauma, PTSD & Traumatic Brain Injury

A year-long journey designed to restore balance to your body, mind, and nervous system. So you can move beyond survival and finally feel whole again.

Step into a year of healing where freedom and possibility return.

You Deserve a Life that Feels Safe to Live In

If you’ve been carrying trauma, anxiety, or stress for far too long, you deserve more than coping strategies. You deserve deep healing — at a pace that feels safe.

This 12-month therapy journey offers a structured, integrative path back to yourself: gently, deeply and in your own time.

A Year of Real Healing.
One Step at a Time.

If you’re living with the effects of:

PTSD or complex trauma
Traumatic brain injury
Long-term anxiety, grief, or overwhelm
Feeling disconnected from yourself or others

…this journey was created for you.

You won’t be walking it alone. This is a safe, steady, and supportive space where every part of you is welcome.

Together, we’ll work toward restoring nervous system balance, building emotional safety, and reconnecting with who you truly are beneath the trauma.

How The Journey Works

Phase One

Weekly Support

(Months 1 – 6)

$Weekly 1:1 sessions to create safety and momentum
$Nervous system stabilisation and trauma release

Phase Two

Integration

(Months 7 – 12)

$Fortnightly sessions to embed change and grow resilience
$Space to reflect, practice, and strengthen connections

Around 36–40 sessions over one year, fully tailored to your needs and your nervous system’s pace.

A Fully Integrative Approach

This isn’t a one-size-fits-all therapy. Your journey includes a combination of evidence- based methods that support healing from the inside out:

Polyvagal
Therapy

Restore safety, calm & connection

Somatic
Breathwork

Deepen presence & emotional release

Somatic
Therapy

Release stored trauma gently

Nutrition & Medicine Support

Nurture energy, sleep & brain-body health

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Understand & harmonise your inner parts

Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy

Honour your pace and your story

Your Healing Journey
Month by Month

Months 1–3

Safety, Grounding & Connection

Understand your symptoms and nervous system
Build trust, explore your story, and gently reconnect with your body
Begin to meet the inner parts that have protected you

Months 4–6

Healing Trauma Patterns

Release stored tension and trauma gently
Strengthen emotional regulation and reduce symptoms
Support your biology through nutrition, breathwork, and body memory work

Months 7–9

Resilience & Relationships

Develop confidence in your healing tools
Repair patterns around trust, intimacy, and boundaries
Increase your capacity for connection—with others and yourself

Months 10–12

Integration & Moving Forward

Feel more present, grounded and whole
Discover meaning beyond trauma
Create a personal plan for continued healing and support

Why This Works

Not Just Talk Therapy. Not Just Tools. BUT True Integration.

Because true healing isn’t about rushing or overwhelming your system. It’s about:

✔ Matching the right support to the right time
✔ Honouring your biology — body, brain & story
✔ Creating real safety (not just coping skills)
✔ Moving at your nervous system’s pace

This journey is designed to help you not just survive — but feel whole again.

Take the First Step

You don’t need to have everything figured out.

If something about this feels right, simply reach out. I’ll meet you exactly where you are.

Healing is Possible. And You’re Not Alone.

No matter how long it’s been or how complex it feels, your system knows how to heal. Together, we’ll help it remember.

Meet Helen Ferguson

(In case we haven’t met yet)

Hi, I’m Helen Ferguson

I’m Not the stereotypical therapist. There’s no “therapy voice,” No endless note taking while you talk into the void. No scripts, no Formulas.”

Instead, I show up as a whole human, being fully present with you. I listen deeply, I notice what your nervous system is communicating, and I walk alongside you as you move through the experiences that have shaped you.

Because therapy isn’t about talking (although we do have to do some of that). It’s about connection, attunement, and creating conditions where healing finally feels possible.

i am highly qualified academic but also a real person!

I’m Helen – a therapist, a guide, and human being. I live in France with my husband ‘Fergs’ and my loyal canine co-therapist, Lyla. She keeps me grounded, making sure I never miss a delivery, and often reminding my clients of the power of simple presence.

My life as a therapist began over two decades ago after I first qualified as a mental health nurse. In the beginning I felt most at home working with children, especially those who had experienced deep trauma and those in the care system, helping them find safety and expression while supporting their carers to create healing environments.

The path naturally grew into supporting adults, especially those carrying the weight of childhood and complex trauma. Today I work with children, young people and adults – each with their own story, each deserving a safe and compassionate place to heal.

You can shimmy to the “about helen” page if you want to dive into my list of academia/ qualifications and more

Book a therapy session with Helen Ferguson

I will never simply say you have to do something. I am here to empower you. I will invite you to do things, explain how & why we need to do things and then we will create a path together to navigate from chaos to coping and then ultimately onto to calm.

“As someone who supports others, I needed a therapist who could hold both the personal and professional layers of my life. Over 12 months, Helen offered a space that was both deeply safe and profoundly challenging in the best way.

Her integration of neuroscience, IFS, and somatic awareness helped me understand my nervous system in a way that has transformed how I show up in my work and relationships. I’ve learned to listen to my body’s wisdom, regulate through stress, and connect to my own inner calm. Working with Helen has been one of the most important investments I’ve made in myself, and in the people I support”

Nicky

When I first started working with Helen, I didn’t really know what safety felt like. My body was always on alert and I couldn’t make sense of my reactions. Over the 12 months, Helen guided me with compassion and skill to understand my nervous system, recognise my parts, and, move with my emotions and gently release long-held patterns of protection.

This work hasn’t been about “fixing” myself it’s been about remembering who I am beneath the trauma. Helen’s blend of neuroscience, somatic awareness, and deep empathy helped me find calm, connection, and trust again. I’m living from a place of groundedness I never thought possible”

Tony R

12 Month Healing Journey

Trauma-informed therapy for Complex Trauma, PTSD & Traumatic Brain Injury

You Deserve a Life that Feels Safe to Live In

A Year of Real Healing.
One Step at a Time.