Trauma therapy based solutions for leaders and decision-makers experiencing anxiety, stress, and burnout.

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

I'm based here in the beautiful city of Edinburgh working with leaders and decision 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 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, risk-averse brain functions to support our rational desires and decisions.  Our brain in its unconscious mode is intent on keeping us safe, and not at all interested in making a decision that might be new, or entail risk.

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
• demotivated
• 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. 

You're welcome to take my free video and cheat sheet on physical sensations of stress, or my free stress and anxiety quiz.  Just scroll down for your link to those. 

Here's what else there is:

• Discover what to do quickly, when stress shows up in the body, in the full programme Physical Sensations of Stress.
• Deal with burnout, anxiety, and overwhelming stress at both the fundamental level of the brain's unconscious survival mode, and develop the mindset to deal with thought loops, overthinking, and mental exhaustion.  In my six-week, fully supported, Calm, Clear Confidence programme you get video training to keep for ever, and live group coaching, and WhatsApp access to me for six whole weeks.
• Take charge of your overwhelm with the Morning Anxiety programme.
• Discover how to heal unconscious survival reactions in my short self-access programme Calm, Confident Brain.
• Stop mental anxiety in my programme Escaping Anxious Thinking Loops. 
• Discover how to powerfully support a friend, family member, or work colleague who is recovering from trauma in my Friends and Family Toolkit.
• If you feel that it's time for a deep dive, a change in direction, or a complete reinvention of yourself, let me accompany you step by step in the fully supported nine-month mastermind, Your One Great Life.

Click below for more information on one-to-ones and the programmes, or scroll down to complete the free 5-minute stress and anxiety quiz.  It's discrete, confidential and I score it myself, and send you a short report.