Gentle trauma release — for what talking can’t reach.
Strategic, multi-modal sessions using EMDR, somatic healing and clinical hypnotherapy. The kind of trauma work that doesn’t ask you to re-live what happened. In Cabinteely, Dublin 18 — or online, anywhere in Ireland.
Barbara Slyne
R.C.HYP · MIND COACH
The shape unresolved trauma usually takes — even when you’ve “moved on”.
Trauma doesn’t always announce itself. It can sit underneath ordinary life for years, quietly shaping how the body responds to the world.
- A feeling of being braced, even when nothing is happening
- Triggered by sounds, smells, or situations you can’t always explain
- Body responses that don’t match the present moment
- A sense that something happened — even if you can’t name what
- Difficulty trusting people, sometimes including yourself
- A history of “small-t” trauma that has quietly added up
- A history of “big-T” trauma you’ve carried mostly alone
- Therapy hasn’t shifted it, but you know it’s still there
Trauma isn’t a story your mind needs to remember. It’s a pattern your body never finished resolving — and patterns can be completed.
Three principles that make this work different — and gentler.
Trauma work fails most often when it asks the body to do more than it can handle. We don’t do that here.
Body first, story later
Most trauma is held in the body and the subconscious, not the conscious narrative. We start where the trauma is — not where words are.
No re-living required
EMDR and somatic work release trauma without retelling the event. You stay in full control of what you do and don’t share, always.
At your nervous system’s pace
We move only as fast as your body can cope. The work moves at the speed of safety — never faster.
Six trained modalities — combined per client, never used the same way twice.
For trauma work specifically, EMDR and somatic healing usually carry the heaviest weight. The exact blend depends on what your system responds to.
The kind of shift people don’t realise is still possible.
The constant low-level guarding drops away. Shoulders descend. Breathing changes without trying.
Things that used to send you spiralling become events, not emergencies. The reaction shrinks to scale.
You stop scanning rooms, conversations and faces for threat. Energy returns that has been quietly draining for years.
The story can be told without the body reliving it. For many clients, this is the marker that says: it’s resolved.
Deep sleep, the kind where the nervous system actually rests. Often the first thing to shift.
In yourself, in your body, sometimes in other people. A re-acquaintance with safety — quietly, in your own time.
How a first trauma session works.
Free 20-min call
A calm phone conversation. You can ask anything — including how I handle sensitive topics — before we book anything.
Your first session
90 minutes in Cabinteely or online. We never go faster than your nervous system can cope with or handle.
Two or three sessions
Most trauma releases in 2–3 — though complex trauma can take longer. I’ll be honest about what your situation calls for.
Week-later check-in
I text every client a week after our work to see how it’s settled. Always.
I’d been carrying something for years I’d never been able to talk about. Barbara worked with it without making me say it out loud. I feel lighter than I have in a long time.
Honest answers about trauma work.
Still wondering? Book a free 20-min call and we’ll talk it through.
Is hypnotherapy safe for trauma?+
Yes — when delivered by a properly trained practitioner. I’m trained in EMDR, somatic healing and trauma-informed hypnotherapy, and the work moves only as fast as your nervous system can cope with or handle. You stay in control of what you do and don’t share throughout.
Will I have to re-live what happened?+
No. This is the single most important thing about how I work with trauma. EMDR and somatic techniques release trauma at the body and subconscious level — you don’t need to narrate the event in detail for the work to be effective. Many clients release significant trauma without ever describing the specifics.
How is this different from talk therapy?+
Talk therapy reaches the conscious, narrative part of the mind. Trauma is often stored beneath that — in the body and the subconscious. EMDR, somatic healing and hypnotherapy work at those levels directly. That’s why people who have done years of talk therapy still find this work moves something.
What if I don’t fully remember the trauma?+
You don’t need to. The body remembers what the conscious mind has forgotten or fragmented. Somatic work and EMDR can move trauma you can’t fully recall. We work with what your system is holding — not what you can articulate.
How many sessions for unresolved trauma?+
Most clients see significant release in 2–3 sessions. Complex trauma — particularly developmental or layered trauma — may take longer. I’ll be honest with you about what your situation calls for after our first session, and we go at your pace, always.
Is EMDR included?+
Yes. EMDR is one of the six modalities I’m trained in, and it’s often the central tool when we’re working with trauma specifically. I combine it with somatic work, EFT tapping for nervous system regulation, and clinical hypnotherapy as appropriate.
The first step is always
a conversation.
Book a free 20-minute phone call. No commitment, no pressure — just a chance to talk through what’s going on and see if working together feels right.