THERAPY IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA + ONLINE
RETURN TO YOURSELF
Rebuild the relationship that matters most.
Integrative Somatic Therapy for deep, embodied, inner work
YOU’VE SPENT YEARS HOLDING EVERYTHING TOGETHER..
Now it feels like something inside you is asking to be held.
A relationship ending, burnout, loss, illness or unexpected life challenge has shaken the ground beneath you, disrupted your usual ways of coping, and brought something deeper to the surface, asking you to turn inward and reconsider the relationship you have with yourself.
Anxiety, grief, anger, abandonment, fear, unsteadiness, a sense of not feeling safe or not being enough are rising again. They feel familiar because they are.. this moment has not created them, it has revealed them.
The strategies that once kept you safe, performing, over-giving, suppressing, accommodating or disconnecting, helped you survive. Now you can feel their cost in your body and life, your relationships, your energy, your health and your sense of who you are. You know that if they remain untouched, they will continue to shape your future.
Despite the inner work you have already done, the books you’ve read and the understanding you have of your own patterns, when life gets hard, your body still tightens or withdraws before you can choose differently. The old responses arrive quickly and carry history.
Maybe you are struggling with
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Who you thought you were, the roles, routines, and identities that once defined you are in question, leaving you unsure of who you are when the masks fall away. You’ve adapted to survive, performing, over-giving, people-pleasing, suppressing emotions or disconnecting from your body and needs, leaving you feeling unsteady, fragmented in your own skin.
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Anger, grief, longing, betrayal, abandonment, fear, anxiety, shame, guilt, self-blame and more. You’ve learned to shut down, distract yourself, overthink or intellectualise to avoid feeling, but holding on to these emotions is affecting you. You want to meet your emotions fully, to feel deeply without collapsing or turning away.
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You want intimacy and deep connection, but vulnerability feels risky. You might stay quiet to keep the peace, give too much, or hide what you truly need, leaving you feeling like people don’t really know you, and you feel misunderstood. You want to relate with an open heart while staying centred and true to yourself, but old patterns make it hard to trust.
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You spend much of your life in your head, overthinking and analysing. Your body feels separate, and emotions feel distant. You think about your emotions instead of feeling them. You struggle to sense what you truly need, decisions, relationships and boundaries feel unclear because your inner guidance feels out of reach. You might feel unsteady, unsafe or ungrounded, and long to feel connected to your body and the wisdom it holds.
What is needed now is not more analysis or understanding of your patterns. It is a time requiring embodied capacity.
The capacity to stay with yourself, in your body, emotions and in the immediacy of your lived experience. To meet grief and longing, anger and rage, shame and fear, tenderness and love, without shutting down, lashing out or turning away. To relate to yourself and your true experience with honesty and care.
To respond to life, rather than repeat.
To allow this season to become a threshold.. not just something you survive, but something that reshapes you, leading you to a deeper, more embodied and honest relationship with yourself.
HEY I’M MARAYA
I am an integrative somatic therapist who works with people who sense they are at a turning point.. even if they can’t yet name it.
On the outside, they seem capable and self-aware, yet on the inside might feel disconnected from themselves. Often, they arrive during a season of change; a relationship rupture or ending, burnout, loss, illness or a persistent sense that something needs to change and they can’t keep living the same way anymore. The roles they’ve played, the ways they’ve coped, the identity they’ve carried, don’t work anymore.
Many of the people who sit with me have spent years adapting.. becoming responsible, high-functioning, accommodating or emotionally contained in order to stay safe, loved or valued. These adaptations worked. They helped build a life.
But over time, they can begin to feel effortful and inauthentic, like you are holding yourself together rather than living in a way that feels aligned and connected.
Therapy with me is relational, experiential and deeply body-oriented. My approach integrates trauma-informed neuroscience, nervous system awareness, somatic inquiry, parts work, creative expression, and practices drawn from timeless wisdom traditions.
This is depth-oriented work that reaches places insight alone cannot access. We work directly with lived experience in the room. We slow down and tune in to what is happening under the surface; in your nervous system, body, mind, emotions, and in the space between us.
My interest is not in analysing you from a distance, but helping you feel safe enough to experience yourself more fully. I offer a grounded, attuned space where you can lay down the effort of holding everything together and begin relating to yourself with greater depth and integrity. Honouring body, mind and spirit. I pay careful attention to subtle shifts.. when your voice tightens, when your body withdraws, when emotion rises and is quickly managed. These moments are doorways.
We work at a pace that allows your nervous system to soften. Over time, this changes how you inhabit yourself through increasing tolerance for truth, feeling and vulnerability. As this steadiness develops, you are less compelled by old reactions and more able to choose how you meet the present moment.
My work honours the season you are in as a meaningful threshold into a more aligned way of living. My role is not to fix you.. you were never broken; but to support a deeper integration of who you already are, beneath the adaptations that once kept you safe.
LEARN MORE ABOUT ME
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We’ll get to know each other a little with a very casual hello and chat about what brought you here. I’ll answer any questions you have and we can see if we’re a good fit.
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There is no cookie cutter approach in somatic therapy. We work at the pace your nervous system dictates, honouring your body’s readiness to feel, process and release. We begin by mapping your current landscape, unfolding your story, exploring the challenges you face and holding space for your inner world and all that it contains, meeting all of you; the parts that feel grief, longing, rage, hatred, shame, fear and all the rest. They all belong and are welcome.
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Doing the work of unwinding what the body and psyche have been holding can be tough at times, but the other side is well worth it. We move slowly, deeply and respectfully of your limits and readiness, so that you sustainably re-pattern your nervous system, gently re-inhabit your body and move toward feeling more connected, aligned and grounded in the true you.
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Meet the Team
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Monet Goode
FOUNDER
With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience.
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Emmett Marsh
SALES MANAGER
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MARKETING DIRECTOR
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Karl Holland
CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER
Friendly, attentive, and always ready to help, our customer service manager ensures every interaction is a positive one. They keep communication clear, timely, and human.
