You love life - but you’re exhausted by it.
Burned out, overwhelmed and quietly disconnected?
Psychological therapy for childfree women navigating burnout, overwhelm and the quiet ache of not quite belonging - even when everything looks fine from the outside.
Welcome to Sawya Mind and Body
Sawya was created for women who don’t quite fit the mould. It’s a therapeutic space created for women who are high achievers, childfree and quietly wondering why life feels so much harder than it looks from the outside.
If you’re navigating burnout, overwhelm or a deep sense of disconnection - not because something is wrong with your life, but because something feels missing - Sawya might be the right space for you.
Burned out but unable to slow down
Love your childfree life and also sometimes feel invisible in it
Exhausted by people-pleasing and saying yes when you mean no
Disconnected - from your body, from your friendships or relationships and from yourself
Guilty for not feeling happier - because your life is so good, so why isn’t it enough?
Quietly unsure where you fit into the world
Sound Familiar?
You might be feeling…
Sawya Mind and Body Psychological Therapies
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT focuses on the idea that our thoughts, feelings and behaviours are all connected. When we feel anxious or low, we often find ourselves in a vicious cycle and feel unable to break out of this and become stuck in negative patterns of thinking or behaving that can leave us feeling worse.
CBT helps us to understand how these patterns have developed and we learn how to break out of the negative cycle so that we can feel better. CBT is known as a ‘doing’ therapy and involves trying out new skills and techniques between sessions. We will work together to figure out the best steps forward for you.
For more information on CBT, please click here - www.babcp.com/What-is-CBT
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR is a therapy that helps people to recover from difficulties that have been caused by traumatic events in their lives.
EMDR theory suggests that memories are not properly processed following a trauma and therefore are easily triggered which then causes distress and difficult emotions.
EMDR helps the brain to properly store these memories so that they feel less distressing and therefore have less of an impact on a persons’ day to day life.
For more information on EMDR, please click here –www.emdrassociation.org.uk/
Therapy is built around you - not a protocol.
I work with women who are exhausted from holding it all together and are ready to understand what is really going on beneath the surface.
Drawing on CBT, EMDR, compassion foced and somatic based approaches, we’ll work together to process what needs processing and help you reconnect with you who are beyond the overwhelm and expectations from others.
Hi, I’m Jo.
I am a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, EMDR therapist, clinical supervisor and the founder of Sawya Mind and Body.
I founded Sawya Mind and Body because I believe there is a particular kind of exhaustion that high-achieving, childfree women carry - one that is rarely talked about and even more rarely understood.
I know that experience intimately, that’s why I do this work!
Support that is honest and grounded
A space where you can explore your experiences safely, at your pace.
Together, we work on making sense of your story and understanding what you need to move forward.
