About Me – Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner in Newcastle upon Tyne
(Meeting Dr Peter Levine in London 2023 on his Therapeutic Presence, Rhythm, and Connection 2 day workshop.)
My Path to Somatic Experiencing
Before training as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, I spent over six years supporting individuals and families as a certified parenting coach, working closely with parents navigating big emotions, self-doubt, and emotional overwhelm.
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Again and again, I noticed a common pattern: while many parents initially sought support for their child’s behaviour, it became clear that the deeper healing often needed to begin within themselves.
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Anxiety, rage, shutdown, hopelessness, these weren’t signs of failure. They were often expressions of unresolved trauma, emotional neglect, or chronic stress carried from earlier life experiences. This realisation echoed my own journey.
A Personal Turning Point
During the pandemic, while solo parenting my two young daughters, I reached a breaking point. Despite years of professional training and insight, something felt fundamentally stuck.
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Finding Somatic Experiencing® marked a profound shift. Within just a few sessions, something in me began to change not through fixing or forcing, but through reconnecting with my body, my boundaries, and my nervous system’s innate capacity to heal.
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That experience reshaped both my personal life and my professional path.
How I Work
My approach is gentle, body-based, and trauma-informed. I support clients in exploring their inner landscape with curiosity and compassion, rather than analysis or pressure.
Together, we work with:
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Nervous system regulation
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Attachment and developmental trauma
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Chronic stress and burnout
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Emotional overwhelm and shutdown
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Trauma held in the body
Whether you’re a parent, or simply someone seeking deeper healing and reconnection, I offer a grounded and compassionate space to explore what’s underneath the surface and move toward greater ease, stability, and wholeness.
I’m a qualified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, supporting adults and parents online and in person across the UK.
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My work is rooted in the understanding that healing begins with the nervous system. Many of the struggles we experience anxiety, overwhelm, shutdown, emotional reactivity, burnout, or feeling stuck are not signs of something being “wrong” with us, but intelligent responses of a nervous system shaped by stress, attachment wounds, and trauma.
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Through Somatic Experiencing, I help clients gently reconnect with their bodies, build capacity for regulation, and restore a felt sense of safety, resilience, and aliveness at a pace that respects their system.
About Happy Me Somatic Therapy
Rediscover Your Inner Steadiness
At Happy Me Somatic Therapy, I offer gentle, body-based support for emotional healing, nervous system regulation, and reconnection with your deeper self. Whether you’re navigating parenting challenges, burnout, anxiety, or old trauma, my work helps you slow down, feel more grounded, and meet your experience with compassion - not just analysis.
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Rooted in the science of the nervous system and the power of the mind-body connection, my approach integrates Somatic Experiencing®, trauma-informed coaching, and embodied presence. The aim isn’t to fix you it’s to help you come home to yourself.
As a certified Parenting Coach through the Jai Institute of Parenting and a trainee Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (developed by Dr. Peter Levine), I bring together practical tools and deep nervous system work to support healing that lasts.
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This work is about capacity, not perfection about finding the steadiness underneath the overwhelm. You don’t have to do it alone.
Fiona Ng
Connecting with Your Emotions and Finding Inner Peace
"Working with Fiona was a pleasure. She helped us to understand how we should communicate with our son, how we should hold space for his feelings, remain calm when he has tantrums and always show unconditional love. The journey introduced me to the concept of somatic experiencing as well as reflecting on the parenting my family gave me and how some of the negative aspects are easy to fall into and repeat. Truly life changing."
"Working with Fiona has been such a wonderful experience, I feel like I’ve entered a new world of self discovery and its all thanks to her that I am on this journey now. I felt so comfortable in her warm and kind presence and it was so validating to have someone listen to me with no judgement. I never knew anything about the nervous system and learning from her has changed how I approach everything, not just parenting but in all aspects of my life. I feel so much more confident in my abilities as a parent and learned so much from her. I’m eternally grateful for all the support and guidance she’s given me and I feel so lucky that I found her!"
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"I found Fiona through a Google search and this was the best thing that could have ever happened for my son. Her parent coaching has literally revolutionised how I parent, it’s allowed me to build a safe, strong, close and healthy relationship with my son whilst holding boundaries in a conscious caring way. My son has SPD and it’s been especially crucial for us to have this relationship so we can meet his needs. I cannot recommend Fiona enough and I would encourage any parents to invest in your family by working with her."
