Miriam Bloch

Offering daytime and evening sessions. 

No weekend availability.

Feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or not quite yourself?

You don’t need to have everything figured out before starting therapy. Often we begin by simply paying attention to what’s here: in your thoughts, your emotions, and in your body.

I’m Miriam, an integrative trauma therapist specialising in developmental and relational trauma.

I specialise in helping people explore and process the effects of trauma, including early attachment wounds, chronic stress, and relational trauma, with a strong emphasis on the body and nervous system.

Sometimes we develop ways of coping that helped us get through difficult experiences, but over time they can begin to keep us stuck instead. You might find yourself feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or caught in patterns that are hard to change.

You may understand where your struggles come from, yet still find yourself reacting in ways you wish you could change.

Rather than asking, “What’s wrong with me?”, in therapy I will invite you to consider, “What happened to me, and how did I learn to survive it?”

My work is grounded in ongoing specialist training in trauma, attachment, nervous system regulation, and relational therapies. This includes Internal Family Systems (IFS), NeuroAffective Touch®, somatic approaches, and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) when emotional intensity, risk, or dysregulation are high.

Therapy with me is collaborative and responsive. Depending on what’s needed, our work might include learning ways to regulate and ground yourself, paying attention to what your body is holding, understanding patterns, working with parts or imagery, or exploring how earlier experiences still shape the present.

Together, we’ll explore the ways that you struggle, and the patterns you’ve developed, and consider how they came to make sense and whether they’re still serving you today. 

Whether you’re carrying shame, struggling with anxiety, feeling emotionally overwhelmed, or simply sensing that life shouldn’t feel quite this hard, therapy with me offers a place to make sense of your experiences and a place to finally begin to experience being heard and deeply understood.

Alongside individual therapy, I also facilitate therapeutic groups, where people can explore patterns and relationships within the safety of a supportive group environment.

Many of the people I work with have been through a lot, and sharing isn’t always easy. Some find it hard to put things into words. Others aren’t sure where to begin. We can work in whatever way helps you engage, using creative approaches, allowing space for quiet, or moving more slowly into things at a pace that feels manageable.

I work primarily with young adults and women in the Orthodox Jewish community, although all are welcome.

First sessions with me are super flexible and will depend on what you are after. If you are comfortable, we will chat about what brings you into therapy. I will also give you the opportunity to ask me questions about my practice, how I work, and to determine if I'm the right fit for you. 

Beyond that, my goal is to develop and maintain positive rapport between us and see that you're satisfied with how things are going.