Looking Glass Therapies

28/04/2026

A beautiful message for your day. This is a new page that I’d encourage you to follow. I think it will be interesting to see what pops up. I think it’s off to a great start with this post! Thanks Mind Body Pain Recovery ❤️‍🩹

May you be happy

28/04/2026

27/04/2026

https://asra.com/news-publications/asra-updates/blog-landing/asra-news/2026/02/09/understanding-neuroplastic-pain--clinical-implications-for-diagnosis-and-treatment

Cite as: Gou C, Metzler J. Understanding neuroplastic pain: clinical implications for diagnosis and treatment. ASRA Pain Medicine News 2026;51. https://doi.org/10.52211/asra020126.010.

27/04/2026

There’s a moment that happens often in my work.

Someone sits across from me and says,
“I’ve been told nothing is wrong… but it doesn’t feel that way.”

The pain is real.
The anxiety is real.
The exhaustion is real.

And yet, scan after scan, test after test… comes back “normal.”

For a long time, this left people stuck in an impossible place;
feeling dismissed on one hand, and still suffering on the other.

But what we understand now is this:

Not all symptoms are driven by structural damage.
Many are driven by the nervous system and the brain’s response to perceived threat.

This doesn’t make the symptoms “psychological” or “imagined.”
It means they are real, learned, and importantly, changeable.

This is where approaches like Pain Reprocessing Therapy and other mind-body treatments are shifting the conversation.

We’re moving from:
“What’s broken?”
to
“What is the brain trying to protect?”

And when that question changes, so does the path forward.

It opens the door to reducing pain, calming anxiety, improving sleep, and helping people feel safe in their bodies again.

Quietly, this is changing lives.

11/04/2026

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/childhood-emotional-neglect/202307/exclusionary-families-display-emotional-neglect-at-its?utm_source=FacebookPost&utm_medium=FBPost&utm_campaign=FBPost&fbclid=IwZnRzaARGgmtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe7D4Lr3QYgR3cJj5jKo2421h6BU9fGyTF_iaHzZ01Xf_0_Ycv56LhxZKywZQ_aem_FIwZMR7tAvKSduHhrR3Ufw

Neglect can be healed, and self-blame reduced.

02/04/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2hPquHcaL0

You might feel completely exhausted at night, but if your nervous system is still “on,” your body won’t fully let go into rest. 🌙 That’s why so many of us l...

02/04/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xio6Y1Wi7KI

You want to relax… but you can’t. Does that sound familiar?Maybe you lie down and your body still feels tense. Or you try to slow down, but your mind won’t s...

02/04/2026

What is Havening?

Havening is a gentle, neuroscience-informed technique that uses soothing touch, attention, and simple mental exercises to help calm the nervous system and reduce emotional distress.

It works by sending signals of safety to the brain, helping to quiet the “alarm system” (the amygdala) and allowing the body to settle, often quite quickly.

People often experience:
✨ Reduced anxiety and overwhelm
✨ A softening of distress linked to past experiences
✨ A deeper sense of calm, safety, and emotional balance
✨ Increased resilience and capacity to cope

It’s gentle, non-invasive, and incredibly empowering, because it teaches your body how to return to a state of safety again.

I’ve had the absolute privilege of training with Dr Robin Youngson, whose compassionate, human approach to healing deeply aligns with my own work.

If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or carrying something that just won’t shift… Havening is definitely worth exploring. I absolutely love it! 💫

If you’re curious, feel free to reach out or have a look here: https://www.youtube.com/

Love, Nina 💛

Neuroscience of Healing - helping people heal from emotional trauma, anxiety, PTSD and phobias, based on the latest neuroscience of healing mechanisms.