Trauma Healing | Developmental and Relational Trauma | Somatic Therapy
Consultant psychologically informed Chartered Physiotherapist | Somatic trauma therapist | Clinical specialist in integrated medicine.
BSc(Physio) MCSP MHCPC MAACP SEP EMDR CST NATP | HCPC PH46080 | CSP 52922 | Over 36 years in practice | Wokingham, Berkshire
When medicine has run out of answers...
the body still has something left to say.
Rodger Duckworth is an HCPC-registered, psychologically informed Chartered Physiotherapist and somatic trauma therapist in Wokingham, Berkshire, offering somatic trauma therapy for complex trauma, developmental and attachment trauma, sexual harm and long-term chronic pain or fatigue.
Hello, I'm Rodger
I am a Chartered Physiotherapist and somatic therapist with over 36 years of experience. I work with people whose bodies and relationships are still shaped by what they have been through: complex trauma, early attachment wounds, and the protective patterns the body holds long after the danger has gone.
| Rodger Duckworth BSc(Physio) MCSP MAACP MHCPC EMDR CST SEP NATP
Start here - meeting you where you are
Complex trauma and CPTSD
Complex trauma and CPTSD
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Developmental and attachment trauma
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Sexual harm, abuse and trauma
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Relationships and repeating patterns
Discover moreFibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, Long Covid
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When your body tells your story
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Chronic and persistent pain
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Auto-immune, gut and complex health
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What makes this work different?
A whole person approach
Skilled touch based healing
Always present in a shared space
Lived experience and a steady presence
Come as you are
There is no one treatment or healing technique that can fix everything. If there were, we would all be doing it! We would be fit, healthy and well with all the answers.
I rarely use one technique on its own. In fact I am not sure would ever say I use “a technique”. In the end I just meet you where you are and the sessions dont feel like a technique. I use a life experience in a blend Physiotherapy and manual therapy, movement, craniosacral and fascial work, acupuncture, Somatic Experiencing, NeuroAffective Touch, EMDR and conversation blend through every session as we move through your healing journey together.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does somatic therapy do?
A somatic trauma therapist works with the body as well as the story. Rodger Duckworth uses conversation, body awareness, nervous system training, movement and, if you choose it, consented touch to help the nervous system process trauma.
Are you just providing talk therapy?
My work is broader than talk therapy although may include it. Many clients / patients report that they seek out working with me having had talk therapy or conventional psychotherapy and feel that issues still remain somewhat.
We need to work with the embodied experience of the story or the emotion – which is felt in the body and talk alone may not resolve this fully. Th work is potentially vast in options from talking, working with image, emotional overwhelm or disconnect, physiological body issues, nervous system training, attachment, relationship and more.
So in essence: there is a psychotherapeutic element BUT it adds the body and connects body and mind – holistically.
Rodger Duckworth is an HCPC-registered, psychologically informed Chartered Physiotherapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner with over 36 years of experience.
Where is Trauma Therapy available in Wokingham, Berkshire?
Somatic Trauma Therapy is available at the 30 year established Practice in Wokingham – The Grange.
Rodger Duckworth is an HCPC-registered, psychologically informed Chartered Physiotherapist and somatic trauma therapist with over 36 years of experience.
Will Touch Therapy be part of the work
Not necessarily. Touch is always optional and only used with your explicit agreement. Of course my background is over 3 decades as a skilled bodyworker but often we work without touch more that people imagine. Its always discussed together
The space for your healing journey
Whilst I recognise that your system may not “feel” safe – I recognise that and work with it in the session and, over time, create a space in which you can feel an ever increasing sense of internalised safety.
Rodger Duckworth sees clients at The Grange Health in Wokingham, Berkshire, and works with people from Wokingham, Reading, Bracknell, Crowthorne, Finchampstead, Winnersh, Binfield, Swallowfield, Hurst, Twyford, Henley-on-Thames, Sonning and the surrounding area.
Sessions are available in person or online.
The Grange | 15 Rectory Road | Wokingham | RG40 1DJ | 0118 978 6149
Whenever you are ready
A first message does not commit you to anything. Reception will help you find the right time.