# About The (Embodied) Connect and Care Theory
When we think about the term theory, it is often used to mean a hunch, a guess or a belief that is held with or without proof. Whether it is an assumption, rational or a hypothesis based somewhat in fact, it remains always open, flexible and grows and refines itself due to feedback, criticism and testing. To the average person, a theory might be true, or it might be false. Regardless, the observations are in the hands of the beholder to form their own conclusions. I encourage you to become a curious researcher and find your own way through what I have to offer as I present to you, my own observations, facts and expanded ideas, right or wrong, in the hope that it draws on your experiences and understandings, to reflect on how best we may serve others who face psychological or emotional difficulties. The (embodied) connect and care theory is about creating a good enough, non-technical, non-clinical story, a story about our past that kind of makes sense to our adult selves so we can move forward and allow ourselves the permission to know, that there is a vulnerable part of us that lays beneath our nervous system, that has longings and needs that may never have been met. The theory thanks and honours the nervous system’s role in protecting us and adapting to survival difficulties and stressors that we face through life. Without facing those difficulties, we may not be here today searching for how best we may serve others.
## Guidance, Relationship, Individual's Conditions
What I offer is provided free, subject to the following conditions which may be update or modified from time to time. The service I offer you is booked in advance for a mutually agreed time and location. You must be a willing and active participant in exploring neuroeducation and experiential based awareness interventions with me. In the interests of first doing no harm, I reserve the right to withdraw this service or refer to more specialist counselling to protect the psychological and emotional well-being of any individual where I see fit, with or without providing an explanation. Ongoing counselling is not part of what I offer. I don't have an office, what I offer is experiential movement (moving together), rather than a clinical experience confined within four walls. Moving or meeting together builds somatic awareness through interoception, to step back from what the nervous system is trying to tell us. I am a private individual who wishes to offer education and community support by presenting a different way of understanding what is needed to build resilience within ourselves, our children and community and support those facing mental health difficulties. My support is strictly private and confidentially unless I am given your verbal consent to disclose information about you to a third party or where I am legally required to do so. (See - informed consent) If you or someone you know is currently in an emergency crisis situation or in immediate danger you agree to phone: Emergency- 000. If you are in a non-emergency situation but desperately need to phone or chat to someone, we suggest calling Lifeline- 13 11 14 or QLD mental health access line MH CALL (1300 64 22 55) as we are not a replacement for an existing service. Lifeline have a large referral database to connect you to the best services and are available 24 / 7.
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