The InCorr Method is a body-centred therapeutic approach that explores the relationship between past experiences, the nervous system and the patterns we carry.
Discover the approachHealing doesn't have to mean becoming a different person. It can begin with understanding what is happening beneath the thoughts, feelings and protective patterns that have developed over time.
The InCorr Method offers a structured, compassionate process for exploring emotional and physiological experiences associated with stress, overwhelm or trauma. Rather than focusing only on the symptoms, the work invites greater awareness of how those experiences are held and expressed in the body.
It places attention on the relationship between physical sensation, emotion and experience, with each session guided by the person's individual needs and sense of safety.
Your body holds the truth of your story, and the power to release it.
Shauna Quigley · Creator of the InCorr Method
The method distinguishes between the underlying emotional pain of an experience and the responses we develop to cope with it.
The InCorr framework uses the term primary pain for emotional pain that has not yet been fully processed following an overwhelming experience. It may be felt as sensations rather than something easy to describe in words.
When experiences remain difficult to process, the body and mind can develop protective responses. In this approach, reactions such as hypervigilance, anxiety, avoidance or withdrawal are explored with curiosity rather than judgement.
The InCorr perspective looks beneath the response to better understand the experience it may be protecting against. Individual experiences and outcomes vary.
The original method describes four stages. In practice, this isn't a rigid timetable: the emphasis is on building safety and meeting each experience as it arises.
Begin by noticing what helps you feel present and supported. Learning to recognise signs of overwhelm and build a sense of steadiness creates a foundation for deeper work.
In a supportive therapeutic space, feelings, physical sensations or memories can be noticed without needing to force them, explain them immediately or push them away.
Patterns that developed to protect you can be explored with compassion. The aim is to understand the responses and underlying feelings, rather than judging them.
As understanding develops, sessions focus on helping you integrate emotional and physical experiences and carry that awareness into everyday life.
Physical sensations can provide useful information about how past experiences are affecting the present.
Creating enough stability and comfort comes before exploring more difficult material.
Protective reactions are approached as understandable responses rather than personal failings.
The work connects awareness with lived emotional and bodily experience, not explanation alone.
People who use this approach sometimes describe feeling calmer, more emotionally aware and better able to stay present when difficult feelings arise. There is no single outcome or set number of sessions that applies to everyone.
Talk to CathyThese are possible experiences, not promised treatment outcomes. Cathy can discuss whether the approach is suitable for your circumstances during a consultation.
