François Lacharité — Relational and Somatic Therapist

A Solitary Search, and What Finally Changed

What I spent so long looking for on my own, I found somewhere else entirely.

For a long time, I believed change was mostly something I had to do on my own. I meditated, read a lot, tried to understand myself better, and did what it took to "improve."

There was something I hadn't yet seen: I was mostly looking, on my own, for a kind of peace that was much harder for me to actually live in my relationships.

Understanding helped me, up to a point, but it could also be a way of retreating into my head to avoid the vulnerability of being truly in contact with someone else.

I had learned to be very independent. Not to rely on others too much. To withdraw or keep some distance when things got hard in a relationship.

It was in my relationships that I began to see more clearly how I protected myself: pulling away, trying to anticipate what was coming, keeping my distance.

Change didn't come from a new understanding, but from staying in the relationship rather than leaving it internally whenever something became uncomfortable.

The Turning Point

Honest Sharing played an important role in that process.

I learned to name more of what was actually present as it was happening — fear, anger, the urge to withdraw. Sometimes it showed up in a silence, a sharper word, a distance that had settled in almost on its own.

That's where my ways of protecting myself started to loosen.

Being able to recognize and communicate what was happening changed the way I related.

That's how I discovered, for myself, a place with no strategy left to hold onto, nothing left to reach for. Just being there, with the other person.

What I Discovered Through Relationship

Who I Am Today

Therapist training in progress at the NARM Training Institute in London
Counselling Skills — University of Westminster
Certified Embodied Processing Practitioner
Certified ICAHP member

Training

Today, I work as a relational and somatic therapist.

My primary therapeutic framework is NARM — the NeuroAffective Relational Model, an approach to developmental trauma and attachment wounds. I am currently in NARM training.

My work is also informed by Honest Sharing and by my own experience with the work of Gopal Norbert Klein. I integrate some of these elements when relevant

Embodied Processing also remains a foundation for the way I work, especially in the quality of presence and attention I bring to the body.

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If something in this way of working resonates with what you're experiencing, the free call is simply a chance to meet, ask your questions, and see whether the way I work could be a good fit for you.

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Disclaimer: François Lacharité offers somatic and relational support. These services do not replace medical advice, psychiatric diagnosis, regulated psychotherapy, or medical treatment. If you are experiencing an emergency, please contact emergency services in your area.