LAUREN SCORESBY

Blocked Emotion Therapy is the result of my own healing journey. As a teenager I noticed I would get really nervous before social events. It would get to the point where I couldn't eat because my stomach felt so tight and twisted up in knots. To cope I would just push through the pain. 

It wasn't until I left my quite country home and moved to California to volunteer as a missionary for my church when everything changed.

My anxiety skyrocketed, which then brought about a level of depression I didn’t know a person could feel. This of course affected my physical health, which didn’t help my anxiety. It was a vicious cycle and I needed help.

I met with a counselor, but I always walked away feeling more like a problem and with more reasons why I was doing life wrong. I kept spiraling.

Then I met a woman who was an Emotion Coach. I was intrigued and after only one session I was hooked.

She helped me uncover why I was feeling the way that I was and guided me in mindfulness exersizes to put my feelings into a mental image. She then helped me see how those feelings were protecting me and how I could find safty in other ways. It was beautiful.

I felt more relief from one hour working with her than I had in years. I felt like I could breathe again. My whole soul was lighter and I finally had hope.

I ended up moving across country and became an Emotion Coach as well. I then went on to study relational theory in college and then interned at a life coaching clinic in Idaho. I then added to my certification and became a Certified Family Life Educator and a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach.

I combined all my education and experience into what is now known as Blocked Emotion Therapy.

Over the years I have worked with a wide range of clients with a wide range of needs. I often get asked how I can help others who are going through so much when I myself have so much still to experience.

I tell them that when I’m in a session and my clients start unpacking topics like abuse, infidelity, or divorce (all things I have not personally experienced), I tune into the all too familiar core of their story. The story that:

• “I’ve been hurt"
• "I feel alone and scared"
• "Something inside is gone" and
• "I can't do this anymore.”

This story I know very well. I also know there is hope and a way to find real peace even after all the pain.

For me, coaching is an honor and a delight. I love seeing so many individuals find relief through Blocked Emotion Therapy. What a gift this journey has been.