Tia Cloher
somatic Counsellor,
coach & facilitator
experience & ethos
I approach this work with humility, lived experience, and a deep commitment to growth.
My own journey toward healing and presence fuels my dedication to supporting others, as I too have experienced disconnection, overwhelm, and grasping at things in a bid to feeling better. Finding dedicated embodiment practice was how I was able to start coming home to myself.
I believe in attunement, empathy, and meeting you exactly where you are. This is not a top-down approach and I don’t position myself as an expert—only you know what is best for you, so I walk this path alongside you and support you to find your own way. My mission is to create a space for deep listening, exploration, and growth.
The tools and practices I offer are ones I have personally explored, integrated, and continue to use in my own daily life. I regularly engage in my own therapeutic work, and am committed to ongoing study, professional development, and reflection in order to offer support that is ethical, effective, and affirming.
EDUCATION & LINEAGE
My work is primarily rooted in somatics, and is informed by a range of teachings, lineages, and modalities within and beyond that scope. I've completed formal and informal education in embodied counselling, mind-body coaching, sociology, gender politics, somatic sex education, embodied consent, tantra, conscious dance, conflict resolution, group facilitation and somatics for social justice and movement work.
While much of my training has come through contemporary Western somatic frameworks, many of these are deeply informed by Eastern traditions. I acknowledge the cultural and spiritual lineages that underpin the practices I offer, and aim to honour their origins with respect and care.
FORCES THAT SHAPE US
Practitioners are never objective—we all hold identities and experiences that shape our perspectives and influence our work. In naming mine, I acknowledge both the insights they bring and the limitations they create.
I am queer and non-binary (they/them) and deeply connected to these communities. I have lived experience with non-normative relationships, alternative sexuality practices, marginalised professions, and neurodivergence, and I hold a particular investment in serving these communities with care and integrity.
I am also white, middle-class, and tertiary-educated, benefiting from the privileges these identities afford. I actively engage in ongoing reflection, education, and personal accountability to challenge my biases and grow my capacity to effectively support those with lived experiences different from my own.
A foundational part of my work is recognising the broader systems of power and inequality that shape all of our lives, including those I work with. None of us exist in a vacuum, and I believe meaningful change becomes more possible when we can listen for how personal struggles are often rooted in, or echoed by, larger collective and systemic realities.