Am I Actually Helping Myself Right Now?

How It Works

This questionnaire is designed to help you understand how your nervous system responds when you try to calm yourself.

You’ll answer 12 short questions about what you notice in your body and mind when you use calming strategies, including whether they help your system settle or leave it feeling more overstimulated.

At the end, you’ll receive:

✓A clear result showing how your nervous system is currently responding.

✓Plain-language insights to help you interpret what you’re noticing.

✓ Guidance on what tends to help — and what may be too much right now.

You’ll also be invited to explore gentle, self-guided resources if you want further support.
There’s no requirement to move forward.

What This Questionnaire Explores

Nervous System Settling

Does your body actually calm down when you try to relax?

This looks at whether calming efforts lead to signs like eased tension, steadier breathing, or feeling more grounded afterwards.

Signs of Over-stimulation

Do calming efforts leave you feeling restless, tense, or unsure they’re helping?

This looks at signs that calming attempts may feel effortful, activating, or uncomfortable for your system.

Effort vs. Effect

Are you able to calm your system without pushing or forcing it?

Effort vs Effect helps interpret settling efforts and signs of overstimulation and looks at whether calming seems to work because of effort, or whether relief tends to happen when effort is reduced or stopped.

Here's what others have to say

As a psychotherapist in Hanoi, I have referred numerous clients to Karen for additional support in their therapeutic process. Karen has deep awareness and the ability to integrate the healing of the body as part of one's mental/emotional health.
I appreciate her calm presence, insightful methods and professionalism.

Douglas H.
Psychotherapist

Karen is gentle, intuitive and insightful, and I left feeling lighter, more aligned and with my nervous system more regulated.
I definitely recommend!

Jackie A.
Educator

Just to let you know I slept so much better last night
than I have been.

Louise G.
Educator

Review Your Results & Explore Support

After completing the questionnaire, you’ll see an explanation of what your responses suggest about how your nervous system may be responding right now. This information is meant to offer context and understanding, not a diagnosis or a directive.

If you’d like additional support, you can choose to download an interpretation guide that offers deeper perspective on the patterns reflected in your results, or explore optional practitioner support focused on nervous system regulation. Both options are designed to respect your pace, capacity, and choice.

Everything here is optional. You decide what, if anything, feels supportive to explore next.

About the Practitioner

Hi, I’m Karen.

I’m an Integrative Holistic Health Practitioner with 15 years of experience supporting people through stress, overwhelm, pain, and nervous system dysregulation.

My work is grounded in gentle, somatic, body-based approaches that respect the intelligence of the nervous system. I don’t believe in pushing through discomfort, or using techniques that override the body’s innate wisdom.

I work with people who are navigating nervous system overwhelm, chronic tension, pain, trauma, or the cumulative impact of life experiences, and who benefit from gentle, integrative support. Through Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Holographic Memory Resolution®, and a growing body of educational and self-guided nervous system programs, I support nervous system regulation by working with the body’s innate capacity to settle when the right conditions are present.

My approach is client-centred, non-invasive, and always guided by compassion.