As someone with aphantasia, I've trained in Root Cause Therapy Levels 1 & 2, Embodied Processing Levels 1 & 2, Somatic Accupoint Therapy and Functional Meditation.

Throughout my training, I began recognising how aphantasia had influenced experiences throughout my life, often in ways I hadn't previously understood.

And when I began facilitating sessions, another layer emerged.

I discovered that certain exercises, language and ways of working could activate my own responses. I needed to understand how to adapt not only for the person receiving the session, but also for myself as the practitioner holding space.

This led me to explore different ways of working with beliefs, testing, internal responses, language and self-awareness, while continuing to honour the foundations of the modalities I'd learned.

What began as adapting to my own aphantasia became a deeper understanding of how we can support both the client and the practitioner.

It's not simply about removing visualisation.

When we talk about supporting clients with aphantasia, the conversation often stops at not asking them to visualise.

But what about the language we use? The expectations we create? How someone accesses memories, recognises emotions, responds to testing or interprets their internal experience?

And what happens when the practitioner has aphantasia too?

Aphantasia-informed practice invites us to explore not only how we facilitate, but how we ourselves experience the work.