Bonnie Brusky, English-speaking Clinical Psychologist, Systemic Family Therapist, and Somatic Psychotherapist in Bordeaux
I offer trauma-informed, body-centered therapy to help individuals, couples, and families feel a deeper connection to themselves and others.
Bonnie Brusky, English-speaking Clinical Psychologist, Systemic Family Therapist, and Somatic Psychotherapist in Bordeaux
I offer trauma-informed, body-centered therapy to help individuals, couples, and families feel a deeper connection to themselves and others.
Therapy services and areas of focus
People come to me with a wide range of concerns. Here are some of the issues I most commonly support:
Trauma (PTSD) & Complex Trauma (C-PTSD)
For many, trauma is not one event — it’s a childhood environment, a relationship, a pattern in the body. We work slowly and gently, at the pace your nervous system can tolerate.
Dissociation & integration of altered states of consciousness
Whether it feels like spacing out, losing time, feeling unreal, or being disconnected from your body, induced by an event or psychedelics, we work on understanding these protective mechanisms with compassion, not shame.
Emotional instability & relational patterns
If big feelings make relationships feel hard, unpredictable or overwhelming, we explore the roots of these emotions and build capacity for regulation and connection.
Depression & anxiety
We work with both the mind and the body: what you think, how you feel, and how your nervous system responds.
Identity questions
Cultural identity (third-culture, multilingual, expatriation, immigration)
Sexual orientation
Gender identity
Grief & loss
Whether recent or distant, grief lives in the body. Therapy offers space to move through it, rather than around it.
Life transitions
Breakups, parenthood, adolescence, career shifts, separation, expatriation, returning “home,” menopause — the moments that stretch us.
Scam survivors & betrayal trauma
For people who’ve been emotionally, financially or psychologically exploited. These experiences often carry shame and confusion — therapy helps you untangle what happened and rebuild trust in yourself.
About me
I came to my role as somatic psychotherapist later in life, but not by chance. I majored in psychology in college. It felt like the obvious thing to do and the most likely path to help understand my own emotional instability and fragile self-esteem. I didn’t continue after undergrad: a research internship brought me to Cameroon, and set me on a career in international development.
For 25 years, I lived and worked in various countries around the world. But the emotional instability and fragile self-esteem did not go away. As I founded and started raising my own family, my emotional fault lines just felt bigger. And with children in my charge, the stakes felt much higher.
I did a lot of therapy, and it helped. But it was once I started bringing the body more intentionally into therapeutic work that the change process deepened. An embodied sense of healing.
I went back to school, to become a guide for others. Not because I know more, but because I’ve walked the path.
My academic journey has given me valuable knowledge, but my deepest training has come through living as a human: unraveling my own family’s dynamics, working through my trauma, getting to know my internal parts, sustaining relationships with loved ones and connecting with people in my community.
About me
I came to my role as somatic psychotherapist later in life, but not by chance. I majored in psychology in college. It felt like the obvious thing to do and the most likely path to help understand my own emotional instability and fragile self-esteem. I didn’t continue after undergrad: a research internship brought me to Cameroon, and set me on a career in international development.
For 25 years, I lived and worked in various countries around the world. But the emotional instability and fragile self-esteem did not go away. When I started my own family, my emotional fault lines just felt bigger. And with children in my charge, the stakes felt much higher.
I did a lot of therapy, and it helped. But it was once I started bringing the body more intentionally into therapeutic work that the change process deepened. An embodied sense of healing.
I went back to school to become a guide for others. Not because I know more, but because I’ve walked the path.
My academic journey has given me valuable knowledge, but my deepest training has come through living as a human: unraveling my own family’s dynamics, working through my trauma, getting to know my internal parts, sustaining relationships with loved ones and connecting with people in my community.
My approach
My approach is body-centered, collaborative, and deeply trauma-informed. I draw from:
- Systemic therapy, to understand the family, relational, cultural and social contexts shaping your experience.
- Internal Family Systems (IFS), to help you get to know the different “parts” inside — the protectors, the overwhelmed ones, the younger parts needing attention — so they can work together rather than in conflict.
- Lifespan Integration (LI) and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, two gentle yet powerful trauma-processing modalities that help integrate past experiences in a safe, embodied way.
- Somatic practices (informed by 25 years of yoga), to support nervous-system regulation, grounding, and reconnection with the body.
Together, we figure out what you need. My role is not to tell you who to be — it’s to walk alongside you, help you slow down, notice what’s happening inside, and create the conditions for sustainable change
My approach
My approach is body-centered, collaborative, and deeply trauma-informed. I draw from:
- Systemic therapy, to understand the family, relational, cultural and social contexts shaping your experience.
- Internal Family Systems (IFS), to help you get to know the different “parts” inside — the protectors, the overwhelmed ones, the younger parts needing attention — so they can work together rather than in conflict.
- Lifespan Integration (LI) and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, two gentle yet powerful trauma-processing modalities that help integrate past experiences in a safe, embodied way.
- Somatic practices (informed by 25 years of yoga), to support nervous-system regulation, grounding, and reconnection with the body.
Together, we figure out what you need. My role is not to tell you who to be — it’s to walk alongside you, help you slow down, notice what’s happening inside, and create the conditions for sustainable change
Fees & Modalities
Fees
• Individual session (60 minutes): €90 • Couples & family session (60–75 minutes): €100
I offer a limited number of reduced-fee slots for clients experiencing financial hardship. Feel free to ask — we can discuss what is possible.
Cancellation policy
Your appointment time is reserved just for you.
If you need to cancel or reschedule, please let me know at least 24 hours in advance.
Practicalities
94 avenue du Parc de Lescure
33000 Bordeaux
+33 (0)6 01 06 12 94
hello@bonniebrusky.com
• I accept bank transfer, check or cash.
• As a « non-conventionnée » psychologist, sessions are not reimbursed by Sécurité Sociale. Many mutuelles offer partial coverage. If you need a receipt for reimbursement, let me know.
Fees & Modalities
Fees
• Individual sessions (60 min) : 90 €
• Couples and familles (60–75 min) : 100 – 115 €
I offer a limited number of reduced-fee slots for clients experiencing financial hardship. Feel free to ask — we can discuss what is possible.
Cancellation Policy
Your appointment time is reserved for you.
If you need to cancel or reschedule, please let me know at least 24 hours in advance.
Practicalities
94 avenue du Parc de Lescure
33000 Bordeaux
+33 (0)6 01 06 12 94
hello@bonniebrusky.com
• Payment : bank transfer, check or cash. I don’t take credit cards
• As a non-conventionnée psychologist, sessions are not reimbursed by Sécurité Sociale, but many mutuelles offer partial coverage. If you need a receipt for reimbursement, I can provide one.
