Jaya Narayan Expressive Arts Practice

06/06/2026

"Trusting is hard. Knowing who to trust, even harder." — Maria V. Snyder.

We talk a lot about safety in therapy. But what about distrust?

Distrust is a survival instinct. The defences that kept us alive in relationships that were meant to be trusting.

When we can name these moments together, real relational ground can form.

In my work, I keep stepping back until small allows enoughness.

What fosters trust for you? 💭

03/06/2026

Re-mark-able
im-pression-able wound
un-centered un-steady
ir-RATIONAL
emotional multiverse
UN-predictable ruptures
Disregarded
Un-satiated
overridden
altering internal terrain
unpliable textures
fragility-> overthinking → controlling → self reliance
obscuring the rejection
I ask for too much
I am too much

30/05/2026

30/05/2026

Relational one at Eve

An openness to being changed by the client is required of the person-centred therapist. A person-centred therapist who is closed off from being changed implicitly denies the full humanity of the client. ― David Murphy

Each encounter with a client allows something within me to be looked at and shift.

One of my greatest wounds is the fear of rejection. There is something so scary about saying this out loud, but it needs to be said right now; it feels right. The seesaw between over-compensating for the void through over-giving and the courage to sit in the fear that it is true is ongoing and needs attention.
In these moments, I have to learn to accept the pain. In this exploration, I notice how I respond: I overgive, then feel confused by the lack of acceptance. When I sit back and create space for the absence—when I hold myself in love in these moments—something rich can emerge. For me, for them, for us.
These moments are held in great secrecy in our work. So much shame of inadequacy.
I take ownership of my deep feelings and acknowledge that I need ongoing support from my community of care.

30/05/2026

An openness to being changed by the client is required of the person-centred therapist. A person-centred therapist who is closed off from being changed implicitly denies the full humanity of the client. ― David Murphy

Each encounter with a client allows something within me to be looked at and shift.

One of my greatest wounds is the fear of rejection. There is something so scary about saying this out loud, but it needs to be said right now; it feels right. The seesaw between over-compensating for the void through over-giving and the courage to sit in the fear that it is true is ongoing and needs attention.
In these moments, I have to learn to accept the pain. In this exploration, I notice how I respond: I overgive, then feel confused by the lack of acceptance. When I sit back and create space for the absence—when I hold myself in love in these moments—something rich can emerge. For me, for them, for us.
These moments are held in great secrecy in our work. So much shame of inadequacy.
I take ownership of my deep feelings and acknowledge that I need ongoing support from my community of care.

artstherapy

27/05/2026

Significant Inquiry
unmet longings
impressionable threshold
uncentered
Unlike the Steady Sun
a Relational universe
without constancy, predictability, and care
Unsatiated, overridden, ruptured
altering internal terrain
unpliable textures
fragility, overthinking, planning, controlling
obscuring rejection
a Sign, I ask for too much
perhaps I am too much

23/05/2026

Play is the work of childhood. — Jean Piaget

As therapists, we ask our clients to stay with discomfort — yet we hesitate to make the first move. The other day in session, I said something and let the silence hang. Then I just started making sounds, speaking in gibberish. Their eyes were on me. And slowly, the unsettled melted — and we could just be silly together.

Here's me putting myself out there. If I can play and be serious, so can you.

20/05/2026

big moments
arise in tiny phases
sprouting seeds
butterflies
developing babies
microscopic
incremental
each day
allowing
expanding
shaping
celebrating
trusting
nurturing spaces
transformation

16/05/2026

Everything is practice. — Pelé
Someone asked me this week, "What is your approach to the body-led approach?" I responded that it's about me being in my body and waiting to see what happens next. Most of my work is relational — noticing how my body responds in space and time. Sometimes I feel a lot, and other times there is nothingness. As I listen to both the absence and the presence, I trust our impulses. Sometimes I don't receive what is vital. Then there is an opportunity to tune in again and convey the confusion — that confusion belongs to the space between us, and can be met there. In this video, I share some of the nuances of listening.