Hello!
Held by Paz is not just a name, it's a promise;
To meet you with integrity
To hold space without judgement
To connect with your authentic self
To support your return to inner peace
I am Paz, a passionate psychotherapist and space holder, devoted to supporting people through the tender, transformative work of being human.
Through a holistic, body-aware, and trauma-informed lens, I offer a grounded psychotherapy space where presence, emotion, and truth are all welcome. My practice is rooted in the belief that healing doesn't come from pushing through but from being gently witnessed, felt, and held.
I offer to walk alongside you in the therapeutic process. It is not about striving for perfection, it is about the creation of a soft, intentional space to process what's present, at your own pace, with compassion and honesty.
So, come as you are and let's begin from there!
Have You Heard of the Whale Moment? A Held by Paz reflection :Have you ever had a moment so sacred, so quietly seismic, that something in you shifted forever? I call it a Whale Moment. I didn’t read about it in a book. I didn’t borrow it from theory. It emerged in my own therapy ~ in the tender work of repairing my attachment style, of parenting myself, of growing up without a father and learning how to re-father the parts of me that felt unseen. In one particular session, during a guided meditation, I found myself standing on a beach. I was there as a young girl. The ocean was vast. Still. Deep. And then a whale breached. It rose from the water with such power and grace that I felt it in my body. It wasn’t just something I saw. It was something I received. And in that moment, I didn’t look around to see who else was watching. I didn’t need confirmation. I didn’t need someone to say, “Do you see what I see?” I saw. I felt. I belonged. That was my Whale Moment. But then something even more profound happened. In the visualisation, I became aware that my ideal parents were there on the beach with me. Not hovering. Not directing. Not explaining the whale. Just present. When I turned slightly, I saw the father figure kneeling in the sand. He was drawing. And what he was drawing was a whale. In that instant I knew: He knew that I knew. We were in the same field of meaning but he was not inside my experience. He was having his own. Then I noticed the mother figure standing slightly behind. She was sketching book. And what she drew was me watching the whale breach and the father creating the whale in the sand. In that layered moment of cohesion, something repaired inside me. Nobody ran toward the experience to claim it. Nobody collapsed into anyone else’s feeling. Nobody demanded entry. Each of us had our autonomy. And yet we were deeply, undeniably connected. That is secure attachment. It is not fusion. It is not possession. It is not “include me so I feel safe.” It is: I trust you to have your moment. I trust myself to have mine. And we are still together. I release you to your Whale Moment . I claim my right to mine. 🐳✨