Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner
in Australia – Blissful Healing

PUBLISHED IN APRIL 2025

Understanding Compassionate Inquiry

Compassionate Inquiry is a psychotherapeutic approach developed by Dr Gabor Maté that integrates talk therapy and somatic awareness. It uncovers emotional pain stored within the body, guiding you to recognise the unconscious dynamic that run beneath your reactions. By understanding the body states that form your emotional patterns, you begin to access deeper levels of consciousness.

Dive deeper for a more thorough explanation about Compassionate Inquiry

Sansan Djuandhi

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How I Supports Your Healing Journey

Your journey through Compassionate Inquiry with me at Blissful Healing is one of empathy, curiosity, and deep personal exploration. Compassionate Inquiry is not just about me being compassionate to you as a client; it's about helping you find compassion for yourself.

My purpose is to gently guide you to understand and appreciate parts of yourself that have long been misunderstood or dismissed. You'll begin to see behaviours, such as perfectionism or people-pleasing, not as flaws but as protective mechanisms from your past. This compassionate understanding becomes your foundation for lasting transformation and allows you to start letting go of the hold these patterns have on you.

compassionate inquiry session at blissful healing with sansan djuandi

What to Expect from a Compassionate Inquiry Session

At Blissful Healing, your Compassionate Inquiry session begins by creating a safe and trusting environment. As your therapist, I always prepare clients by saying, "This is your place; whatever happens here stays here unless there's a risk of harm."

Each session flows naturally, starting with questions that seem simple yet powerfully connect with your body's wisdom. I often ask, "What's happening in your body right now?" Even subtle shifts—like looking away or changing tone—can lead to significant insights.

Flowchart illustrating a Compassionate Inquiry session at Blissful Healing, showing four steps: creating safety, starting inquiry, staying attentive, and exploring for emotional release.

I remain fully present, noticing the slightest cues: a sigh, a posture shift, or even a sudden physical sensation like ringing ears.

This attentive curiosity helps uncover forgotten memories or deeply hidden beliefs, connecting present patterns with early life experiences.

Sessions often evoke emotions and bodily sensations that, once acknowledged and explored, release their hold, offering relief and clarity. Sometimes clients don't even remember a trauma until it surfaces in the session.

Together, we explore the story you're telling yourself unconsciously, gently identifying what story you're carrying and understanding how you hold those stories within.

About Your Practitioner

Sansan Djuandhi is your qualified Compassionate Inquiry certified practitioner at Blissful Healing. She brings warmth, authenticity, and profound empathy to the practice.

Deeply influenced by Dr Gabor Maté’s work, her own transformative experience with Compassionate Inquiry led her to dedicate her practice to guiding others through similar journeys of self-discovery and healing.

Sansan's intuitive and holistic approach is enriched by her years of meditation practice, which enhance her capacity to remain grounded and supportive. Since adopting CI, her intuitive ability has significantly increased because she is more in tune with myself.

Her clients testify that she offers genuine understanding, sharing relatable experiences from her own life when appropriate which make sessions comforting and affirming.

Read Sansan Djuandi's biography and certifications

FAQs About Compassionate Inquiry

Do I need to prepare anything for my session?

You’ll complete a detailed intake form beforehand, helping me understand your background and concerns. Other than openness and curiosity, no further preparation is needed.

How long is a session?

Sessions typically last between one to one-and-a-half hours.

How many sessions will I need?

While profound insights can occur in a single session, ongoing support is recommended. I suggest regular sessions as a maintenance approach to continually support your emotional well-being.

What happens after a session?

You receive detailed personalised notes summarising your insights and practical steps to continue your self-awareness journey at home. I also provide ongoing support between sessions.

What types of issues can Compassionate Inquiry help with?

Compassionate Inquiry addresses a broad list of issues including substance abuse, emotional pain, relationship struggles, anxiety, and more, acknowledging how words both express and conceal deeper emotional truths.

Start Your Compassionate Inquiry Journey

Taking the first step towards healing with Blissful Healing is simple and encouraging. I warmly invite you to book your initial consultation, starting your personalised journey towards deeper self-awareness and emotional freedom.

Blissful Healing offers flexible packages to ensure continuous support and measurable progress tailored to your individual needs. Whether you're struggling with addiction, facing emotional or mental challenges, or simply ready to learn more about yourself, Compassionate Inquiry can help clients understand and address these concerns. My goal is to allow you to reconnect with your true self.

Are you ready to uncover the hidden beliefs shaping your life and step into a different, more authentic future of clarity, compassion, and emotional freedom? Contact Blissful Healing today to begin your Compassionate Inquiry journey.

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