We Create Spaces Where Healing Happens - Together
Human Work offers somatic trauma processing and transformational group work focused on depth, integrity and safety. We create spaces where diverse people discover that real healing requires real human connection. We also train facilitators to guide others through this work with skill and authenticity.
Our story
Jack grew up in inner-city London without a father. Adverse circumstances. A closed mindset. Everything told him that healing and transformation wasn't for people like him.
After years of working through his pain and creating a better life, Jack realised something was fundamentally wrong. The entire healing and personal development world seemed designed for a narrow slice of people. It wasn't accessible. It wasn't for everyone. And worse - it was focused on catharsis and appearance rather than the real, deep, integrated transformation that actually changes lives. He became determined to change that.
After years of his own somatic and relational trauma work, Jack realised something profound: healing isn't individual. It's collective. When you heal, I heal. When I heal, you heal. Some things only heal when they're shared. He also realised how powerful it was when people came together across different backgrounds, beliefs, and appearances to do this work. When we stopped pretending and started being real - when we worked with the deepest pain we carry - something shifted in all of us.
That's the foundation of Human Work.
We create spaces where healing is safe, held with integrity, and creates real-world change. We also train facilitators to bring this work into the world - not by cutting corners or churning out certifications, but by building facilitators with genuine skill, mastery and integrity. Our team is highly trained in somatic work, shadow work, constellations, emotional release, trauma, nervous system work and group dynamics.
We weave music, movement, and expression through everything we do because healing isn't just about processing pain - it's about receiving connection and joy. We hold space for rupture and repair because we believe that's the blueprint for how the world can actually change. We don't brush things under the carpet. We do the real work - together.
Healing was never meant to be individual. It was never meant to be exclusive. And you were never meant to carry it alone. If that resonates, we're here. Come do this work with us.
Meet Jack, Our Founder
Jack Villiers is the Founder of Human Work, a Master Facilitator, Leadership Coach, TEDx Speaker, father of three, and pioneer in somatic trauma processing, Jack spent 15 years building people, culture and leadership strategies for some of the world's fastest-growing companies including Just Eat, Monzo, Incident.io and MoonPay.
Growing up in inner-city London without a father and in challenging circumstances shaped Jack's commitment to making transformation accessible to all people. As a trainer, coach and somatic trauma worker, he's worked extensively with leading organisations, from mens work to charities doing deep trauma work across communities.
Jack created The Emotional Alchemy Method™ - a 5-step framework for processing trauma in the body with safety and precision. He's committed to training facilitators who can guide others through this work with genuine skill and integrity. His core belief is simple: healing is collective. And through that healing, people gain the capacity to navigate life's challenges with resilience, presence, and an ability to embrace their gifts.
Our team’s experience
We have a multidisciplinary team with expensive experience in trauma work and group transformation who’ve trained and worked in:
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Emotional Release
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Shadow Work
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Family Constellations
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Nervous System Training
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Polyvagal Theory
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Somatic Body Work
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Life Coaching
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Mentoring
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Group Coaching
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Parts Work
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Breathwork
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Men’s Work
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Women's Work
What We Believe
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Most trauma is relational - so it heals in relationship.
We don't believe in fixing yourself alone. Healing happens when you're witnessed, held, and supported by others who understand.
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Your body holds what your mind can't reach.
We work with somatic trauma processing - releasing what's stuck in your nervous system, not just talking about it.
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Depth and joy aren't opposites.
The deepest work happens alongside celebration, play, and real human connection. Healing doesn't have to be all heavy.
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This work requires integrity.
We train facilitators rigorously, hold high standards, and believe that quality matters more than quantity.
The Human Work Team
⨳ Facilitators
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Jack Villiers
Founder
Father, Coach, TEDx Speaker. Dedicated to trauma work with safety, depth and integrity.
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Holiday Phillips
Facilitator
Mother, Coach, TEDx Speaker. Leading the way in new paradigm leadership and relational healing.
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David Patrick Farrell
Facilitator & Instructor
Founder of DPF Coaching and Men Rising Together. Coach, Facilitator, TEDx Speaker focused on trauma work with integrity.
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Ashley Velvet Frost
Facilitator
Founder of Emotional Release Academy. Somatic bodywork practitioner and trauma facilitator. Expert in anger.
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Blaise Penny Kirkwood
(IAM13E) - Facilitator
Poet, MC, Facilitator. Brings creative expression as a healing modality.
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Operations Lead
Nandini Barnes
Mother, Organiser, Restauranter and Leader. The person that makes everything run smoothly.
⨳ Musicians
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Paz Shanti
Musician & Ceremonialist
World-renowned medicine musician and ceremonialist based in Ibiza. Background in medicine work and women's work.
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Lewis (Cheetahram)
Musician & Ceremonialist
Multi-instrumentalist and ceremonialist. Part of Cheetahram. Experienced in medicine work, voice work and expression
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Chantelle (Cheetahram)
Chantelle (Cheetahram)
Multi-instrumentalist and ceremonialist. Part of Cheetahram. Experienced in medicine work, voice work and expression.
⨳ Chefs
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Eleni Mettyear
Chefs
Founder of Drink The Dressing. Creates interactive food experiences that bring people together with amazing flavours.
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Jesus Gomez
Chefs
Founder of Holy Taco. Cooks traditional Mexican food that warms the heart and brings people together.