Practitioner – Matthew Green

I am an emotional fitness coach and therapist. I have been working to support clients deal with, manage and clear trauma, including sexual violence, since 2006. 

In 2017, due to the widespread trauma in under-resourced schools, specifically an act of sexual violence against an 18 year old girl, my partner (Chantal) and I at 5th Place were inspired to see whether we could do something to address the trauma in this space. This culminated in us developing a pioneering bodyful / mindful process to regulate emotions in the moment called "Shape of Emotion". Shape of Emotion draws from the latest advances in Neuroscience, is content-free and both easy to use and learn.

Together with Chantal we have worked here in South Africa with many people teaching emotional fitness including groups who suffer the effects of violence, poverty and and trauma including People with Albinism and unemployed youth.

General/Other, Education, Research / Academia, Sport / Recreation

General / Other, Alcohol & substance abuse, Bullying, Children, Domestic violence / Intimate partner violence, Gender-based violence, Hate Crime / Xenophobia, Prevention concepts, Rehabilitation / Reintegration, Sexual violence

I am an emotional fitness coach and therapist. I have been working to support clients deal with, manage and clear trauma, including hijackings, robbery, muggings and sexual violence, since 2006.