Healing Beyond the Injection: Why Therapy Still Matters at Stella

At Stella, we know that healing from trauma is never one-dimensional. While our innovative Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) can help reset the body’s stress response and calm the over-activated nervous system, true recovery often unfolds in layers - through safety, connection, and understanding.

That’s why we’re proud to welcome Portia Kambasha, a Family Therapist & Mental Health Clinician, to our team. Her work beautifully complements the SGB treatment, offering patients and their families a space to continue healing through relational and emotional support.

"Every person who walks through our doors brings a story - one shaped by experiences, relationships and the nervous system’s natural responses to stress," says Porsha. "My role is to understand that story in its entirety and help individuals and families reconnect with their innate capacity for balance and calm."

The Missing Piece: Reconnection

For many of our patients, trauma doesn’t just live in the mind - it’s woven into the nervous system and the relationships we hold dear. SGB can create a powerful physiological reset, but therapy helps integrate that shift into daily life. Through family systems therapy, nervous system regulation and trauma-informed care, Porsha helps clients strengthen communication, deepen emotional connection and rebuild trust where stress or trauma once dominated.

Healing rarely happens in isolation. It grows in the spaces where safety and understanding are cultivated - between parents and children, partners, siblings or close friends. By working collaboratively with families, Porsha helps translate the calm that SGB brings into lasting relational harmony.

The Power of Integrating Therapy with SGB

When the nervous system becomes calmer throughSGB, many patients describe feeling more open, grounded, and ready to engage in therapy. This creates the ideal opportunity to work on the deeper emotional and relational patterns that underlie trauma.

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In therapy, clients learn to:

• Recognise protective patterns and release outdated response
• Strengthen emotional awareness and communication
• Build compassionate relationships that sustain recovery
• Support loved ones who may also be impacted by trauma

‍Walking the Healing Journey - Together

Portia brings a wealth of experience as a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Clinical Family Therapist, and PACFA Psychotherapist, supporting individuals and families across all stages of life. Her compassionate approach honours both the science of trauma recovery and the human need for connection.

At Stella, we believe that combining cutting-edge medical treatments like the SGB with deeply human therapies creates the most complete path to healing. Together, these approaches allow patients not only to feel better, but to live better, with renewed calm, connection and resilience.