Crisis services
These are some crisis support services should you have a Mental Health Crisis. Befrienders Worldwide befrienders.org Worldwide directory of emotional support helplines. Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) 0800 58 58 58 thecalmzone.net Provides listening services, information and support for anyone who needs to talk, including a web chat. Community Advice and Listening Line (C.A.L.L.) 0800 […]
Life lessons
A note to YOU Trauma does not define the person. There is more to you than the trauma you have experienced. This is not your fault and you are not to be blamed. The strength you have in you is BIGGER than you know. Be your own best friend and take one day at a […]
Kintsugi
I decided to use the wonderful art of Kintsugi to work on fragmented selves and connection and highlighting the beauty of imperfection and individuality #art #change #beauty #healing #healingjourney Kintsugi “Kin” means gold and “Tsugi “means re-joining Wabisabi believes that things are always more beautiful when they bear the marks of age and individuality. Art reflects life… we get […]
Creative working
Using stacking dolls or matryoshka dolls in therapy has been a useful tool in my therapy works. The dolls can be used in many ways, from inner child work to looking at our different selves. The dolls can represent different ages where the client may have felt stuck or hurt or abandoned. They can name […]
Trauma and Therapy
I described Trauma to a client as a catapillar which is fed and fed until it turns into a chrysalis. The Chrysalis or pupa is the therapeutic stage whereby change can happen and finally the wings grow into the butterfly and that is when the therapist has enabled the client to find their own growth […]
Inner Child Work
At the STAR retreat for our sexual trauma clients, I ran a workshop on Inner Child work. Carl Jung (1875-1961) ,a psychodynamic psychiatrist who worked alongside Sigmund Freud, developed the concept of The Inner Child Archetypes. He spoke of the Wounded Child, The Orphaned Child, The a magical Child, The Nature Child, The Eternal Child, […]