Psychotherapy and Counselling for Somerset and North Dorset
In the West we live in an adrenalised world, presenting a bewildering variety of options: there are endless things to buy, media to consume, experiences to be had. There are endless distractions: phones pinging 24/7, scary news and a sense of the world on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Those of us lucky enough …
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Many of my clients whose initial presentation is depression, anxiety or trauma reveal that they are carrying much toxic shame. Here I will give a little theory about shame and show how I work with this hard-to-reach state. I will then use a fictionalised account based on aspects of different people I have worked with, …
Case Study – Maria I worked with Maria who had suffered childhood trauma. She was now pregnant and expecting her first child and was feeling scared about repeating the trauma. Although longing for a child, she was experiencing panic. Sub-consciously she identified with both her unborn child and her persecutory mother, expected things to …
