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It has been an extremely strange year in many ways. Plans to create more material for this project, to do some exploring in wild places and some other adventuring needed to be put on hold by unexpected circumstance for a few months. It is strange when the drama itself is not yours, but it finds
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The Case for Group Work as a Complement to Individual Therapy Sometimes it is “Brain/Body” not “Mind” that matters most in the therapy room. Sometimes, being “Trauma-Informed” is to put Regulation before Relationship. Sometimes, having the depth of one-to-one therapy combined with the somatic strength of a practical group is the most impactful and direct
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In the darkness of January in the UK, the return of light and warmth can feel a long way ahead: that time where we can revisit the places our bodies love most, or wherever we feel most alive or safe. My body certainly loves a cosy fireside or the safety of bed with a good
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It’s perhaps a slightly different New Year offering than usual, but here is a tender and earnest love song written for anyone who is embarking on a transformative therapeutic journey. The new world arrives to us only through our brave creation and determination – and the stepping out from one place of fear to the
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In a session this week, I had a strong thought. It was something to challenge the “bump in the night” feeling being discussed. It was that heart-bump feeling that it will all go wrong, as it did before, and we will have to go through our “dark night” again. Even when facing this devastation –
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Recently, my mind’s piggy bank had a new coin deposit: I realised that Nervous System Regulation Practices might be viewed differently by clients, as opposed to how they are seen by the Trauma-Informed Therapist. In session, a longer-term client with CPTSD was going over a plan for Self-Regulation in the wake of a problematic event.
Sometimes, Trauma... 