"True compassion has a sense of wanting to relieve your suffering, but by sitting with you in it, not by wiping it away. True compassion validates every ounce of pain you’re feeling, and gives you hope it can be soothed”
– Carolyn Spring
What is Trauma-Informed Counselling?
Trauma-informed counselling is an approach to therapy that recognises the widespread impact of trauma on individuals' lives and aims to create a safe, empathetic and supportive environment for those who have experienced trauma. Building trust and creating a space where clients feel physically and emotionally safe, by establishing clear boundaries and respecting client’s autonomy is essential for healing from Trauma.
Carolyn Spring Trauma Training;
My completed training includes;
Working with Shame
Trauma and the Body: Dissociation and Somatisation
Working with Relational Trauma: dealing with disorganised attachment
Dealing with Distress: working with suicide and self-harm
Child Sexual Abuse: Hope for Healing
Mental Health and the Body: Treating Trauma
Dissociation and DID – The Fundamentals
Working with Dissociative Disorders in Clinical Practice
Working with Trauma, triggers and flashbacks
What does our work involve?
Our work together involves collaboration and empowerment, where you take an active role in your healing process by setting goals, making personal decisions and through psychoeducation. Psychoeducation is an important part of this process in understanding that the symptoms and internal conflicts you are experiencing make sense and exist because of what you have experienced. Seeing your symptoms, inner conflicts and coping mechanisms from a different perspective, in that they helped you survive the trauma by minimising the pain of it, is an important part of your recovery.
Recovery from trauma is not a quick easy fix, it takes time with the right support to recover, and this time is different for each person. The path is not linear, it is full of ups and downs, twists and turns, breakdowns and breakthroughs and obstacles to overcome, but I will be with you. I believe the key to successful counselling and recovery is the ability to build a safe, quality, reliable therapeutic relationship based on trust, honesty and respect and to ‘be with’ the client through their darkest times.
Remember, this is your journey; you are in the driving seat and can steer it in the direction YOU want. Just remember recovery IS possible and It would be an honour to embark on this journey alongside you. Please feel free to contact me for a chat 🙂
Pricing
Initial chat (up to 30 mins) to see if we have a connection and can work together - Free
**This is a very private service and it's important you find the right therapist for you**
Telephone or video call
1 hour session - £60