Unresolved Trauma in Adulthood
You may have arrived here if. . .
You experienced negative events as a child that impacted your growth into adulthood.
You do not feel like you can be a fully functioning adult in your world.
You find it difficult to process, accept and integrate life-changing events.
You feel frustrated at why you find yourself in old repetitive patterns.
Someone harmed you and you struggle to move through it.
You are ready to process the past so you can become a whole person in the present.
What is Trauma?
“I’ve got trauma. . .”, “I’m traumatised from that experience”- Trauma is a bit of a buzzword right now. But what is it? Trauma is an event or experience that negatively impacted you and all areas of your life. It can influence your physical body, mental health, behaviour, socially and spiritually. Sometimes it’s called a BIG ‘T‘ and a Small ‘t’. . . Whatever the Trauma, it’s a wounding to you.
How will therapy help me with this?
Therapy will be a space for you to think, feel and tell your version of the story. In talking about the things that have happened, you begin to step into acceptance, understanding and ultimately begin to heal the wound that was created. In the same way you expose a cut to the air to begin clotting it, and beginning the healing process, that is what therapy can do. The safe space allows you to share what happened to you, explore how these have impacted your beliefs about yourself and how your life was impacted by these events.
What might we do to process my experiences?
We can do a range of things to help you process these events.
You can share your experience, and talk and express yourself how you would like.
You can express things creatively through colours, drawings, poems, spoken word, journaling or music.
Depending on how you are impacted, we can try a technique called Rewind Therapy - a way for you to achieve distance from the traumatic event without even disclosing it to me. This therapy intervention means you don’t risk re-traumatising yourself, and puts you in control of the therapeutic intervention.
You will find space and time to acknowledge the pain, feel the pain in manageable ways, and begin to work towards integrating the experience into your life. You don’t need to live in a constant state of unease, fear, anxiety, shame and pain- you can live a life that you would only ‘dream of‘, you can stand tall and live with a healed wound.
