Read our posts about Trauma

07Jul

The Pesso-Boyden Method Experienced

Lucy Cavendish

body, emotions, therapy, trauma

Therapists

Pesso-Boyden is a way of re-experiencing painful and traumatic experiences in life, in order to break free of them. Lucy Cavendish is won over
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05Jul

What I Learnt About Therapy from the Grenfell Tower Fire

hilda burke

society, therapist, therapy, trauma

Therapists

Therapist Hilda Burke lives in the neighbourhood of Grenfell Tower and has helped counsell some of the people affected by the tragedy
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16Jun

PTSD: People Focus on Your Past not Your Present

Nina Phoenix

PTSD, trauma

Mind

As soon as you say you have PTSD, people want to know what happened to you, rather than how you are right now posts Nina Phoenix
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02Jun

Are You OK: The Question I Needed to be Asked

Nina Phoenix

friendship, PTSD, therapist, trauma

Mind

The author has been diagnosed with PTSD and her distress is sometimes clear. But not many friends notice and think to say "Are you OK?"
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26May

How Could I Have PTSD?

Nina Phoenix

anxiety, PTSD, trauma

Mind

A friend realised that Nina Phoenix was probably suffering from PTSD. This is how she chose to deal with the revelation, and where it led her
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23May

How to Help Children Cope with the Manchester Attack

Lyn Reed

children, society, teenagers, trauma

Therapists

Many of the victims of the Manchester attack were children and young people. Lyn Reed posts on the effect of such traumatic events and how we can support those affected
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18May

Understanding Trauma and Flashbacks

Fiona Kennedy and David Pearson

cbt, emdr, therapy, trauma

Mind

After a trauma, many people have flashbacks which can come as sounds, images or smells. Therapies such as EMDR can help with recovery
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10May

The Different Personality Types of Dissociation

Roland Bal

dissociation, emotions, personality, trauma

Mind

Dissociation is the feeling that you are not really present. Roland Bal looks at the way it can interract with different personality types
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04May

In Therapy: Why You Might Feel Worse Before You Feel Better

Wendy Bristow

change, emotions, grief, self, therapy, trauma

Therapists

Uncovering the real pain and loss in a client's life can mean that therapy can feel painful. Wendy Bristow explains the process, and how those feelings will eventually change
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26Apr

The Lasting Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences

Alice McGurran

abuse, brain, childhood, CSA, films, health, parenting, resilience, science, stress, trauma

Body

A new film directed by James Redford, Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope, explores the childhood events that affect our adult health, from smoking to obesity to heart disease
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