Repairing the effects of painful memories is not only possible, but the work can itself act as a pathway to transformation in our lives.
Establishing and maintaining a surer sense of safety and well-being in the 'here and now' - both within and beyond the therapy room- is central to this work.
The power of the present moment is unfathomable.
The use of mindfulness can be a vital tool to discover how trauma might be influencing us in our everyday lives, enabling us to feel freer from its charge as a result.
'We can acknowledge and even honor the past, but we don't have to stay stuck there.
We don't have to live our lives forever defined by damaging things that happened to us.''
Lindo Bacon 'Radical Belonging'
Like the tortoise who carries a home on its back, so our work will develop ways to bring more of a feeling of belonging and comfort within ourselves in each present moment.