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Contributions · 01. June 2019

That Blasted Rock!

A poem by Kate Collier, that I really liked and though very appropriate...

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"I'm the enemy of the unlived, meaningless life"

(Bob Dylan, False Prophet)


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"All the trauma in the world comes originally from children trying to adjust to environments that are sometimes crazily impossible for them to understand and manage." 

Trauma and Identity, 2021.


Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. 

They come through you but not from you,

And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.


 On the Trauma of Identity and the Trauma of Love:

"As the mother’s psyche is split, so her heart is split also."

(Vivian Broughton - 2021)


Personal statement: I am a psychotrauma practitioner (originally a Gestalt psychotherapist) with over 30 years experience. My passion is working with people where there is the possibility of real, healthy emotional contact, where truth is honoured, and reality takes precedence over illusions. For more about me click here.


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What is the purpose of Life?

To live a good life, and to come to know who I really am.


"There are so many people in the world who have a good amount of 'healthy I'; it's just that they also have unresolved trauma and slide so easily into their survival strategies and ruin it all for themselves." (Vivian)


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German Versions of some blogs

"My mother was a perpetrator" 12/8/19

 

Will and I - Tales from the edge 8/8/19

 

That Blasted Rock - a poem by Kate Collier 1/6/19

 

Considering Your Intention 13/4/18

 

A Perspective on Sexuality 5/4/18

 

What does it mean to be in our 'Healthy Self'? 08/03/16

 

Stages of Healing 30/11/17

 

Steps to Understanding Re-traumatisation 24/4/17

 

Trauma of Identity & the Unwanted Child 25/2/17

 

Trauma, Consciousness & 'the Banality of Evil'

 

Who am I... really? 19/9/16

 

The Intention Method 3/8/16

 

"What's in a name?" - identifications and attributions 8/5/16

 

What does it mean to be in our 'Healthy Self'? 8/3/16


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