One Year Of Therapy

One Year Of Therapy Trauma and Women's Gestalt Therapist, Offering online sessions across UK and Europe, and face to face sessions in Nottingham.

Now accepting new clients in Nottingham in West Bridgford! Saturday appointments available face-to-face!
29/06/2025

Now accepting new clients in Nottingham in West Bridgford! Saturday appointments available face-to-face!

Self esteemDue to the lack of male role models in her life, bullying from boys and a very low self-esteem, she has never...
27/05/2025

Self esteem
Due to the lack of male role models in her life, bullying from boys and a very low self-esteem, she has never had any healthy relationships with men. The only one good relationship, she was not able to sustain as she was not used to being treated well by men and she ended it. She has had a string of very toxic, emotionally and physically abuse relationships, which have left her feeling unworthy of love.

She is now seeing a counsellor to help with her trauma healing; however, she would like to work with a life coach from a more proactive, goals-advice oriented perspective, whilst doing it from a trauma informed perspective.

She is feeling ready to do the work needed in order to regain her self-confidence, and the end goal is to find a good partner.

She spends her free time at home, either reading or watching TV. She does not exercise regularly, and she does not have any big hobbies. She would love to start exercising and perhaps join a gym; however, she does not feel safe in environments where men can see her in a vulnerable position.

She has a relatively healthy diet, however, when she is sitting home watching TV, she eats many sugary and salty snacks, as she finds the comforting. She is physically healthy; however, she feels like she lacks energy at times, and she believes that if she were to join a gym and cut down on the sugary and salty snacks it might help lift her energy levels.

She has a good relationship with her family, and has a couple of good friends, but otherwise she is not very social, other than at work, where she is mainly surrounded by women. Read more here: https://annahaynestherapy.co.uk/2025/01/28/life-coaching-case-study-1-improving-self-confidence/

You can't heal it, unless you can name it!Towards my disappointment, upon researching the definition of trauma in the DS...
27/05/2025

You can't heal it, unless you can name it!
Towards my disappointment, upon researching the definition of trauma in the DSM-5 I have come to find a very non-inclusive one, one which by not acknowledging the wholeness of trauma, subsequently dismisses the lived experiences of those who battle PTSD every day. It goes as follows: “actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence” (Anushka Pai, 2017). How can we begin to heal it, if we do not accept it for what it is? I have to admit that I am much more inclined of working with Gabor Mate’s idea of trauma: “Trauma can also be inflicted not by what happened to you, but what doesn’t happen that should happen. So that when your needs aren’t met, that can wound as well. Even though you weren’t overtly hurt, you’re still wounded by not having your essential human needs met” (Mate, 2021). I prefer it not as much for the definition, as for the way in which he chooses to support his patients. A compassion-based approach. Which is what the DSM-5 seems to me is lacking. When we bring in discussion such complex issues, with potentially life altering mental health implications, it feels almost ironic to dismiss some of them. I find many similarities between Mate’s approach and gestalt, the most significant one for me being the deep approach he takes to incorporate body awareness in the process of working with trauma and addiction: “Trauma is not what happens to you, is what happens inside you.” (Mate, 2021) Read more here: https://annahaynestherapy.co.uk/2025/01/28/healing-complex-trauma-ptsd-and-related-addiction-with-gestalt-why-gestalt-should-be-incorporated-in-the-treatment-of-ptsd-essay-1/

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