Abuse can take many forms - sexual, emotional, verbal, psychological. It can be obvious and vivid in our lives, or insidious. It's rooted in relationships - what happens between ourselves and others, be they a current or previous partner, a workplace colleague or boss, a parent perhaps. It might be very current in your life, destabilising, frightening and hollowing you out. Or maybe the abuse happened a long time ago - we try and move on but something remains scarred inside that can be difficult to get past.

Sometimes we can be abused by whole systems, or cultures - if you are a member of a minority group perhaps you'll recognise the toxic drumbeat of racism, homophobia, transphobia, or ableism? 

In a safe and private space, we can work together to approach and heal the hurt. This can mean gradually re-approaching it, meeting it, and, step by step releasing the pressure to reduce its power. If the abuse is happening now, we can work together to gently talk over your feelings, strategies, options. If it's the work of society, or prejudice, or bigotry, we can work on stopping that toxicity entering into you, and help you develop your resilience and self-belief. 

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I bring both my training and my own lived experience to this work.