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A person can leave a difficult situation and still feel as if their body has not caught up. The danger may be over, but sleep stays light, muscles stay tense, emotions arrive fast, and certain sounds, smells, faces, or silences can feel unsafe. This is one reason trauma-informed psychotherapy matters. It recognises that distress is not only a story in the mind. It can also live in the body, in relationships, in memory, and in the nervous system. Trauma-informed therapy does n

Loneliness can feel like a heavy companion in the later years of life. Forgetting things, feeling like a burden, and watching as everyone around you moves on with their own busy lives can deepen that sense of isolation. Therapy, once viewed with skepticism or misunderstanding, may now offer a path toward connection and healing. This post shares reflections from an older adult’s perspective on loneliness, memory struggles, and the evolving view of therapy. A quiet living room

As a therapist at the start of my journey I never thought I would be where I am now. I had spent so many years stuck in my head and ruminating about any negative thing my brain could grab hold of. Working towards and then qualifying as a therapist had led me to challenge the norm and find new ways to cope and live my life in a more positive way. But like an onion, the more self-aware I became, the more layers that were uncovered. I soon realised that my thoughts were not able