Recent content by Mammo

Hi moving forward thanks for replying so quickly and your kind response. She’s not got a great track record of being able to articulate what her needs are. Tends to keep things bottled up. Do you by any chance know if there’s any books for teenagers that covers trauma? thanks again

Hi there - looking to ask for advice on how best to look after my teenage daughter. we found out a few months ago that her step sister had been abused by family member. My daughter has just confided to me that the same was done to her by her grandfather, with whom she used to have a good...

Thank you so much everyone for your replies - it’s much appreciated. I’m catching up 1:1 with her therapist tomorrow to also get her advice on how to approach. Thanks again

Hi rumours, Yep we already have a therapist that she started seeing relatively recently and seems to have a good rapport with.

Hello guys - really need some practical advice here. My daughters step-sister has told her mum that she and my daughter were sexually abused by their grandfather several years ago. My daughter would have been 7 at the time. My daughter has never said anything about this. Given her age I don’t...

Hi everyone, Not posted for a while...looking to get some independent view on something? Two years ago I got fired: - by a boss I thought was a Friend, who I had respected and trusted immensely - example, when I found out my dad still hits my Mother, he was the person I asked for advice on...

Hi everyone Sorry it's been a few months since I last posted anything. Things have been busy as I moved country. Desperately need some help/advice. Apologies in advance if this is in part too graphic. I was raped in 2011. My view was that I wasn't particularly upset or bothered by it...

thank you @TreeHugger - i think trying some alternative form of therapy would be an idea. It's just a shame because I have spent several months building a relationship with this guy, and he has gotten to know a great deal about me. The idea of starting all over again is a bit disheartening -...

Yeah, I think you may be right re: my cynicism...it's not just that though, the concept of getting angry and imagining beating people to death isn't particularly appealing. This T is the longest I've ever seen anyone for...so I don't really know what other options are available. The issues in...

Hi Stenni - I went to see this T for help, but not with any particular approach/methodology in mind - he had been of the view that something "cognitive" wouldn't be necessary or helpful, as I have no problem "thinking". I just don't know what other methodologies other people's T's use in this...

Hi guys I've posted previously whether others have had any experience of Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP)...it seems very "sensory" focussed in that it pushes you to physically feel sensations of feelings/emotion in your body; it's driving to shut down anxiety which is...

Hi Yep, "work" (which ranged from school, to university, to my career) was my primary coping mechanism for (not) dealing with all the stuff that happened at home and elsewhere. As a kid, the one thing my parents valued above all-else was academic achievement, so I worked my a*se off...and it...

"With friends like these..." :)

Ugh...just 'NO'!! Seriously with you on this, if any muppet thought to do that to me on facebook (not that I really use it)...I'd hit the roof. The thought of random (and likely spectacularly condescending) messages being auto-sent is just beyond disgusting. As to the point of the notifier...