by Suzanne Hall | Jul 30, 2025 | Healing, Trauma, Trauma Therapy
“I know it’s irrational. So why can’t I stop feeling this way?” I hear so many of my clients say this in exasperation. They’ve tried to change their thoughts and their beliefs, they’ve tried all the strategies, they’ve read lots of books, they’ve tried to stay...
by Suzanne Hall | Jul 19, 2025 | Healing, Mental Health Diagnosis, Trauma
If you’ve spent years trying to understand and heal your pain, and you’re still hurting, you’re not alone. You’ve done what you were told would help: seen the doctors, taken the medication, changed your thinking, learned to cope—maybe even tried therapy. You might...
by Suzanne Hall | Jul 6, 2025 | Healing, Mental Health Diagnosis, Trauma
Why Mental Health Diagnoses Often Fail Trauma Survivors When no one can agree on what’s “wrong” with you Have you got a list of diagnoses—or maybe a changing rotation depending on which professional you see? It’s not uncommon for me to see clients with a long list of...
by Suzanne Hall | Jun 5, 2025 | Healing, Trauma, Triggered
We often use the word triggered to describe moments when we feel suddenly and intensely overwhelmed — anxious, angry, scared, ashamed, or shut down — especially in response to something that doesn’t seem, on the surface, like it should cause such a strong reaction....
by Suzanne Hall | May 6, 2025 | Healing, Relationships, Trauma
Why do we keep ending up with people who hurt us, even though we swear we won’t fall for that ‘type’ again? Sometimes, the people we are attracted to aren’t just attractive because of who they are now. They of course must be attractive to us in the present, inside...
by Suzanne Hall | Apr 23, 2025 | Healing, The Healing Place, Trauma
A gentle note before we begin: I’m going to share something a very dear colleague of mine – Dr Melissa Harte – invented – called Safe Place and Grounding. It’s a visualisation I use all the time in therapy, to support grounding, self-soothing and emotional safety....
