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....
by Suzanne Hall | Apr 11, 2025 | Intense Emotions, Trauma
Do you ever have overwhelming feelings or reactions that seem out of proportion to what’s actually happening in the moment? Maybe you feel so many emotions all at once it’s hard to know what you’re feeling, they are just all so intense it’s too much. Or someone might...
by Suzanne Hall | Mar 12, 2025 | Emotion Focused Therapy, Trauma
In EFT (Emotion-Focused Therapy), we heal trauma by helping you fully experience the emotions of the original traumatic event. That probably sounds pretty daunting (and traumatic!). Let me explain. The reason this process isn’t actually as daunting as it sounds—and,...
by Suzanne Hall | Feb 26, 2025 | Trauma, Worthlessness
You are not inherently worthless. Worthlessness is a feeling you’ve learned through your experiences. It takes root within relationships with others, or a lack of relationships with others, it is born in relational trauma. Do any of these statements feel familiar?...
by Suzanne Hall | Feb 11, 2025 | Emotion Regulation, Relational Trauma, Trauma
If you’ve experienced relational trauma, emotion regulation may be something you really struggle with. Emotion regulation is being able to acknowledge and accept your feelings, to make sense of them without becoming overwhelmed or shutting down, and to respond in a...
