Blackwood Consultants

Trauma is often associated with activities of war, distressing accidents , being raped or mugged, etc. but it can also refer to difficult events in childhood. Thousands of people each year grow up and live in abusive relationships or regularly witness  distressing events- severe rows, alcoholic  or violent parents, or have to live with care-givers who were emotionally unavailable to them. This is all abuse and has a detrimental effect on the well-being of the child and their ability to grow into emotionally resilient, strong and confident adults.

 

Our resident trauma specialist will work with you using traditional techniques or by a technique called EMDR  (Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing). This is a highly successful technique that cognitively reprogrammes the way the brain has stored the trauma and changes the physiological  responses to current triggers.