Connection is the best thing you can offer a survivor patient. They don't need you to heal or fix them.
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My clients tell me that when they're working with survivors, it can feel as if they aren't making a difference. They're right and they're not alone. When even seemingly minor issues can be a stressful challenge, what can you do?
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A Simple Way To Focus On The Future
You aren't the same. I'm not either. And neither is the person who hasn't said out loud that they was abused. None of us will ever be the same. That's okay.
Trauma changes us. And while we can't change the past, we can change what we do today. And tomorrow. And the next day. That's a simple way to focus on the future: look in that direction.
Concentrate on that.
Don't look back. You're not going there.