What can I do to ensure I get the
most out of my sessions?

This suggestion might help:

   You can consider whether or not to keep
    a journal of your thoughts, hopes, wishes
   and dreams, realisations and feelings
   throughout the course of the work.  
   This can be done on tape or in writing.  

As Morven understands the situations survivors
and their loved ones share, she tunes into their
perspectives and their frame of reference.

The body moves in and out of different states
all the time. With survivors, it is that subjective
feeling of disquiet, hyper-arousal, stress or
‘paralysis’ that needs to be witnessed,
recognised and accepted.

Talk therapy can ‘air’ any related issues
connected with the past or present, but may
only displace and manage the situation, rather
than address the source .

Abuse can be very subtle in how a survivor
carries it, and it is especially important not to
re-abuse the client in therapy. Unfortunately, it
is very easy to do this where there is little
recognition of the subtle aspects of abuse.
Through the therapist’s awareness,
and the client’s growing awareness of this, they
find  choice and freedom to cast off the old
aspects of abuse when the time feels right.

Eating your emotions?

Morven has been trained by Professor Julia
Buckroyd (of Hertfordshire University
Counselling  Dept) to help people break out
of the diet - binge cycle.  Quite apart from
facilitating these programmes,
Morven can also offer body work, for example
to help people develop their own ability to
differentiate between the true sensation of
hunger -  and experiencing an emotion.  

Morven regularly runs courses in  
Understanding Your Eating.  Click on the link
Below to see what classes are going on now.
See
http://www.understandingyoureating.co.uk

    Barbara Cook