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Q&A with Australian Health Practitioners
How do I deal of such a long time with child sexual/emotional abuse
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Even though I am a normal active good citizen of society, have raised a child and worked all my adult life, I occasional have relapses into my past in relation to emotional and sexual abuse by both my father and mother. I do not drink, take drugs, gamble etc but occasionally something will happen and I regress back to negative feels of neglect and of being used.
I ended my 20 year marriage because I felt I wasn't getting all that I expected but did not know how to express it. I was sexually abused by my father and to date, emotionally abused by my mother.
I have tried various counsellors and even though they have helped, sometimes I just hit a brick wall. I feel there are unanswered questions and I sometimes feel if I had hypnosis, would that help? -
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Vivienne Colegrove
Counsellor
I have been working in Eltham, Melbourne as a relationship and family counsellor for over twelve years. I draw on current theory and research about … View Profile
You may also wish to choose a counsellor who is trained and skilled in offering specific techniques to process traumatic experiences. Because of the way our mind and body stores trauma, we need specific ways to help us process those memories. One such technique is called Radical Exposure Tapping, which has been proven to be effective for many people who have lived through traumatic experiences. It was developed in response to more sophisticated understandings about how traumatic experiences affect us from a neuro-scientific perspective. RET combines the benefits of hypnotic techniques with sensory and somatic stimulation to allow a different type of memory processing to occur. Although it doesn't work for everyone (trials have established it is effective for around 70% of people) when it does work, people report that when they recall traumatic memories, or when someone in their life now ‘pushes their buttons’ (behaves in a way that triggers earlier traumatic memories and reactions) they are now calm and able to say “That's just the way it is”.
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Dr Simon Easterbrook-Smith
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My research interests include immunology and the mechanisms of amyloid formation. The latter has implications for people who are dealing with Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease … View Profile
You might find this site helpful: http://www.asca.org.au/
It provides many resources for adults who are survivors of sexual abuse.Report this post
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