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Childhood Abuse
Therapy can help you become aware of the emotional pain that prevents you from living the life you were meant to live
In a functioning family, infants and children need to depend on their parents for survival. Gradually, children learn to become independent leading to interdependency, which is the freedom to count on others and they, can count on you. In families where there is childhood abuse, including physical and sexual, or neglect, including emotional or physical, a child grows up without a secure foundation to build good self-esteem. In our society we are often compelled to minimize or ignore how we were treated as children. We tend to rationalize any hurt or suffering we experienced and learn to "put it behind us". Unfortunately, it never goes away, even when we have been able to function well in our lives, usually leaving us with a nagging feeling of unease with ourselves. Often people adapt as young adults, by using damaging habits such as drug and alcohol abuse, or other damaging behavior and emotionally withdraw from others and oneself. Most learn to navigate through the difficulties that life brings them, believing they need to "handle their problems alone". is the first step toward change. The therapeutic process can help you become more aware of the powerful role unresolved loss has played in the struggles you face today. Therapy can help you become aware of the emotional pain that prevents you from living the life you were meant to live. |
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