Power to Recover: A complete guide to managing psychological trauma at work (ePub)

For over 20 years, I worked as a psychotherapist and crisis interventionist helping people who have been through distressing or traumatic events. Sometimes I would see them immediately after an event, other times it could be many, many years later.
My specialist area of clinical work was trauma and I recognized that trauma, often from early childhood, lay behind many other issues in adulthood. With my clients, we would trace back the origins of their problems and use powerful techniques such as EMDR and ego state therapy to heal the original wounds.
I realized that some of the approaches from my psychotherapy practice could be adapted and developed to help people with emotional eating and particularly with the conflict of yoyo dieting. I have always aimed to empower people to regain control of their life and their happiness through understanding their inner selves. I hope my books go some way towards this.

Since starting on my professional path over 20 years ago, I have been fascinated by how we develop emotionally from childhood based on the messages we are given from the people around us. These messages go on to influence the things we do, how we react to situations and how we respond to people as adults. As a Chartered Psychologist I have found this to be clearly evident in working with my specialist area of trauma. But I have also seen how that influence plays out in another area that I am passionate about, and that is an individual’s relationship with food and how they perceive their body. Often, these early messages are outdated, and sadly, can remain unchallenged unless a person is willing to explore the root of the problem. This in turn can leave people in a never ending cycle of dieting/not dieting, losing weight/gaining weight, while their self-worth is slowly eroded. I have been on my own journey with this issue and have been privileged to support many courageous people who have also walked this path. My goal has always been to give people the tools