"Dealing with the aftermath of witnessing abuse"

I was a witness to horrific and extensive sexual abuse of children. Initially, I felt overwhelmed with sadness and horror. As time passed I felt severe anxiety that something terrible was going to happen all the time and I had to protect my family. Over a period of years I felt anger and guilt and profound sadness.

I started CBT with Katie and have spent approx 6 months attending therapy with her. It has been a long hard slog addressing the issues that came from the trauma; addressing how I coped and dealt with it in the aftermath. Katie has helped me work through this in a way that I never felt undermined or silly. I have come out of therapy with so much more to work on and I'm still a different person than I was prior to the trauma; however I have learnt with Katie that this is ok and I am now starting to take more time to myself and try and try and understand values in a different life. I am very nervous about continuing without therapy but Katie has been absolutely unreal at helping me get to the stage I am now at, I have seen real positive changes in my life and my mindset and I hope that I am able to continue with these throughout the next years in order to progress through my PTSD.