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"My experience of therapy"

About: Community Services - (OPMH) / Older people's mental health East

(as a service user),

It's been a month since my therapy ended. My therapist advised me not to have any more therapy for at least 6 months. And now I understand why. I said to him at the end of the therapy that something in my heart felt healed but I didn't know what it was. 

My "Father Wound" is healed. I feel whole and centred. I now know that I am enough. I am loveable, loving and I am loved. Before, I couldn't receive love from anyone or feel safe enough to receive it. Now I am able to feel and accept the love that is given to me. 

It feels like I am brand new and so is everything else. Colours are more vibrant and I see the beauty in the tiniest details. Strolling in the garden I notice little things I've never seen before 😁

My therapist said one time that I "intellectualise", I would say that I lived in my head. I have heard that the longest journey you can take is the journey from your head to your heart. How true that has been for me. But I finally made it! 

For decades I was in and out of therapy and I doubted in the end if I could ever fully heal. I am living proof that, with the right help, you can and you will heal. There is a magic in the therapeutic relationship, where there is a genuine connection, that heals and renews. 

Not matter what you have been through, even to the depths of hell, and no matter how long it takes, remember this truth - after the Winter must come the Spring! . Hold on! Keep reaching out for help πŸ•ŠοΈπŸͺΊπŸŒΊ 🌈

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