"Therapy with Inclusion Thurrock"

After hitting rock bottom last year, I contacted Inclusion Thurrock. I was nervous and had reservations that therapy could even help me. Believe me, I felt that I did not want to live on this earth any more. 

The initial assessment was done with compassion and the wait to get to therapy was around 2-3mths.

My therapist Maame was amazing. She helped me to break down all of my feelings,, emotions and habits so I could see the damage my negative thinking and negative learnt behaviour from childhood was impacting on my life.

Each week has been both difficult and enlightening as I have become more aware of myself - and this means I am now conscious of where my thoughts are taking me - which in turn affects my behaviours.

Therapy for me is ongoing. I am not ‘cured’ (something at the start I thought I would be) but I am ‘equipped’ - which is exactly where I need to be. I am learning to ‘go with the flow’ of life and not resisting it. I am learning the only person I have control over is me - and as such, I do not have to be negative. I do have a lot of positive qualities I have overlooked and taken for granted.

I have just finished - today in fact - my sessions with Maame and whilst i am nervous that I am ‘now on my own’ as such, she has helped me to have faith in myself and my abilities to continue growing in myself. 

I have had ups and downs throughout my therapy and I am not critical to myself about them as this is what will and does happen. My negative view of myself had been there for years, so it will not change overnight, but with my awareness and the tools I gained in my sessions, I can ‘accept and activate positive change for me’.

I can only sincerely thank Maame and everyone at Inclusion Thurrock for helping me to get to love and accept me.

If you feel like you can no longer cope, please do give therapy a try when you are ready to. It does take work. It means opening up to you - to your own self - but you will find you are not alone and you don’t have to live in the pain you are currently in.

I have a long journey still in front of me, but I have knowledge of all the things I can do and use to help it be a productive and positive one for me.