Trauma, whether experienced as children or adults, can have profound effects on individuals and their families. Individuals may be traumatised by a single event, such as a car accident or by experiences that take place over a period of time, such as repeated sexual, emotional or physical abuse.

Trauma, whether experienced as children or adults, can have profound effects on individuals and their families. Individuals may be traumatised by a single event, such as a car accident or by experiences that take place over a period of time, such as repeated sexual, emotional or physical abuse.

Whatever the cause of the trauma it affects people's ways of thinking, their ability to concentrate and their memories. In addition, trauma survivors often blame themselves and have difficulty with trust and intimacy. Trauma can lead to many symptoms – including depression, anxiety, substance abuse – often leading to dependency, self-harm and disassociation. Our aim is to begin to help trauma survivors re-establish a sense of safety and predictability in the world and to provide them with the necessary tools to begin reconstructing their lives. We will work with each individual to help them sort out the reality of their past the best way possible. In the time patients spend with us, resolution of the trauma is not our aim and where necessary local referral or referral close to home can be arranged with specialist therapists to continue the journey in an out patient setting.

Our goal is to help individuals begin to live their lives in the present, rather than continuing to experience today as an extension of their past.