Today we’re talking about the importance of feeling safe in therapy.
As a trauma therapist with a teaching background, I often get the opportunity to present to schools during their training time. Usually what I present is tips for creating trauma-informed classrooms. It’s a passion of mine because I now know the way trauma shows up as behavior in school kids. But, I most certainly did not know that when I was a new teacher with a classroom full of 2nd grade survivors.
I won’t bore you with the details of those stories (actually, there is nothing boring about those stories!) but I will tell you that the importance of children feeling safe in their classrooms came up time and time again.
In mental health we talk about the 3Rs: Routine, Ritual and Relationships. These are both what people need to heal and grow, and the cornerstone of Therapy Intensives.
However, in order to truly heal and move into your fully authentic self, you have to feel safe. Without safety, no amount of therapeutic processing will get you where you want to go.
Safety is my number one priority. It’s top of mind in designing the space we’ll use. Safety is the foundation for our time together, so you feel secure enough inside our relationship to dig deep and dream huge. Finally, feeling safe in your mind and body is my goal when curating the routines and rituals we’ll practice while we’re together and that perhaps you take home with you.
This is why Therapy Intensives are a more timely way to get where you’re going than weekly sessions. I know from my clients that one of my superpowers is holding space in a way that feels safe enough for them to be their authentic selves.
We heal in connection with one another and I make it my mission to create a safe enough environment for that true connection. So, my clients do heal. It just may take longer than they like sometimes.
When someone shows up once a week or twice a month for 50 minute sessions, it takes us longer to establish that safe connection pushing off deep, authentic healing in the process.
When you choose Therapy Intensives, you’re saying you are ready to move through the stuck points, now. You are committing to your healing now. And I commit to creating and holding the safe space for you to do that.
Ultimately the goal is healing and thriving no matter what therapy you choose. The reason people choose InteChnsives is because they are tired of waiting to get where they want to go.
Ready to claim your safe space? Reach out for a complimentary consultation with me.
Cristie XOXO
