Being Me Therapy is the brilliant and unique Trauma Therapy created by Gaia Pollini for

working with Developmental Trauma. 

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Being ourselves is what we so often stop ourselves from doing so we can fit in with who,

what and how we're expected to be to show up in life. This usually has roots in our early

years and evolved into patterns of behaviour but it's not who we really are. Who we are

is so much more vibrant, has so much to offer and it's where we really find our way in life!

 

So if you're stressed out, fed up or stuck with something, here's where clarity, good

connections and your bright, beautiful self emerge.

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Developmental Trauma refers to the ways we adapted to life and our family when

we were children and for most of us, some of our needs were inadequately met by

our parents or caregivers. ​There are many reasons this my have happened, parents

may have been going through their own experiences of illness, stress, bereavement,

lack of support, mental health challenges or had their own trauma to manage, all

sorts of things. Some of us grew up with parents who were unkind and abusive. And so,

we may have had to adapt to what they needed from us as a coping strategy.

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Having adapted as children, these patterns of behaviour can still be affecting us deeply as adults. No longer the smart ways to keep our safe, loving connection in our family of origin, as adults they can be a lot less helpful! 

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Maybe you recognise your own tendencies to be a People-Pleaser who always makes sure everyone else is feeling ok but neglects your own wants and needs, self-care way down the list? Some of us are real Perfectionists, never giving ourselves a break but no matter how hard we work, we never feel good enough. Maybe you understand always feeling you have to be the Helper, always rushing to help others, even when it's not asked for and deeply longing for help and support you never feel is there. Or do you always feel like an Outsider, never really feeling welcome or like you belong, always having to try hard to get connection and then getting overwhelmed? And some of us become a SuperPerson, hyper-independent, always needing to prove yourself, do everything by yourself and frequently exhausted.

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And lots of us are a mixture of these! That's because we had to adapt at key points in our development, to not show up with our own needs, feelings, opinions, wants and now these patterns that drive us can really sabotage our best intentions in our adult life. 

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Releasing the trauma of this, the having to split off from our real feelings to only show what someone else wanted, from our system ​requires listening deeply to ourselves and working not just with our thoughts but with our body and nervous system. 

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Being Me Therapy is in part very deep and in part very playful. The aim is always to work with where you are now, what needs to shift now and while understanding of influences from our past is helpful, touching into these can be enough to let your body release the tension that's been held there for decades and without that holding you back, a lighter you emerges and you can really feel like You again. 

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Sessions can be online or in-person at Ayr Chiropractic Centre.

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Send me an email at janetstherapies@yahoo.com or use the

Contact form if you'd like to chat about this.. 

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£75 for 1 hour.

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