CK Therapy thoughtful reflections.
We love all things compassion at the Compassionate Kind including this beautiful quote from Dr Kristin Neff …
“Unlike self-criticism, which asks if we are good enough, self-compassion asks what is good for you”
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CK Therapy Book Recommendations.
What a muddle by Book by Jess van der Hoech and Renée Potgieter Marks. We use this in the therapy room frequently with young children struggling with understanding their emotions and helping teach them regulatory tools like bubble breathing.
It’s a brilliant resource for parents, therapists, teachers, social workers and carers.
“What a Muddle is an excellent workbook written to help children with emotional regulation. The book is written in a story format and requires the child to engage with the story and participate in exercises that promotes and enhances emotional regulation. This book can be used by adopters, forster carers, therapists, social workers and teachers alike. The book is very practical and include clear instructions on how to best make use of it.
Rear Cover 'What a Muddle' is an interactive therapeutic workbook designed to help children begin to understand the impact that difficult or traumatic experiences can have on the functioning of the brain. A variety of activities throughout the book enable the child to start to explore this complex subject through the story of Sam, while gently encouraging them to begin to verbalise their own experiences. Physical exercises in the book can promote changes in emotional regulation. The workbook also provides plenty of opportunity to introduce and promote the child's sense of confidence and self worth. Having created the concept of 'What a Muddle', the content was inspired by children in therapy, ensuring that it is easy to follow, easy to understand and user friendly for parents, carers and practitioners alike. For Ages 4 -12 Years.”
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CK Therapy ; Understanding trauma therapy
Imagine your brain is like a factory.
Evervday experiences happen and they are boxed up. The boxes run through the factory smoothly are processed and turned and stored into memories.
When vou experience a traumatic event this box is too big to fit through the factory.
The box is clogging up the factory, it's making all the alarm systems go off. Things are noisy, everything else is stuck behind.
Think; flashbacks (flashing lights) , overwhelming noises and an inability to stay in the present moment.
What we do in therapy is take a look at that box. We handle it with care and take out small pieces of the box to process one bit at a time. We make smaller boxes from it to help your brain fit it through the machine and turn it into a memorv.
It may still carry sadness or anger however the level of distress and PTSD symptoms like lights noises and panic are no longer there. Your brain can start looking at the new boxes coming in.
We can work with you on your trauma through different types of therapy;
EMDR
Art Therapy
Traditional talking psychotherapy
Keep following as we will explain more on these soon!
Alternatively visit us @ www.ckpsychotherapy.co.uk
Or get in touch to arrange a session ;
07730569162
[email protected]
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CK Therapy; Thoughtful reflections. 

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf” 

is a helpful quote to reflect on particularly when thinking of the process of therapy. 

To give ourselves compassion we first have to recognise what we are suffering. “We can’t heal what we don’t feel”. 

It’s a natural response to not want to sit or explore painful emotions like guilt , sadness , loneliness. By being mindful and recognising emotions as they come we can respond with compassion towards ourself and explore the signals of need from our emotions. 

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If you would like support or a deeper understanding of this we offer options to support you through exploring, naming and responding to your emotions in the moment “in the waves”. We can help you through classic talking therapies through to Psychoeducational sessions, EMDR and Art Psychotherapy. 

For more information; 
 07730569162 
 [email protected]
 www.ckpsychotherapy.co.uk 

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