We have all had traumatic experience in the past beginning with being born! Mostly we resolve them, forget about them, learn from them. They cease to be problematic.

Sometimes, however, this doesn’t happen and it is as if they are still present in some way to trouble us, limits us, cause suffering.

When this happens, the results will be as varied as the people suffering. Some will be haunted by intrusive memories, others by surges of overwhelming emotions, others by limitations in behaviour such as difficulty sleeping, inability to go to work or drive, etc.

Because the resulting problems will be widely varying with each individual person, it will be useful to explore with each individual just what is it about the past trauma that is still present for them, is still troubling them, is limiting them in some way.

Then instead of treating PTSD according to some rigid protocol, we can tailor our approach to each individual so they can then heal, move on with their life free of the previous suffering.