Emma
Emma’s Experience and the Toll of Lockdown
Before I received therapy, my life was completely lacking in any meaning and I spent most of my day chewing gum for the mind, passing the time with reality TV, watching ‘4 in a Bed’, or ‘doom-scrolling’ on social media, in essence waiting for my day to end. As I couldn’t sleep, I went to bed very late and got up even later. Three and a half years ago, at the age of 34, I had been diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) which had put into context the difficulties that I had experienced over my lifetime which included chronic severe depression and crippling anxiety from the age of 8. Being diagnosed I then discovered that trauma and CPTSD are very common co-morbidities of growing up autistic in a society that has little understanding of autism. I, myself, had scoffed at my diagnosis when it was first suggested… The diagnosis helped me to ameliorate some issues and have greater understanding of some of the things that had plagued me but I was still suffering from insomnia, racing intrusive thoughts, flashbacks, panic attacks, very unhealthy coping mechanisms and a fear of the future; the diagnosis felt like a dead end. I questioned was it even possible to not feel this way anymore or was it destined that my life was something to cope with rather than thrive in?
My life was tumbling around me when a project I had worked very hard towards fell apart – devastating me – and like a lot of people, the pandemic and lockdown made 2020 a very rough year. Due to a time-limited contract, I had been expecting my job redundancy, but I didn’t expect to have it in a pandemic. My relationship broke down and I could not form an extended household ‘bubble’ with my family due to their health vulnerability. After months of living alone where the only human contact was the local shop keeper, who I am not particularly close to -as nice as they are – my mental health completely crashed over Christmas 2020.
I presented to my doctors and was screened and accepted for referral for diagnosis for Complex-PTSD (CPTSD) and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). I was then told that my referral for screening would be years away as waiting lists had lengthened due to the pandemic and subsequently the treatment I needed was not in reach. I decided that I couldn’t wait any longer. Previously, I’d considered private treatment but thought I couldn’t afford it, but now it got to the point that I couldn’t afford not to – especially when I realised the huge amount of money I was spending on attempting to cope with my feelings.
Discovery of the Traumabreakthroughcollective1 and the Methods Used….
1 Judith Morgan is also a director of the Trauma Breakthrough Collective CIC (TBC). Judith provided Emma’s therapy through the TBC.
I became aware of the Trauma Breakthrough Collective CIC (TBC) through my friend Nova’s Facebook testimony (traumabreakthroughcollective.co.uk/novas-story/). She couldn’t speak highly enough of her treatment and my trust in Nova meant I was intrigued and read up more on TBC. I was nervous about phoning for an appointment but knowing that Nova had an excellent experience and having some insight into their methods through my dabbling in them some 10 years earlier, I gained the courage to make contact.
Experience of working with Judith
I spoke to Judith Morgan on the phone to arrange an appointment. She put me at ease, was calming and reassuring to talk to and was very positive that she could help me. My meetings with Judith were over Zoom, making it easier for me, as there was no travel, and the treatment was in the comfort of my own home.
During the therapy, Judith took me through a ‘breakthrough’ process. After the first session, something had changed, and I had managed to knock down a set of 54 debilitating negative emotions and limiting beliefs and reduce a further seven to 20% of what they were. Afterwards, as hard as I tried (because I was so shocked, I had to keep testing it!) I could not feel those negative emotions; and the limiting beliefs although I could think of them, they were now just ridiculous statements that I was able to laugh at. We then worked on my unconscious values, used time line therapy to free me of past traumas and set up and align my future plans to my values and make them irresistible to work on.
Effects Immediately after Therapy….
Following therapy, I was fizzing away like a bottle of champagne, full of excitement and mentally liberated. I can now fall asleep within half an hour instead of being kept awake for many hours with tormenting and repetitive internal dialogue. So, at last I have a proper sleeping pattern, I get up excited at 7am and look forward to working on my plans and achieving my goals. I now work 9 to 5 focusing on my study. I am very present in the here and now. My self-talk is now happy and encouraging. The therapy has allowed me to lose the negativity I held towards my diagnosis and the feeling of being limited and defined by it; I am now using my hyper focus in ways that benefit me and my mental health. The side of my autism that previously reinforced every negative experience I had, such as being and feeling misunderstood and the embarrassment that comes from missing social cues has now gone. I don’t feel as though I have to try to be ‘normal’ anymore. I’m not! I’m unique and my ways of perceiving life are unique. It is my neurology but it’s not me! I’ve felt as though I’ve kept the things about autism that work for me such as hyper focus and the ability to deep dive into subjects and learn a lot about them in a short period of time, whilst being able to lose the negatives such as social anxiety and masking who I am. I’ve been able to reframe what my entire life has been about to this point. All the experiences have been there to set me up to become the best therapist I can be.
Effects 7 weeks after Therapy
Today I’m much healthier and looking after myself. My ex-colleague, and friend, has said that I look like a different person. I am now 100% evangelical about the breakthrough and time line therapy process. The proof is in the results. I’ve been so impressed with my therapy that I’ve started to train as a practitioner in NLP, Time-Line Therapy and Hypnotherapy and I now have a plan for my life. Going forward I want to be able to help people the way I have been helped. Taking up therapy with Judith was the best decision I’ve made in a very long time and I’d recommend TBC to anyone investing in their mental well-being. Judith has helped me to revolutionise my life and it was a real privilege to have worked with her.
What Therapy did Emma Receive?
The breakthrough process that Emma went through included working with the unconscious mind to elicit the negative emotions and identify the limiting beliefs, using Time Line Therapy™ (TLT) to free Emma from those negative motions and limiting decisions, identifying Emma’s unconscious life values which are very different from the ones that our conscious mind believes our values are, establishing desirable achievable goals and securing them in Emma’s future. TLT is a very quick therapy, is content free and works to relieve the individual of the negative emotions of Anger, Sadness, Fear, Hurt and Guilt as well as removing limiting beliefs such as ‘I am not good enough’ and also can be use to free individual of their phobias.
Can the Breakthrough Process with Timeline Therapy™ Help You Too ?…
Emma is so impressed by the Breakthrough Process and Timeline Therapy™ that she is now training to be able to deliver the therapies herself.
Breakthrough Process with Timeline Therapy™ is not the only service I provide. If you have a specific traumatic event that caused you trauma such as assault, miscarriage, domestic violence, rape, bullying, harassment (not exhaustive); I am a certified Practitioners of RTM™ (Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memory) Protocol Therapy and can use this therapy to stop flashbacks, night terrors or symptoms of PTSD.
I am also a certified NLP Mater Coach, Master Hypnotist and NLP Master Practitioner and can use different techniques to help you become who you want to be and rid you of phobias, negative emotions and negative decisions and support you putting SMART goals in your future.
If you are experiencing any issues in your life that prevent you from feeling free to look forward to your future or are keeping you stuck in a traumatic memory then please get in touch, I am always happy to discuss your needs and explore how I can help.