Bridget Beresford MA
Progressive Counselling
Professional Counselling & Psychotherapy
Childhood Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence and Rape
I am specialised in trauma work supporting survivors of childhood sexual abuse, sexual violence and rape using trauma models, cross cutting and inclusive of gender related issues. This is a sensitive area, and I work in a person-centred way, underpinned by a trauma-informed framework. Our work will be led by you, and I will be there to support you through your processing if that is what you would like to do.
Alongside my private practice, I have also worked for a local rape crisis charity supporting survivors in this area. This work very often concentrates on empowerment through well researched, and proven, grounding and stabilisation techniques to help improve life, and relationships, in the present moment. You are not alone, you are not to blame for what happened to you, you have survived and found yourself here, ...maybe now is the right time to carve out that space and to sit with someone who can listen and support...
"Trauma survivors cannot recover until they become familiar with and befriend their bodies." Bessel van Der Kolt.