{"id":783,"date":"2022-05-14T19:03:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T19:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/?page_id=783"},"modified":"2023-10-15T17:25:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T17:25:39","slug":"783-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:0px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 36%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/My-Story.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1011 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/My-Story.jpg 780w, https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/My-Story-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/My-Story-768x457.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>We experience our life as a story<\/strong>, of which we are both protagonists and narrators. And we make ourselves known to others in this manner, too.\u00a0 If someone wants to genuinely get to know you, giving them a list of facts and numbers describing you will not suffice. They will want to hear your story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shocking or <strong>traumatic\u00a0events damage us by disrupting our stories<\/strong>, mangling our established narratives of self and the world. They do this by refusing to fit into our established narrative or by flooding and overwhelming it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People are often advised to go to\u00a0therapy\u00a0to \u201cprocess\u201d an issue or a traumatic event. But what does \u201cprocessing an issue\u201d actually mean? And how can I help you to process it?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:61px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Two-Roads-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1001 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Two-Roads-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Two-Roads-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Two-Roads-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Two-Roads-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Two-Roads-2.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How May I Help You?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I can help you \u201cprocess\u201d a difficult issue by helping to place it inside a coherent life narrative; by reviewing past events using tools and knowledge; by helping you confront previously avoided uncomfortable feelings in order to increase your competence in managing them; and by bringing the issue into the light of my benevolent and empathic\u00a0attention, thus reducing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/gb\/basics\/embarrassment\">shame<\/a>, fear, and isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Processing an issue in therapy requires that we engage it, think<\/strong> <strong>and talk about it.<\/strong> In doing so, we are practicing de facto exposure with regard to the emotions attached to the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Processing is updating and re-examining the meaning of old memories and emotions, but also developing a new language with which to describe, experience, and understand the past and present,  improving our ability to understand and move in the world more seamlessly and effectively.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 31%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/outside-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-998 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/outside-03.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/outside-03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lupeacevedo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/outside-03-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>The core of therapy is the human connection<\/strong>. Processing an issue in therapy means communicating it inside a safe, supportive interpersonal space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A secret loses much of its power to paralyse and poison us internally when shared with others who are capable of resonating with our experience, accepting and understanding it. In the act of discussing difficult matters, we become less alone, less opaque to ourselves, and thus less fragile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>We manifest and build our strength when we express and own our weakness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We experience our life as a story, of which we are both protagonists and narrators. And we make ourselves known to others in this manner, too.\u00a0 If someone wants to genuinely get to know you, giving them a list of facts and numbers describing you will not suffice. They will want to hear your story. 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