When the past continues to affect the present​

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Refer when:​

• Childhood or adult trauma, abuse, neglect or family violence

• Relational or developmental trauma

• Hypervigilance, shutdown or difficulty feeling safe

• Persistent distress following frightening or overwhelming experiences

• Ongoing patterns linked to earlier experiences

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Therapeutic focus:

Regulation and stabilisation, somatic and parts-based trauma work, and integrating experiences that continue to shape the present.

When distress is beginning to shape everyday life​

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Refer when:​

• Persistent anxiety, worry or overthinking

• Emotional overwhelm or difficulty regulating emotions

• Avoidance, shutdown or feeling constantly “on”

• Perfectionism or excessive self-monitoring

• ADHD-related emotional overwhelm or rejection sensitivity

Therapeutic focus:

Process-oriented and somatic psychotherapy, exploring both the immediate experience of anxiety and what may be sustaining it underneath.

When the same difficulties keep repeating

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Refer when:

• repeated relationship difficulties or conflict

• people-pleasing, boundary difficulties or fear of rejection

• shame, self-criticism or low self-worth

• emotional numbing, withdrawal or disconnection

• coping behaviours that have become difficult or costly - addiction, self harm.

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Therapeutic focus:

Relational and attachment-informed psychotherapy, exploring repeating patterns, protective responses and the person’s relationship with self and others.