Therapy that helps you get the trauma out of your brain and body
When you experience one off or ongoing family, domestic or sexual violence you no longer feel safe in your mind or your body.
If you have never had a safe and healthy family or intimate/romantic relationship, you may never remember a time when your brain or body felt safe.
You've probably talked to counsellors, social workers or psychologists before. You've told them what's happened to you, how you're feeling, how it impacts your life and what you want to be different. They listen, tell you they're sorry that it happened, and maybe do some exercises with you to help you put the memories out of your mind.
This might help for a while, or it might leave you feeling like there is something wrong with you because you should be over it by now.
If this feels like you, I want you to know there is hope. Together we can work on memories that you never thought you'd escape. We will take small steps, and get rid of all the hard emotions that come up from having these memories.
By the end of our time together, you might even forget we ever worked on these memories. You'll walk away with your story being something you know as a fact, but not something that needs to hold lots of feelings.
Hi, I'm Kate from Tap Your Way Home
I’ve always been a homebody, I just love being at home. I know that’s a privilege.
For me, home has mostly been a safe place. But I also know that’s not true for everyone. In fact, for many women and children in Australia, home is one of the most dangerous places to be.
Family and domestic violence is prolific, affecting all people regardless of the communities they live in. We know that women, trans and gender diverse folk are the most a risk of experiencing intimate partner violence.
Children are also at risk. Whether the violence is targeted directly towards them, or they witness violence, they are victims in their own right.
Safety shouldn’t be a luxury. And yet, so often, it is. Women and children are being murdered in their homes on a weekly basis in Australia and around the world.
Countless more are living in fear, being controlled, or adjusting the choices they make to avoid conflict.
Living like this looks different for everyone who experiences it. But everyone who has an experience of family, domestic or sexual violence has experienced trauma.
Even once the events are over, trauma leaves an ongoing mark in our brains and bodies. This doesn't just go away over time or if we talk about it. It sits there, impacting our self-esteem, relationships, health, well-being, sleep, happiness and more.
There are so many things we can’t control in our lives. We can't control the world we live in, how other people have treated us, or what might happen in the future.
We can control how we feel within ourselves. Not immediately, and not necessarily quickly. It does take work, but at Tap Your Way Home we can work together until you feel how you want to on the inside. Using EFT/Tapping we will work through thoughts, memories, emotions and beliefs until you can feel safe at home within your body.