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Fe Robinson
Mar 15, 20242 min read
The Fawn Trauma Response
In my reading about Trauma and our responses to it, I’ve been drawn to noticing the fawn response, which is not talked about so much as...


Fe Robinson
Feb 21, 20241 min read
EMDR Therapy
Here’s a piece explaining Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) which can be used to help with a range of symptoms...


Fe Robinson
Jan 26, 20243 min read
Love begets love
“In order for a child to become kind, giving and empathetic, he needs to be treated that way…A child raised with love wants to make those...


Fe Robinson
Oct 6, 20233 min read
When independence is getting in the way...
“The inability to receive support from others is a trauma response. Your “I don’t need anyone, I’ll just do it myself” conditioning is a...


Fe Robinson
Sep 8, 20232 min read
Bringing laughter into the therapy room
I had a lovely reminder a few weeks ago of the importance of enabling clients to bring their whole self into the therapy room. It’s...


Fe Robinson
Feb 16, 20232 min read
Symptoms as a call to heal
“What if the symptoms of my illness are trying to heal me?” Marion Woodman We have a saying in neuro-linguistic programming that ‘all...


Fe Robinson
Sep 30, 20221 min read
If you don't know what to say, say so
Sometimes there are no words. Awful things happen to those we love and we simply do not know what to do or say. This can be a very...


Fe Robinson
Sep 23, 20223 min read
How to reconnect when you dissociate
Today I want to talk about dissociation, and ways of supporting yourself in coming back into connection when you feel you have detached....


Fe Robinson
Sep 9, 20222 min read
The freedom of safety
"We all need freedom and security, which is why when the world doesn’t feel safe, we often don’t feel as free." Esther Perel At first...


Fe Robinson
Aug 19, 20222 min read
On difficult life circumstances
Sometimes life circumstances become very difficult in a way that is not going to quickly resolve itself. I'm thinking of situations like...

Fe Robinson
Jul 22, 20222 min read
We feel more than one thing at once
I wanted to reflect today on the nature of feeling, which is understandably a recurrent and important theme in therapeutic work. It’s a...


Fe Robinson
Jul 1, 20222 min read
The Resilience Impact of Developmental Trauma
The difference between Trauma and Developmental Trauma is one that I often find myself explaining to clients. We can be traumatized by a...

Fe Robinson
May 20, 20221 min read
The Abyss of Trauma
My weekend poem this week is called The Abyss. I wrote it in 2011. It speaks of trauma, of the fragmentation inside that happens when...

Fe Robinson
Apr 29, 20222 min read
People Pleasing - the Fawn Trauma Response
In my reading lately about Trauma and our responses to it, I’ve been drawn to noticing the fawn response, which is not talked about so...


Fe Robinson
Dec 31, 20211 min read
Trauma symptoms are about survival
“Trauma represents a profound compression of “survival” energy, energy that has not been able to complete its meaningful course of...


Fe Robinson
Nov 19, 20212 min read
Therapy activates your social engagement system
When we think of being in danger, the fight/flight response is perhaps the response that most readily comes to mind. Our sympathetic...


Fe Robinson
Oct 15, 20212 min read
Trauma effects vary
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and trauma responses, are often thought of as being dramatic and invasive. We most often think of people...


Fe Robinson
Oct 1, 20212 min read
Shake it off!
I first consciously came across the phenomenon of my body moving without my deliberate control when I trained in Neuro-Linguistic...


Fe Robinson
Jul 10, 20211 min read
Listening to your internal story-tellers
When we are traumatised, it is usual to believe we are damaged, broken, and even beyond repair. Ana Gomez has a lovely re-frame for...


Fe Robinson
May 29, 20212 min read
Why talking alone is not enough
Did you know that your brain reacts to stimuli in 50 milliseconds, but that it may take up to 500 milliseconds for conscious awareness to...
Fe Robinson
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