After trauma, it really helped me to have a therapist who gently highlighted my emotional coping strategies - things such as intellectualising - but totally without judgment. Her approach affirmed my need, at times, to think rather than to feel - because feelings at times were too overwhelming to be able to cope with, and I sought safety instead in a more detached, intellectual approach.
She didn't try to change me, but understood why I was doing it. Her total lack of judgment evoked in me a greater sense of safety and also in turn the ability to start to be curious about what was going on in me. This led me to being able to explore alternative ways of engaging with my emotions.
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