My T cut my hair.



Yep! It was about 8 moths after I first started seeing him (3 yrs now). I was very low and on short-term disability. We had just started the trauma work because it was all comming to the surface. I had very long hair (down to my rear) because I am Native American blood (Blackfoot) and try to follow the Good Red Road.

I have an older mentor who lives in another state who is a retired T. He is also a Native American Sundancer. He came to visit me for a few days and went with me to see my T for a five hour session. My mentor knows a ton about me and we were doing a lot of information sharing with my T. It was very amazing experience. And my mentor is someone who was well known in his time, so my T really was excited to meet him. He only charged me for the two hours we had planned in advance but he had marked off the whole morning because he felt it could go longer. And they did a whole lot of talking about T stuff too.

Anyway, at the end of the session, my T went outside with my mentor and me to do a Pipe Ceremony where we thanked the sacred directions. It was amazing. After that, we went back into T's office and I made the choice to cut my braid. It was a very sacred event for me and I can't explain it. It was a soul mourning for the innocent child in me who was injured so much by very evil people. I started the cut, my mentor then cut some, and then my T cut, and I finished it to complete the circle.

I really miss my braid and it makes me sad to see my short hair. Others love it and say how cute it is on me. I like that part. But my Native Heart knows why it is short and we understand the meaning behind it and will never forget how evil can cause damage to innocence.

And I will never forget that my mentor and my T both helped me to honor that innocent child.