Hi Notme9,
Thanks for these quotes. I have not read Briere but all of his comments make perfect sense and seem to describe in plain language what I perceive to be the goal of the therapeutic relationship.
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feel like it's a place to be reminded. But I don't see what comes next, and I don't want to be stuck there.
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I really get this and I am somewhat in this place now. In some ways I think this is where the really hard work begins. I think the goal now, is to get in touch with our core selves. Chaotic mentioned a book called "Something more: excavating your authentic self." I bought this book last week and it is beautiful.
I think that once we have reached the place where we are ready to do more and be something more than an abused person, then we can try to find out who we were meant to be before we were abused. In our core selves we are beautiful, whole, and good! T can bear witness as we begin this new journey of self discovery.
Thanks again for the article.
