Therapy to overcome PTSD & trauma and become yourself again
Sessions in Bristol and online
Welcome to your journey!
My name is Nick Morecroft and I’m a trauma therapist working in Bristol. I work with adults who experience PTSD from childhood traumas, including sexual abuse, parental neglect, abandonment and interrupted childhood development.
I help people experiencing anxiety, dissociation, emotional numbness, broken relationship patterns and complex PTSD (C-PTSD) break free from their traumas, heal and live in safe vibrant connection with others.
Living with trauma can be such a lonely experience and can leave you feeling stuck and hopeless. The truth is that trauma can be healed. It can take going to the root of the trauma to release it. Whilst this can be hard work, you won’t be doing it alone. I will accompany you with care, passion and expertise. You can come out the other side, free of pain and able to live a connective and happy life.
Do you want to get yourself back?
It can be so frustrating sensing the real you is beyond your grasp. You can taste what it would be like to be fully yourself, but that can feel so difficult to reach.
Set aside for a moment those frustrations, and imagine what it would be like if you could fully be the you that you know is inside, do the things you really want to? What would that be like, how would it feel?
These parts of us are actually always there, it is our task to bring them into your conscious experience.
They are likely in hiding and rightfully so. They were deeply hurt or scared once upon a time. These parts have become expert at being unseen and hard to reach. They remain in the shadows, steering you around situations they fear.
Therapy for PTSD and trauma creates a place safe enough for them to venture out willingly. There we hear their pains and soothe their wounds. We gift them with understanding of what happened, and that the world in the present is safe to be in. We give them a pathway back to you.
How does therapy work?
How does therapy help you feel a completely different way, how does it eliminate heavy depression, relentless anxieties and fear, and bring out your happier self?
Firstly we create a place of safety for your traumatised parts. These parts can be extremely vulnerable and prone to avoiding contact. The place of safety is our therapeutic relationship. It is where all the parts of you get to experience a relationship with completely no judgement, an abundance of genuine authentic care, and the gifts of clear thought and honest wisdom. It is a place for trust to grow safely.
Over time, the traumatised parts can feel the warmth of this relationship in a way that they have felt no other. They can become more adventurous, resourced and brave. This is where careful exploration of the traumas takes place. The opportunity arises to tell your story with a level of recollection and emotional release you might never have imagined possible.
Your traumatised parts become released from their patterns, having resolved their hurts and fears. Your adult self can come to the fore more, all the while benefitting from the joyful and creative energies of the younger, no longer traumatised parts.
You will feel whole again!
