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Seventeen years ago, I was robbed at gunpoint and my sister died by suicide in the space of two weeks. Traumatized and suffering, I tried many different types of therapy.

Each attempt was excruciating and whilst I made some progress, the deep sense of guilt, shame, and grief would not shift from my heavy heart.

Eventually, I gave up. I thought I was too broken to be healed. Damage control was the best I could hope for. Making it through the exhausting everyday battle to survive. Struggling for the rest of my life against the dark stains on my consciousness. 

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Then one day, during a group therapy session, my psychologist asked for volunteers to try this “weird voodoo”  - a new kind of therapy called the Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM). Cynical but curious, I put up my hand. This simple decision changed my life and later inspired me to become a psychologist. 

If you are like me, your bullshit detector goes off when you hear “hero stories” that turn the complicated process of healing into a neat little story.

So let me be clear. The journey is messy, with many twists and turns. Lots of falling down and getting back up again. Good days and bad days. It takes a lot to get out of a dark place. There is no one size fits all solution for everyone.