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Emily’s experience of Time Line Therapy

Emily’s experience of Time Line Therapy

Since doing the Time Line Therapy, it just feels like I can look back on stuff, but I’m not there anymore. Before, if I thought about stuff from my childhood, it was almost like I was experiencing it again. Now I can look back on it as something where I did feel angry...

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Emily’s story

Emily’s story

At the beginning I was probably quite scared about ‘finding things’ that were quite difficult to deal with. But that part of it has not been as bad as I imagined and actually it’s really empowering to be able to face it – to let the stuff out that you knew was going...

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James’s experience of Time Line Therapy

James’s experience of Time Line Therapy

It felt like a very scary idea initially. Because we were talking about making radical changes. And also, perhaps even more so, because I was worried about what was going to come out, like there might be some awful flaw or dark secret we might uncover. And in fact, it...

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James’s story

James’s story

At the time that I started therapy with Orla, I was thinking very negatively about myself. I felt very stuck, like life wasn’t quite moving in the direction I wanted it to. And I felt blocked from doing the things I wanted to do – specifically around sex and...

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Luke’s experience of Time Line Therapy

Luke’s experience of Time Line Therapy

The actual experience of doing the Time Line Therapy on the day I did find challenging and emotional - at the same time I felt so safe - so very, very safe and informed as well. It was great that before and during the Time Line Therapy process, Orla was able to be so...

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Luke’s story

Luke’s story

When I started the ‘Imagination versus Anxiety’ process, I was wanting to move away from very longstanding issues around how I felt about myself. I could become absorbed by guilt, self loathing and low mood for long periods of time, and I had very frequent and...

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