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I've had so much therapy, but nothing has worked. I think I'm unfixable

Hi, I'm Dawn Walton and I'm a trauma-informed Quest Cognitive Hypnotherapist and Master NLP practitioner with a Masters in Psychology. I use NLP and Neuroscience to work with you to reprogramme your brain, in a solution-focussed, talking therapy approach. I’ve helped more than 1200 people all over the world, from ages 8 to 88. Are you ready to change? I can help you too.

I specialise in working with trauma - particularly complex PTSD arising from childhood issues. It is an area where I have lots of personal and client experience, and I've developed a therapeutic approach that is incredibly effective. Most clients need no more than 3 sessions to be able to get on with their lives without needing ongoing therapy.

It is said the in the UK 1 in 4 people has a mental health problem. That means 3 in 4 don't. That is simply not true. We are all screwed up. Let's change the way we talk about mental health to acknowledge how normal it is to be screwed up. Maybe what we should be able to say is: "This is my screw up. It is / is not getting in the way of my life right now!"

I experienced a range of different types of childhood trauma, and have battled CPTSD my whole life, without realising it. In 2011 I attended my first session of Quest Cognitive Hypnotherapy with its founder, Trevor Silvester. From that moment my life changed.

I am not the right therapist for you because I understand what you've been through. I am the right therapist for you because I understand what it takes to live with trauma, and I understand what it feels like to overcome it and be free and happy.

Through my personal experiences of overcoming trauma, and my studies in Neuroscience and Psychology, I have developed a unique and powerful approach for clearing trauma. This approach does not require you to talk through your trauma, and can deliver life-changing changes in 2-3 sessions. It works exactly the same way when delivered online as in person, so it doesn't matter where in the world you are based, I can help you.

I’m looking forward to supporting you on your journey, whether it’s via sessions with me or my online, self-paced courses.

It’s a big decision choosing a therapist. I’m happy to chat so if you need to know more. Browse my site, message me follow me on my social media sites, or drop an email to dawn@thinkitchangeit.com. I am not a 9-5, 5 days a week therapist. I work Monday to Saturday from 9am-8pm UK time. I also email and message in between sessions to make sure you are never alone once you start your journey.

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Herding cats - dealing with adolescents / teens Brain switch off is a normal state Different types of memory

Different types of memory

No matter how powerful your brain is, it's not powerful enough to remember everything that has ever happened. By the time you are 16 years old, you have experienced around 8,409,600 minutes. Not only is it impractical to remember all of them, there is no value in it. Why would you need to remember every meal you ever had, or what time you woke up every day? What we do remember are those memories that have meaning. Memories with emotional content, and memories with lessons that it's important for us to remember.

There are two key types of memory that are relevant to this course.

The first is autobiographical memory. This type of memory is just about the when and where and who. If I asked you to remember your first primary school, you would access this type of memory. Forgetting these moments is not critical to survival. You will most likely have forgotten many autobiographical events. Most memory enhancing programmes are focussed on this type of memory, because it's harder to remember.

You would also probably ping another type of memory when I asked about primary school- the episodic memory. These memories are 4 dimensional. They have meaning as well as technicalities of when, where and who. They are moments that have important emotional conent. These memories are critical for survival, particularly if the emotion was negative.

This 'pinging' process is how the brain decides what it needs to act on, and what it can let slide when it is scanning for invisible tigers. The simplest way to think of it is like a spider web. A spider builds the web in such a way as individual paths can be removed or blocked, and it's still possible to traverse. When a fly lands anywhere on the web it sends a vibration or 'ping' to the spider, which then goes and fetches it's prey.

The spider in this metaphor is the equivalent of a stored memory. The web is your subconscious, scanning constantly. The fly is a trigger. It's something that happens in the present, that connects back to a memory.

All through life we are creating episodic memories. However, as you will see in the next module, there is a catch! During childhood, these 'memories with meaning' are stored in easily accessible connected webs. When something happens in your present, your brain quickly matches to important memories and immediately acts to disengage your ability to think.

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Brain switch off is a normal state

An important part of understanding what is gonig on with your child is understanding that it's not their fault. Their brain is being switched off on them. So is yours.