🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 DA in the Household - with Counselling Psychologist Dr Sonia Ahmed #domesticabuse #childhoodtrauma
This video explores how growing up in a home where domestic abuse is present can shape a child’s understanding of relationships, self-worth and behaviour into adulthood. When control, fear or violence are normalised early on, it can become difficult to recognise what healthy relationships look like, leading some people to repeat harmful patterns or remain in unsafe dynamics, while others avoid closeness altogether. Childhood trauma can contribute to low self-esteem, anxiety, depression and difficulties with trust, all of which can affect a person’s ability to form safe, supportive connections. With awareness, support and the right therapeutic help, these patterns can be unlearned and healing is possible.
Dr Sonia Ahmed is an HCPC-registered Counselling Psychologist with over 10 years’ clinical experience, offering both face-to-face and online therapy. She works from an integrative, trauma-informed approach, drawing on a range of therapeutic models, including EMDR, tailored to each individual’s needs. Dr Ahmed places strong emphasis on building a compassionate and trusting therapeutic relationship, creating a space grounded in empathy, warmth and safety to support meaningful change and recovery from trauma.
#BreakingTheCycle #DomesticAbuseAwareness #ChildhoodTrauma #TraumaRecovery #HealthyRelationships
