20/05/2020
Hi! I’m Charlotte. I’m a therapist, sending a warm welcome to you if you’re here reading this post.
During I wanted to say hello and share some thoughts on the importance of talking about how we’re feeling and on the potential we all have to help others by the way we listen.
Every day I listen as people share parts of themselves they find frightening, confusing and that feel ashamed of. I always feel truly honoured to bear witness to such courage and to be trusted with such raw emotion.
I experience how transformational it can be to really see and value another human for the vulnerabilities that we all share but often feel too afraid to talk about.
I believe that listening to understand rather than to judge is one of the most powerful gifts we can give, one that has the potential to connect us in deeply healing ways.
So as a fellow human, I encourage everyone to help create an environment where it feels safe to share by really listening to others and responding from a place of compassion and acceptance when someone gives you the gift of their trust.