You are a “gold standard”, compassionate, knowledgeable and enthusiastic therapist who created the safe space I needed to explore and process my numerous childhood traumas. It’s been a challenging, productive and remarkable journey, with your skilled guidance helping me to recover from some of the toughest and most painfully traumatic experiences of my life. I didn’t believe that I would ever be able to connect with and nurture my younger selves so effectively - to rescue them, and therefore myself, from the misplaced, crippling shame of abuse - and yet here we are!