Working with Childhood Memories and Avoidance in Trauma Counselling: The Power of Remembering

Advocating for the active exploration of childhood memories and the natural avoidance that accompanies them, this book provides a clear entryway into complex and childhood trauma work, particularly in cases where tangled histories and overwhelming symptoms make it challenging for both counsellor and client to prioritize focus areas. Childhood history often serves as a record and a preliminary foundation for therapeutic work, yet childhood memories rarely become substantial material for ongoing exploration.This leaves childhood "ghosts" hidden, unattended, and unexplored-yet powerful drivers of psychological symptoms that keep individuals stuck and make trauma difficult to treat.To address this, Mikhailouskaya offers a trauma counselling framework built on two key pillars: working with early memories and actively engaging with the avoidance that naturally arises around them.Filled with actionable insights, strategies, and case examples, the text provides a roadmap for addressing hard-to