Ashley Cook

About

I believe that being believed is the active ingredient, and that a lot of what follows depends on it. Technique matters, but someone who is still working out whether they will be doubted cannot make use of any technique at all. So I start from belief. People who report abuse have very often been met with scepticism, minimization, or a change of subject. That secondary experience often causes more lasting harm than anybody acknowledges, particularly when it came from the people closest to them. I will not add to it. Your account is the starting point rather than something to be tested. I came to this work through my own period as a client, and the session that changed things was the one where someone simply said they believed me and moved on to what we would do about it. That is what I try to provide. If you have been doubted before, you will not be here.