Aisha Patel

About

People generally contact me when something in the present starts behaving like something from the past. A new situation, a particular voice, a change at home, and suddenly a set of reactions that had been dormant for years is fully operational again. That reactivation is the usual trigger. Survivors of difficult histories often manage extremely well for long stretches and then find the whole thing arrives back without permission. That is disorienting, and it tends to be interpreted as going backwards. It is not going backwards. It is information about what the old pattern was protecting against, and it can be worked with directly. Part of my week goes to supervising newer clinicians, and the misunderstanding I most often correct is treating a resurgence as failure. It is not failure. If something dormant has become active again, get in touch. Dormant is not the same as resolved, and the difference matters a lot.