Who Is The Traumatized Traumatologist?
I’d bet ten nickels you read the name twice, or more…and probably with a raised brow. But after now, your only cause for alarm—if ever, would be that you found this blog, and that you’re more than safe here!
Welcome!! I am Abena Afreeka, The Recovering Afreekan who has been Culturally enslaved here in America and I am a Representative from the Voices in the Margins. I am a Traumatized Traumatologist, Trauma Queen, and Queen of Trauma. That is Understanding Trauma and Traumatic Stress, what it is, and how it has and continues to work in the Lives of We The People!!
If you could ask anyone about Trauma, then maybe it could be me. More than being a certified mental health therapist, I have lived long enough to learn how mental health and other traumatic issues are being spoken about behind closed doors up in the halls of Academia. Having 64 years personal, 15 years of higher education, and 35 years of practical/professional experience in the Mental Health “field” or “arena”, as a result, I have tons of information to share.
This has been a painful as well as enlightening journey of experiences I have learned and, unfortunately, shared by many of you who have found your way here. That being said, understand YOU ARE NOT ALONE! YOU ARE NOT CRAZY! AND there is NOTHING “WRONG” WITH YOU! The damage we incur in life’s journeys, WE ARE ABLE TO FIX, HEAL OR RECOVER!
“Remembering and telling the truth about terrible events are both prerequisites to restoring social order and healing individual victims” (J. Herman, 1994, Trauma and Recovery)
What I Offer
A psycho-educationally focused approach understanding that “Knowledge is Power, and more importantly, “knowledge of Self” is where we find our Power. Tools for healing Traumatic Stress, Improving Communication with self and others are the foundations of our work here.
· Understand trauma and traumatic stress.
· What it is and how it works in one’s life.
· Learn how to cope with/manage distress.
· Support you with taking that journey Inside, understanding how to Activate and utilize the Third Eye, which sees Inside. This is different from the two eyes we use to see outside of ourselves.
· PROVIDING ANSWERS TO YOUR “WHY” QUESTIONS helping to make SENSE out of NONSENSICAL Behaviors displayed by yourself or others!
Are you Ready to Take that Journey??
Who Do I Serve?
· Those who have experienced mental or emotional trauma and are seeking to heal/recover
· Those interested in learning more about Trauma and Traumatic Stress
· Those experiencing challenges in relationships with family, friends, co-workers, supervisors, and/or challenges feeling OK about THEMSELVES.
Does any apply to You?? Then stick around “I Got You”!!