I'm listening to you

I'm listening to you.

I'm listening to you …
When she first arrived in my office, she carried with her a huge, heavy baggage of memories that she just wanted to throw away and forget.
Slowly, during our journey, that suitcase was opened and we were finally able to discover what was locked inside. It was there that we found a wounded little girl, curled up, who simply needed to be seen, welcomed, and acknowledged in her painful truth. A journey that allowed us, with great delicacy, to transform the chains of guilt into bonds of responsibility.
To discover and learn together how guilt always seeks punishment while responsibility leads to a solution, "here and now" of that "there and then", to finally be able to leave the past in the past.
Yes, TODAY, the adult that little girl needed At that time.
No, I won't forget you.
Questo racconto è una ricostruzione a scopo illustrativo: non corrisponde a una singola persona reale e ogni riferimento identificativo è stato omesso.
Yes, I'm listening to you.

I'm listening to you

Image: Illustration by Lilliana ComesThe phrase "I'm listening" is also represented in the illustration.

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