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Being an expat alone in a new country is a challenge.
However, being an expat with an extremely traumatised childhood, cutting all connections to the past, leaving everything behind in your home country to escape an extremely narcissistic alcoholic mother and a sexusaly abusive fater after decades of suffering in order to survive severe health conditions triggered by the parents and try to restart, rebuild a new, healthy life is an enormous challenge.
I met Antonia finding myself lost in this battle and there was no way to fix the chaos around me. I was hopeless, exhausted, my basic life functions were antagonised by arrogant autoimmune problems, yet having a 13 year old child to raise with the only amount of money I earn every day.
Antonia caught me, and grabbed me under my armpits at the 24th hour. She was there to help me let go of all the horrors I have lived through, taught me how to appreciate myself with my tragic background, and come back to life. Her way of working both with classical therapy methods and special kinezistic techniques gave me a new chance for a happy future. She treats the mind, the soul and the body as a whole unit, all connected. She understands cultural differences and even though we never speak our mother languages, we both have different origins, she sees in the heart and soul and is able to connect, find the essence and give perspective, directions, and methods to heal. Working with her is an inspiration to grow, she always asks the right questions to think about and towards every matter she has a highly intellectual approach. And what really makes her credible is, if she feels she cannot help in some issues she admits and tells you where to go to find help in that particular situation.
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I’ve been seeing Antonia regularly for 3 years. Even though I became a different person, I succeeded in keeping my identity. She taught me things that people usually learn in a warm family environment, which are necessary to live in a society. I put the past and the post-trauma where it belongs. I started to build boundaries. I am able to say no. I can control my anxiety and fear. I established a stable family of my own and professional life abroad. I am coping with a teenage daughter. I have a sense of belonging to a community. I have a future perspective. I still have a lot to learn and process, but with the support of Antonia, by now I know that I COULD become the person I always wanted and dreamed to be as a tortures child.
Témoignage de E.K.