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About The Project
Nowadays there is growing recognition that severe abuse does happen to children at the hands of their parents and others, and thankfully measures are being taken to begin to more effectively protect those at risk.
What is not happening however is the recognition that adults who were traumatised in their childhood are actually damaged, sometimes very badly, by the experience and that this damage does not go away on it's own.
One of the main reasons the Project was set up was because these survivors of
early life trauma and childhood abuse are now living with the severely disabling results of the abuse and they consistently encounter misunderstanding, disbelief, denial and
misdiagnosis because even carers, counsellors, psychotherapists,
psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, GP's and other
professionals do not understand, or are not able to understand, the survivor's past experiences, current difficulties and actual rights and needs.
The latest scientific research shows that early life trauma changes the way a child's brain develops in order for that child to become more able to survive the experience. The changes caused by the
physical sculpting of the brain have multiple developmental consequences on the whole system
including the cardio-vascular, immune and hormonal systems as well as
reverberating throughout their entire psyche.
The Project is a place where the very real and physical legacy of
childhood trauma is openly acknowledged and a wide range of specific
resources are made available for survivors wanting to actively
participate in recovering from what was done to them through no fault of their own.
The Project also recognises that assisting people to recover from childhood trauma is everyone's business and responsibility.
Investing in People
The Project is a Social Enterprise set up by Andina Seers, a survivor herself of severe early life trauma.
Begun in East London in 1997, the aim is to support the recovery of those who
access the Project, to undertake research into the biology and psychology of childhood trauma and recovery, to make resources and information more widely
available and to raise public awareness about the hidden issues involved in this type of trauma and recovery from it.
In 2008 The
Coming To Life Project came under the umbrella of The Dandelion Trust - Registered Charity No: 328159.
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