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Communication support for people with Aphasia or Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) and their families.
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Aurora aims to improve the lives of adult victims of childhood abuse by providing specialist counselling and group support services.
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OUR STORY
Aurora is a Kingston based charity founded by Susannah Faithfull in late 2006. Susannah based Aurora’s Approach from her own experiences as a survivor of childhood abuse and her professional work with other adult victims as a counselling psychologist.
From Susannah’s personal recovery, and later as a therapist, she developed an approach for her own practice which is now utilised at Aurora – this is called the “Aurora Approach”. This unique approach combines specialistt therapeutic and social interventions to effectively help adult men and women heal from all forms of childhood abuse and trauma – especially sexual abuse.
SERVICES WE OFFER
Counselling and Psychotherapy
Aurora provides specialist, integrative counselling and psychotherapy interventions where clients can explore difficult and sensitive issues with experienced and sensitive practitioners without judgement or repercussion. Counselling for childhood abuse help victims work through their childhood traumas and the associated deep despair often experienced.
Success in your own recovery depends upon attending, fully participating and being totally honest in your therapy sessions irrespective of whether your self-denial, self-sabotage and/or self-destruction is uppermost at the time, or not. No one can do this for you - it has to be done by you with positive, caring support.
Time heals and healing takes time!
Survivor Support Groups
A monthly, one hour online peer support group is available for clients who are or have been in 1-1 counselling with us.
Walk & Talk
We offer a monthly social activity called the “Walk & Talk”. This takes place on a Sunday in nearby Richmond Park and again, it’s available to clients who are or have been in 1-1 counselling with us.
Support Line
A support line is available for people on our waiting list
Other Social Activities/Events
We occasionally arrange social activities and events that are open to all the Aurora Community.
The Aurora "Community"
Many adult victims of abuse appear to function well in their daily working lives, however they may experience social isolation and/or difficulties in their intimate personal relationships. Aurora’s therapeutic community helps to reduce social isolation by providing social activities and interventions where clients can meet other victims/survivors safely.
We have a “Therapy Centre” in central Kingston where we are gradually building our “in person” presence. It’s already a place where some clients receive their therapy and we also plan to hold social activities (e.g. a coffee morning) to provide clients solace from their stressful, busy and often painful lives. This will be a place where they are warmly welcomed, respected and understood – where they can be themselves.
Continuing therapy has helped me continue to try and come to terms with past events and try and make my present/future more bearable.
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Communication support for people with Aphasia or Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) and their families.
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