From Alfie (Alfie Indra) of UK
See Alfie's interview here where he talks about his experience of RJ OCD on Jaack Maate https://youtu.be/WvTlsE7E3TA
See Alfie's interview here where he talks about his experience of RJ OCD on Jaack Maate https://youtu.be/WvTlsE7E3TA
To Dawn from M, Canada
I found retr-act.com after another sleepless night where it felt like I was getting kicked in by RJ.
I'd worked through a couple of the online courses out there and found them useful, but they weren't getting to the core of what was causing my RJ. I'd feel better for a while and then the RJ would come thundering back.
I was connected with my therapist Dawn. She's fully present, very insightful, and with a lovely sense of humour. She helped me identify some early childhood experiences that have been the source of my relationship anxiety. She guided me through a thorough program to help me tackle the OCD aspects of RJ, and provided great accountability to keep me disciplined with the daily tasks.
It's now been a few weeks since I've experienced any big activation. I'm feeling like I have control of the RJ instead of it having control over me. I'm also feeling its presence starting to fade. It's a huge relief. The work I've done with Dawn has positive resonances in other parts of my relationship life too. Thank you Dawn, I'm massively grateful to you, and to Mark.
To Dawn from M, Wales
I started therapy to help tackle my RJ around 5 months ago, during which time I've had 10 sessions.
Since starting the sessions with Dawn my anxiety level lowered from 10 to about a 3/4!
The sessions help with how to manage RJ, the cause, tools and resources to get through it and more.
I’m very grateful to Dawn and I am now starting the journey of going without therapy and using what I’ve learnt and been given to manage my anxiety and feelings.
I wouldn’t be where I am now without it!
To Dawn from C, England
"I have found Dawn's support and approach during therapy to be incredibly helpful. Her methods of breaking down and explaining the behaviors surrounding rj/ocd thought processes have been invaluable, and have helped greatly in making me feel more like myself again.
Not only that, she is also amazingly kind, warm and understanding, and creates a comfortable environment from the start. I felt safe speaking to her yet also appreciated when she took the time to challenge my beliefs.
Overall a great experience working with Dawn and the team, professionals who understand how to fix the issue from a clinical perspective. Highly recommended.”
To Dawn from B, England
How to review such a life changing experience in just a few sentences- now that is difficult! W
What I can say is my life has changed immeasurably since contacting Mark and meeting Dawn online.
Gone are the mental movies and obsessive thoughts that plagued me on a daily basis.
I now live with peace of mind.
To Dawn from A, England
I need to thank you for your patience and your guidance throughout this whole ordeal. This was not my first therapy. However, it was the first time I felt completely safe and vulnerable to disclose certain details/aspects of my life and train of thought that I would otherwise keep to myself. Thank you for being so warm and understanding with everything I’ve told you. Never did I feel judged, and I always felt like my feelings were being validated.
And thank you for always sending such useful resources to help me mitigate my feelings of RJ, as well as exploring the potential root to why I feel the way I do too. You helped me a lot in feeling more grounded. I can also see in myself, the improvements.
I’ve adopted the full recovery technique, and even though it’s only been weeks I can feel my reaction to things becoming less impulsive. Things that would usually trigger my RJ do not send me to the extent as they used to, and overall my mental state has been a lot more pleasant to deal with.
I am so grateful for everything you’ve helped me with.
I couldn't have done it alone, and will be forever grateful to Mark and Dawn at Retr-ACT!
From rob of the UK
Hadley Testimonial.
I had regular calls with Hadley for a few months to originally help with OCD/RJ.
But, he would also support me in the form of relationship counselling as well as working on various aspect of myself.
I found Hadley to be a good listener, understanding and gave supportive input.
He went at my pace but also directed me with where I needed to go.
The flexible supportive text messages between appointment calls were really helpful and I felt I had someone there who was objective to the chaos in my life.
I never felt judged or uncomfortable.
Hadley was compassionate, empathetic, motivating and in tune with me and genuinely cared.
I’d look forward to our calls.
I’d open up, bringing emotions even closer to the surface. This was therapeutic, cathartic and was needed as part of the work and healing. You don’t feel alone in that. We went at my pace and I chose how much and what I wanted to open up about.
Hadley provides a supportive, caring, relaxed and understanding environment for this and sheds light on aspects of psychology, behaviour, maladaptive thought patterns and beliefs.
I appreciate all of his help and support.
I’m now in a much better place.
Thank you Hadley.
From CHIRS of Canada
Hadley,
Hello sir. I hope all is well with you and your family. I just wanted to write to thank you for everything you've done for me. As you're aware I struggled with RJ for almost a quarter century. I saw more than a few therapists but none of them were able to accomplish 1% of what you were able to do. I will forever be grateful. I am so happy to know that I have turned a corner with my issues. I am truly optimistic that I am in a much better place now to deal with future RJ and anxiety/OCD related issues. Also I promise to continue to work on me.
If you're ever in Canada drop me a line. I can hook you up with some killer maple syrup (jk I can't).
All the best,
Chris
Hadley,
Hello sir. I hope all is well with you and your family. I just wanted to write to thank you for everything you've done for me. As you're aware I struggled with RJ for almost a quarter century. I saw more than a few therapists but none of them were able to accomplish 1% of what you were able to do. I will forever be grateful. I am so happy to know that I have turned a corner with my issues. I am truly optimistic that I am in a much better place now to deal with future RJ and anxiety/OCD related issues. Also I promise to continue to work on me.
If you're ever in Canada drop me a line. I can hook you up with some killer maple syrup (jk I can't).
All the best,
Chris
From ANNE of UK/France
Hi Hadley,
I have worked with Hadley on a weekly basis for a few months, during our sessions Hadley has offered a safe place for us to explore and understand the very roots of my RJ. Thanks to his expertise and compassionate approach I have made incredible progress, and started feeling a lot better very quickly. Today, my RJ is under control and I can finally live the life I always wanted to live.
Thank you! :)
Anne
From Chris C of US
Hey Hadley.
I think it's a shame for a person to never know what difference they have made on people. So I'll say this..... I'm happier after meeting you and grateful for the work done. And as morbid as it may sound, you have kept me from ******** * *** ****** to sleep at night. You do amazing work and I'm thankful for our conversations and huge progress I have made.
I hope to catch up with you soon. I miss that hairy face.
Thanks you!
Chris
Hey Hadley.
I think it's a shame for a person to never know what difference they have made on people. So I'll say this..... I'm happier after meeting you and grateful for the work done. And as morbid as it may sound, you have kept me from ******** * *** ****** to sleep at night. You do amazing work and I'm thankful for our conversations and huge progress I have made.
I hope to catch up with you soon. I miss that hairy face.
Thanks you!
Chris