-And then came the session where I felt I would give up. I felt frustrated as I-d worked so hard on trying to speak but the most important words; the worst ones, had simply not come out. I implied I would not necessarily come back the following week and as I got up to leave the room, Pat said, -Try detaching from it entirely. Try writing it as a fairy story. Start with the words, once upon a time there was a little girl-. That evening, I tried. I sat on my bed and typed on the note-s app of my phone Once Upon A Time - and finally, four decades after the abuse began, the words started to flow.- This book documents the therapeutic journey undertaken by Sophie and her therapist, Pat. It includes all chapters of the fairy tale and the drawings Sophie created to help her make sense of her experiences and to reconnect with herself. It also contains the many in-between session conversations Pat and Sophie had by email, WhatsApp, and texts, with important insights into how to work safely with
