The following is an article by Nora Baladerian, PhD, TFT-Dx, from “The Thought Field” newsletter Vol. 15, Issue 3:
One day, now several years ago, I received a referral to work with a young man who had recently been raped. He has Downs Syndrome with severe mental retardation, and extremely limited expressive language.
Since the rape, he had been severely depressed, and had acquired a condition of severe pain upon urination. His mother had taken him to the GP, to the urologist, and several tests had been done to ascertain the cause of the pain. They found no physical source for the pain.
His countenance was down, one could almost see the draw down of the depression and trauma he was feeling. Continue reading “TFT Relieves Rape Trauma of Boy with Downs Syndrome”