The Chiron Centre Liverpool

“ It is not the trauma that we suffer in
childhood which makes us emotionally
ill, but the inability to express the trauma.”
Alice Miller, The Truth Shall Set You Free

Saying the three magic words, “I need help”, can save lives.

This is difficult for many men however, because it goes against all our conditioning from birth. Men are the least likely to express themselves verbally, and the least likely to seek counselling, psychiatric care, or a doctor’s assistance for physical illness.

At the Chiron Centre (Liverpool), our safe space is a necessity for any acknowledged traumatic experience(s) to be witnessed with unconditional positive regard, congruence and empathy. Instead of avoiding trauma with obsessive compulsive behaviour (e.g. alcohol or drug addictions), we encourage men to travel through the pain to become a wounded healer: a man in touch with his suffering, who is taking the steps to heal. This man will then have the tools to break the cycle of abuse: he can protect himself and others from further pain.