Dr. Susanna Alyce has recently received her doctorate from the University of Essex and teaches trauma-informed Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and yoga. She is currently working towards her diploma as a Person-Centred Counsellor at The Norwich Centre.

She is also a survivor of child sex abuse (CSA). She is a member of the Tavistock Network for Non-Recent CSA. She weaves these threads each to inform the other.

Susanna’s own debilitating anxiety led her to meditation and yoga in her early 20s. These effective self-care practices enabled her to live a full and rewarding life, while managing her internal landscape of fear. It was not until she turned 50 that she discovered the origin of what she could now understand as ‘trauma distress’ from the dissociated and silenced memories of CSA. Both EMDR therapy with a Clinical Psychologist and, more latterly, counselling with a person-centred therapist have helped in her recovery.

She is researching within a “Mad Studies” paradigm issues central to healing and recovery for fellow survivors, and will soon submit her PhD Study into CSA survivors’ experiences of trust and trustworthiness.