A middle-aged female service-user with long-term mental health issues

This middle-aged female service-user with long-term mental health issues had been adamant that she didn’t want to make a map in the workshop – and was welcomed into other activities. Then when she began creating a map, she was adamant that she didn’t want to share the content with the group – she was reassured that this was absolutely fine, and a number of people kept their work private.  But at the end of the session, she wanted to share her map with us as the facilitators and talk us through her life journey. Understated but painfully intricate, her story was one of overcoming real adversity to get to a place of healing and happiness.