DID A TAROT READING WITH BERNARD AND IT WAS SPOT ON IN EVERY ASPECT!

- M. SULLIVAN

I CANNOT FIND THE WORDS TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO DR. ALVAREZ, BUT I HOPE SHARING THE IMPACT HE HAS HAD ON MY LIFE WILL LET HIM KNOW WHAT HIS GIFT MEANS TO ME. HE HAS, IN A COUPLE OF SESSIONS, COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED MY LIFE, DISSOLVING A LIFETIME OF PAIN AND SUFFERING AND REVEALING LIFE-CHANGING TRUTHS THAT ARE HEALING ME IN WAYS I NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED.

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DR. ALVAREZ REPLACED MY LIFELONG RAGE AND PAIN WITH THE KIND OF BITTERSWEET SADNESS THAT ALLOWED THE INTROSPECTION, COURAGE, AND ABILITY TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF MY LIFE. THIS NEW VULNERABILITY IN TURN, BROUGHT ME FACE TO FACE WITH WHAT I'D BEEN RUNNING FROM MY WHOLE LIFE: THE TRUTH OF HAVING LIVED IN A STATE OF SHEER PANIC. THIS TRAUMA RESPONSE HAD KEPT ME DISCONNECTED AND CONFUSED, AND MY LIFE IN A STATE OF CHAOS; AND MOST PAINFUL OF ALL, I HAD COME TO TAKE ON THOSE FEELINGS OF INSANITY AS MY IDENTITY, WHO I WAS, AND NOT SOMETHING I WAS EXPERIENCING. THIS NEW SENSE OF HAVING BOUNDARIES IS KEEPING ME FROM ALLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE HURTFUL ACTIONS OF OTHERS FROM DEFINING ME. I FEEL AS IF MY SENSE OF SELF HAS BEEN RESTORED, AND IN THE PROCESS, I WAS RELEASED OF THE SHAME AND GUILT I'D ALWAYS CARRIED. I AM FINALLY ABLE TO SEE MYSELF NOT AS THE CHAOS THAT CAME FROM SURVIVING THE TRAUMA BUT AS SOMEONE WHO'D ENDURED IT ALL TO SURVIVE.

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THE PAIN, FEAR, AND CONFUSION I CARRIED HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH HOPE AND JOY, SELF-ACCEPTANCE AND SELF-FORGIVENESS, AND THE ABILITY TO EXTEND THE SAME GRACE TO OTHERS. I NOW FEEL SAFE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I WAS NEVER ALONE AND NO LONGER CARRY THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON MY SHOULDERS. I TRUST I AM LOVED AND HAVE FAITH I AM BEING WATCHED OVER, AND I BELIEVE I WILL ONE DAY FEEL WHOLE.

- MARTHA M.