RUTH E DIXON
Performance Poet & Person-centred Therapist
WHAT HAPPENED TO ANDREA?
A true story of loss, hope and enduring love
Inspired by my therapeutic work with traumatised children as well as the #MeToo movement, my poetry explores what happened to my mum. Andrea struggled with severe mental health problems all my life and was diagnosed with several psychiatric "disorders". After her death in 2014, I came across hundreds of her
letters. I also acquired Andrea's medical notes which attested to an 'unfortunate woman' whose best chance of survival was lifelong sedation. But in scratching beneath the surface I start to uncover a different story...
RUTH E DIXON
PODCAST
Coming soon!
POETRY
A mix of storytelling, music & fiction
PERSON-CENTRED THERAPY
Compassion at the heart of support
Quote
A Penny Dropped
“Beware the truths we seek to find, the melting icebergs of our mind, for once a tipping penny drops, a penny dropped undropped cannot.....”
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