Sandra C. Ormeño Psychotherapist & Coach

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Sandra C. Ormeño Psychotherapist & Coach Psychotherapist & Author. Neurodivergence, Shadow Work and daily therapeutic insights and practices, from books too!

Hello, I am Sandra and I am the founder of BestYou Therapies Ormeno, a therapeutic practice based in Dundee (Scotland). I am a qualified Counsellor, Couple Counsellor, EMDR practitioner, CRM therapist,Clinical Hypnotherapist, Psychologist and Pedagogue (Science of Education) with extensive experience, including but not limited to, working with adults and young people in areas such as childhood sexual abuse, rape and any type of sexual or domestic abuse, including ritual abuse and sexual exploitation; Also bereavement, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, (including infidelity and intimacy difficulties), addiction, self-harm, self-esteem, etc. Specialised in complex trauma and DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder). Sandra will accompany you on your journey to empowerment, growth, self discovery and self understanding through Pluralistic counselling, an approach that integrates different theories and strategies from Person Center, CBT, Psychodinamic, Narrative therapy to a wide variety of approaches, adapting and working in collaboration with you. Sandra can also offer, CRM, Creative therapies, Clinical Hypnotherapy, Animal Assisted Therapy, Outdoors therapy, Life Coaching and Reiki. Each therapy can be booked individually or as a combination.

18/10/2026

Imagine intimacy as a warm, lit room where you are fully known and still welcome. Many of us wait outside the door, hoping someone will open it. But this door only opens from the inside. Vulnerability is the gateway to intimacy, and courage is the key that opens it. One more honest layer, offered to one safe person, is often enough. What would deepen if you let yourself be seen? Day 290 of 365 Ther**eutic Insights for 2026. This closes Category 17.
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17/10/2026

We learn that power looks loud, sharp, polished. But think of the people who have genuinely moved you. They said something plainly true, with nothing to prove, and you felt it land. The most powerful version of you is the honest one. When you tell the truth, all your energy is in one place, and people sense that nothing is being held back. What truth is asking to be spoken? Give it a voice today, gently, bravely. Day 289 of 365 Ther**eutic Insights for 2026.
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15/10/2026

Picture two chairs. In one sits what's true for you. In the other sits the person whose approval you want to keep. Most of us try to sit in both, and the effort is exhausting. You cannot be authentic and pleasing at the same time, because the moment you adjust for their reaction, you've left your own chair. Whose happiness do you prioritise over your truth? Choose yourself once today, without guilt. Day 288 of 365 Ther**eutic Insights for 2026.
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15/10/2026

Nobody applauds the person who got out of bed on a heavy day, or said the honest sentence in a shaky voice, or held a boundary with a pounding heart. Quiet courage has no audience, so we forget to count it. Courage whispers. It doesn't roar. Where do you minimise your own bravery? Look back over this week, choose one quiet act of courage, and let it count. Day 287 of 365 Ther**eutic Insights for 2026. ♥️

13/10/2026

Think of a route you take all the time. You know every turn, nothing goes wrong, and somewhere along the way you stopped really seeing it. A life can become that route. Avoiding discomfort keeps you safe. Courage makes you alive. What have you traded for predictability? Today, take one different turn. Choose the path that feels alive, not just safe. Day 286 of 365 Ther**eutic Insights for 2026.
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11/10/2026

Most of us have an inner translator who converts what we mean into what's safe to say. I'm exhausted becomes I'm fine. I'd rather not becomes sure, I'd love to. It happens so fast it feels like our own voice, but the sentence that leaves our mouth isn't the one we meant. Authenticity is saying what you mean, not what keeps you liked. Let one sentence go out untranslated today, gently, consciously. Day 284 of 365 Ther**eutic Insights for 2026.
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11/10/2026

We learn to perform, the professional version, the agreeable version, the version that copes, until we wonder whether anything lives underneath. It does. Your real self is always waiting beneath performance, patient and intact. You can feel it in the moments the performance slips without effort. Those moments show you where you feel safe enough to be fully yourself. Spend extra time there this week. Day 283 of 365 Ther**eutic Insights for 2026.
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10/10/2026

We picture courage as calm and certain, so when ours shows up trembling, we assume it doesn't count. But courage often looks like a shaky yes, or a trembling no. The moments that actually require courage are the ones where something genuinely matters, where of course your voice shakes. The trembling isn't evidence you're not brave enough, it's evidence you're doing something that actually requires courage. Let it shake today. Day 282 of 365 Ther**eutic Insights for 2026.
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09/10/2026

Holding back until someone else goes first feels sensible, like self-protection. But vulnerability creates connection, avoidance maintains distance. Connection requires actual exposure, letting someone see something real before you know how they'll respond. Avoidance may protect you from rejection, but it also protects you from the depth of connection you were hoping to find. Share a truth first today instead of waiting to be invited. Day 281 of 365 Ther**eutic Insights for 2026.
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