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SIGNATURE ADULT RECOVERY FRAMEWORK

From surviving your past to creating your future.

RECLAIM™ is a trauma-informed personal recovery pathway for adults who experienced childhood trauma, neglect, instability or emotional unpredictability, and are ready to understand what shaped them, reconnect with who they are, and build a life beyond survival mode.

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THE RECLAIM™ JOURNEY

Six stages. One continuing story.

The focus is not on repeatedly revisiting traumatic memories. It is on making sense of survival patterns, developing self-compassion and self-trust, reconnecting with identity, strengthening boundaries and intentionally creating a life in which you can thrive.

  1. 01

    STAGE 01

    SURVIVE

    Understanding what protected you

    Recognise the responses, beliefs and behaviours that helped you navigate childhood, and explore how they may still operate in adult life.

  2. 02

    STAGE 02

    UNDERSTAND

    Making sense of your patterns

    Explore how early experiences can influence self-worth, relationships, attachment, emotions, achievement, people-pleasing and the way you see yourself.

  3. 03

    STAGE 03

    RELEASE

    Putting down what was never yours to carry

    Begin challenging shame, misplaced responsibility, outdated beliefs and narratives that no longer serve the person you are becoming.

  4. 04

    STAGE 04

    REDISCOVER

    Meeting the person underneath the protection

    Reconnect with your needs, values, strengths, creativity, identity and the parts of yourself that may have been pushed aside in order to survive.

  5. 05

    STAGE 05

    RECLAIM

    Taking back your voice and your space

    Strengthen boundaries, self-trust and confidence. Practise being seen, heard and valued without automatically shrinking to keep others comfortable.

  6. 06

    STAGE 06

    THRIVE

    Creating what comes next

    Move beyond understanding the past and begin intentionally shaping relationships, goals, choices and a future that reflects who you are now.

WAYS TO EXPERIENCE RECLAIM™

Choose the level of guidance that fits

The current site offers self-guided, group and individual RECLAIM™ pathways. Their product and suitability details remain on the existing pages.

Signature Adult Resource Adult resource£28.00

The RECLAIM™ Workbook

From surviving your past to creating your future

A self-guided workbook combining clinical insight with gentle, structured reflection. Across six chapters, it guides readers to map protective adaptations, explore internalised shame, clarify healthy boundaries and take steady steps toward a life of thriving.

Includes:

  • Identify and appreciate your protective coping mechanisms
  • Map your nervous system triggers and self-regulation anchors
  • Separate your true identity from past survival roles
  • Establish practical, non-negotiable boundaries with compassion
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Guided Cohort Guided cohort£495.00

RECLAIM™ Guided 8-Week Programme

Structured group cohort with live mentor facilitation

A structured group cohort with live mentor facilitation. Participants move through RECLAIM™ in a held group setting with weekly video teaching, workbook integration calls and a secure private reflection space.

Includes:

  • 8 weeks of paced, structured guidance through the RECLAIM™ method
  • Bi-weekly live Q&A and integration calls with Nicola
  • Private peer reflection space with compassionate group ground rules
  • Complete RECLAIM™ Workbook package and audio grounding library
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1:1 Bespoke Individual pathway£1,850.00

RECLAIM™ 1:1 Private Mentorship

High-support, bespoke personal recovery journey

A deeply personalised 1:1 pathway combining the RECLAIM™ methodology with coaching sessions directly with Nicola. Over twelve weeks, each stage is tailored to the client’s life history, relational patterns and future aspirations.

Includes:

  • Twelve 60-minute private sessions with Nicola Benyahia MBE
  • Personalised roadmap tailored to your specific life transitions
  • Direct email/messaging support between sessions
  • Customized grounding exercises and reflective assignments
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IMPORTANT CLINICAL & ETHICAL BOUNDARY

RECLAIM™ does not replace individual psychotherapy or crisis support.

Self-guided materials and group work should not encourage intensive trauma processing or detailed exposure to traumatic memories without appropriate clinical oversight. If you are experiencing acute psychological distress, individual clinical therapy may be the safer first step.

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NEXT STEP

Begin where you are.

Choose a pathway to read about, or open the existing discovery-call destination.

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