Reem is in her 20’s and she questioning the central role that her mother plays in her life. Reem is a gifted linguist. She shares many analogies that get at the psychic pain she is feeling and carrying physically. She’s both full and empty; has too much and too little.

Reem talks a lot about splitting. In Emotion Focused Therapy we recognize that we each have parts of us. Parts that hold our sadness, our fears, our shame. But what if those parts are never in conversation? What if they never reach our consciousness? These are the big questions that our linguist Reem raises.

*content warning: disordered eating, emotional abuse