My clients’ home was broken into while the family was asleep and laptops, schoolbags and phones were taken.

But that wasn’t the worst part of this incident: their teenage daughter, Chloe, was woken by the sounds of someone outside her window whispering to their cat. When she got up to check and opened her bedroom door, she surprised the intruder’s partner (who had broken in through the back door) and he shoved her violently against the wall in his dash for the door. She screamed for her parents and both intruders ran, leaving some of their spoils along their escape route. The police were called and a forensic team came out to look for prints. Chloe was in shock and felt traumatised by this invasion into her privacy; she was even more upset when she had to turn over her clothes for analysis.

This home invasion left the whole family — and Chloe, in particular — feeling insecure, unsafe, vulnerable and exposed. Both parents had problems sleeping. The children reacted in different ways: the two little ones stayed close to their parents or older siblings at home. The older children did not want to be left alone at home and the youngest daughter, Sophie, became afraid of the dark. One of the boys, Andrew, started to check all the doors when leaving the house and before going to bed. Home did not feel like home but like an insecure place for weeks afterward and the memory of the
incident will never be forgotten.

Soon after this incident the family came for homeopathic treatment to help them cope with the effects of shock and trauma.

Each family member felt calmer and better able to deal with the situation within hours of taking their homeopathic medicines.

Treatment continued for a few weeks and the clients were happy to report that everybody had been able to find their balance again.

Leah Zinn, professional homeopath, NSW