The Benefits of Trauma Counselling
There are a number of benefits that trauma counselling, also known as trauma therapy, can bring to your life. It can help you understand why you are reacting in the way you are. Additionally, it…
Trauma Therapy
How Much Trust Do I Need to Find Success in Therapy?
Please realize you do not need to completely trust your therapist to find healing.Often, people have had a lot of damage in the past due to trauma or past betrayal, and you have learned that…
Window of Tolerance
The Window of Tolerance was conceptualized by Dan Siegel to describe how people operate when they are in the optimal state of arousal versus when they are hyperaroused or hypoaroused. You can also use it…
Observation Grounding Techniques
Observation grounding techniques use what is in your environment to help ground you. They are beneficial grounding techniques because you can use them pretty much anywhere, and there is nothing that you need to have…
Somatic Grounding Techniques
Somatic Grounding Techniques use your body to help ground you in the present moment. They can be useful for both hyperarousal and hypoarousal. They involve using your body and touch to ground you and bring…
What is Sensorimotor Psychotherapy?
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy was developed by Pat Odgen and is a body-centred approach that focuses on the somatic symptoms of trauma. It holds that unresolved traumatic experiences end up trapped within the body. It combines somatic…
What is Somatic Experiencing (SE)?
Somatic Experiencing (SE) was developed by Peter Levine and focuses on addressing the effects of trauma. It focuses on releasing people from where they may have been stuck in a traumatic event. For example, someone…
What is Internal Family Systems (IFS)?
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy was developed by Richard Schwartz in the 1990s after he began hearing clients speak about inner parts within themselves. These parts form an internal family, where some have certain goals…
What is Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT)?
Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is a short-term type of behavioural therapy. It focuses on the relationship between beliefs, thoughts, feelings and behaviours. The assumption behind CBT is that by changing one corner of the triangle, you…
What is Emotional Neglect?
Emotional neglect is often an inner torment of not being noticed. It’s about what didn’t happen to you. It can go unnoticed. Information about emotional neglect can be very validating later in life. There are…