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…
What are Grounding Techniques?
Grounding Techniques are strategies that can calm an overactive nervous system. There are different ways of calming the nervous system. There are different types of grounding techniques. Not all of these work for everyone. You…
Grounding Techniques that Use Your Senses
Grounding Techniques that use your senses are about using your senses to regain control of your body and can help you when you are dysregulated. They can be good to help to ground you in…
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…
Breathing Grounding Techniques
Breathing grounding techniques are beneficial to help yourself feel more regulated. Furthermore, deep breathing quiets the sympathetic (fight or slight; stress response) part of the autonomic nervous system, which triggers the relaxation response of the…
Self-Soothe Grounding Techniques
Self-soothe grounding techniques are about taking care of yourself. With self-soothe grounding techniques, you are grounding yourself in things that are comforting to you. One important thing with self-soothe techniques is to listen to your…
Present Moment Grounding Techniques
Present-moment grounding techniques can help to anchor you to the present and help you find solid ground. They can help you when you’re experiencing trauma triggers, especially ones in which the past feels like the…
Distraction Techniques
Distraction grounding techniques are best used for tolerating and surviving a crisis situation that you cannot deal with at the moment. It is about moving you away from the extreme feelings, body sensations, and thoughts…
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…