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Posts Tagged ‘grounding techniques’

Grounding Techniques: Individualized Coping Skills That Really Work

By Jocelyn St.Cyr, LICSW | September 30, 2017
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As discussed in the article “Trauma Survivors: Why Relaxation Skills Don’t Work and What to Do Instead”, grounding techniques* are different from relaxation techniques because they have a different aim. The goal of relaxation is to calm us, while the goal of grounding is to engage our senses to direct us back to the present.…

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Why Relaxation Techniques Don’t Work for Trauma & What to Do Instead

By Jocelyn St.Cyr, LICSW | September 15, 2017
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There it is again. That familiar feeling. Maybe it was triggered by a smell, a look, a sound, a certain phrase, a tone of voice, or the way someone treated you. It rushes through your body. Catching you off gaurd. Immediately putting you on high alert. The words you’ve been told so many times by well-meaning…

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