Time orientation skills involve reminding yourself that you are in the here-and-now, rather than in the there-and-then. There are several categories of time orientation skills: time, distance, power, choice, & comfort. Focusing on the categories of power & choice is about reminding yourself of all…

Healing is not about never being triggered again. This is because bad things, scary things, and worrisome things continue to occur in our lives. If we are healing, we acknowledge this fact of life. Otherwise we are practicing toxic positivity. Healing is being able to…

I’ve spent a lot of time recently talking about grounding as a coping strategy for trauma and dissociation. Now I want to focus on the strategy of time orientation. Trauma time refers to the experience of feeling like you are still in the trauma (there-and-then),…

A message during for those feeling overwhelmed, sad, angry, grieving and/or hopeless right now: Allow yourself space to feel your feelings and honor them as they are valid and need to be felt. AND….then we can look at how to cope and feel better, after…

     There are many answers to the question of ‘what is trauma?’ Trauma is not the thing that happened (or didn’t happen). Trauma refers to the emotional, psychological, or physical response to an event or series of events that are overwhelmingly distressing or harmful. It…

As discussed previously, grounding is an important coping strategy for when you are feeling disconnected from yourself, your body, your thoughts, etc. It can be a useful skill for when triggers bring you into the past, a feeling of being there-and-then in the traumatic moment.…