Trauma survivors often experience chronic levels of anxiety, dysphoria and posttraumatic arousal. Many also experience extremely negative emotional responses to trauma-related stimuli and memories; these feeling states are both easily triggered and hard for the client to accommodate internally. When clients are faced with overwhelming arousal or distress they often rely on emotional avoidance strategies (i.e., dissociation, substance abuse and tensions reduction activities), however, excessive avoidance often prevents recovery from traumatic events (Brier & Scott, 2015).
One strategy that Brier and Scott (2015) explain, that I like, is grounding. During therapy a client may experience sudden panic, flashbacks or intrusive negative thoughts
One strategy that Brier and Scott (2015) explain, that I like, is grounding. During therapy a client may experience sudden panic, flashbacks or intrusive negative thoughts