What is Trauma?
This state is characterized by heightened arousal, emotional dysregulation, and an altered perception of threat, often in response to an overwhelming event.
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What is a trauma response?
A common psychological defense mechanism where a client avoids discussing the traumatic event directly and instead focuses on their environment or other topics.
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What is avoidance?
This type of trauma, occurs when individuals are harmed by the very systems or institutions meant to protect them.
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What is Institutional or Systemic Trauma?
The ACE that a client is experiencing when family members are in conflict with the law
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What is an Incarcerated Household Member?
A strategy that involves connecting your body to the surface you're on, like feeling your feet on the floor.
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What is Grounding?
This refers to the concept that a client's sense of physical and psychological security is paramount and must be actively built and maintained within the therapeutic relationship.
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What is psychological safety?
This psychological state, manifests as an inability to relax and a constant need for reassurance, often reflecting a history of instability.
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What is hypervigilance?
his type of trauma is caused by a single, distinct event, such as a violent robbery.
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What is Acute Trauma?
This type of ACE is characterized by a child's exposure to family instability and moving between multiple homes, which can profoundly impact their sense of safety and belonging.
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What is Household Dysfunction?
This strategy helps you get back to your "Resilient Zone" by having you think about things that bring you peace, joy, or comfort.
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What is Resourcing?
This is not just the event, but how a person's body and mind respond to it, which can have long-lasting effects on well-being.
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What is the psychological impact of trauma?
This term describes a trauma response where an individual's thoughts and emotions become dysregulated, leading to difficulty concentrating, emotional withdrawal, or a quick-to-anger response.
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What is emotional dysregulation?
This complex trauma can arise from living in a constant state of fear due to an environment where gun violence is common.
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What is Community Trauma?
This ACE occurs when a child is left at home to fend for themselves with no adults.
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What is neglect?
A strategy that involves paying attention to what's happening in your body to notice the difference between stress and calm.
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What is Tracking?