Ask a Therapist: How to Handle Trauma and What is a Trauma Trigger
Kelsey Harper Kelsey Harper

Ask a Therapist: How to Handle Trauma and What is a Trauma Trigger

This "Ask a Therapist" installment, I address the questions you've submitted on a wide range of mental health topics focusing on understanding how to handle trauma and knowing what are trauma triggers. I also include helpful skills for what to do when you are triggered.

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3 Stages of Trauma Recovery (part two)
Kelsey Harper Kelsey Harper

3 Stages of Trauma Recovery (part two)

Three stages of trauma recovery are what we generally see in any recovery process from an observational standpoint. Whether intentional or unintentional, we find that these stages are consistent and best facilitate a process of moving from victim to survivor or from surviving to THRIVING!

The three stages of trauma recovery include: 

  1. Establishing safety

  2. Remembrance and mourning

  3. Integration and reconnection

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3 Stages of Trauma Recovery
Kelsey Harper Kelsey Harper

3 Stages of Trauma Recovery

3 Stages of Trauma Recovery. Let’s dissect the 3 stages of trauma recovery, what trauma recovery may look like, and specific theories around these stages. Ultimately, when talking about recovery stages or theories, we have this idea of moving from one stage to another consecutively. These 3 stages of trauma recovery don’t operate entirely linearly.

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