Radical Genuineness: Healing the Loss of Identity After Trauma
Radical genuineness is the value of being real or true to oneself through and through. You’re true to yourself to the core: how you think about yourself, how you consider yourself, and how you act, speak, and express yourself. Trauma makes this skill challenging for people. When survivors of trauma are stuck in survival mode, whether that’s fight, flight, freeze, or fawn, our brains are constantly thinking of strategies to stay alive and reduce harm, not necessarily on how to relate or express ourselves. Radical genuineness can be a powerful, healing skill that facilitates encountering and expressing ourselves.
Coping with the Holidays: Skills and Self Care for Trauma Survivors
Togetherness can be fun, joyful, and fulfilling for many people. Yet, for many others, the idea of coming together with certain friends and family can be triggering, isolating, distressing, and anxiety-provoking.
Below, I have outlined core skills to use whenever we think our sensitivity is high.
Radical Acceptance
Mindfulness
Self and Sensory Soothing
Boundaries with people, time, and content.
Trauma Informed Community: Group Therapy for Trauma Survivors
Trauma Informed Community: Group Therapy for Trauma Survivors. Trauma informed community is vital for supporting survivors in trauma healing. Group therapy for trauma survivors can be a safe and helpful way to connect to community and continue to work toward trauma healing.
Skills for Trauma Survivors: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Today we are diving into Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT! Skills for trauma survivors can help calm distress right now. DBT is a very helpful therapy for trauma survivors. Read more to learn about the history of DBT, how DBT works for trauma survivors, and how to find a DBT therapist.
