Resources
There are brilliant resources out there to support you in therapy, and it is really worth finding ones that work for you. The basic intention is to regulate your nervous system so you can prevent feelings becoming overwhelming, allowing you to work on your difficulties.
This page covers a few of my favourites.
If you find a resource triggering in any way, please immediately stop using it.
There WILL be a resource which works for you, and discussing your experiences with resources will be part of our collaboration.
Vision
Grounding Techniques
When we talk about difficult things in therapy it can bring up painful feelings. It is very normal to cut off from these feelings by drifting off, or becoming foggy, detached or confused. It can be helpful to know how to reconnect when this happens.
Grounding techniques use the senses to bring us back into the here and now to remind us we are safe are secure.
'5,4,3,2,1 Technique'
'Square breathing'
'Butterfly Hug'
Internal Family Systems
IFS is a therapeutic approach which believes we are made up of parts. It is helpful for us to get to know these parts, and to work with them without judgement, in order to live a more energetic and fulfilling life.
The book 'No bad parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model' by Richard Schwarz is a recent book building on his previous work. It contains exercises at the end of each chapter, to try to get to know, and ultimately unburden, our parts.
