Category: Trauma
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A guide to dissociation (depersonalisation-derealisation)
What is dissociation? This is a term that may have been used by your therapist, particularly if you are in trauma focused therapy. However, googling this term can bring up some intimidating results about what dissociation is. This article aims to look at the form of dissociation that most commonly comes up in therapy sessions-… Read more
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What is a trauma trigger?
This article will explore what is happening when we experience a trigger and how we can potentially work with triggers therapeutically. A trauma trigger is something that takes us back into a moment of trauma. Trauma can be understood as a time we were in danger or thought we were going to die. Bring triggered… Read more
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Trauma and anxiety in relation to the Window of Tolerance
Whilst entering hyper- or hypo- arousal is a standard reaction to danger, the difficulty arises when we are struggling to identify what is real danger and what is perceived danger. This is particularly difficult for people who have experienced something traumatic and for people who experience anxiety. Un-processed trauma can lead to difficulties understanding what… Read more
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An introduction to the Window of Tolerance
The window of tolerance is something that I talk about often in a first session, especially when clients come into sessions asking if ‘they’re crazy’. Not only are they not ‘crazy’, but what they’re experiencing is so common that there is a name for it. The window of tolerance explains how our bodies sometimes react… Read more