How Grounding Root Therapy

Applies Trauma Focused Therapy

  1. Psychoeducation
    Learning about what trauma does to the brain/body, learning about symptoms, how to notice when you're triggered, learning what supports regulation. This tends to be an early phase: helps build safety and understanding. 

  2. Talk therapy /narrative/processing
    After some stabilization, working through traumatic memories, exploring how past experiences affect present thoughts, emotions, behavior. We integrate mindfulness in the process. This process is individualized and usually is done at a slow pace to prevent relapse of symptoms. Homework assignments might include journaling, reflection, etc.

  3. Holistic & body‑centered work
    Because of our holistic philosophy, there may be attention to how body and spirit are involved. For instance, noticing bodily sensations related to the trauma, using somatic awareness, breathing, mindfulness of posture/breath, etc. We may use complementary practices to support grounding and regulation, such as Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT).

  4. Individualized plan & pacing
    Because they emphasize integrative/hands‑on and tailoring to the person, one can expect that the pace, modalities, and depth will be adjusted to what you’re ready for. If certain techniques feel overwhelming (e.g., being asked to revisit a memory too quickly), ideally they’d slow down or use stabilizing work first.