This group is designed for current clients of the Mental Health Clinic or Addictions Services who have experienced extreme stress, trauma, physical, sexual and/or emotional abuse

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Keep reading for session topics...

Session 1: privacy policy, introductions, group respect and rules, safety and security guidelines, mental health and addiction services information and statistics, overview, what are trauma and abuse and how illness manifests itself, Symptom ID: Post traumatic Disorder symptoms, other Anxiety and Depressive Disorders, physical awareness: fight or flight response system, planting the seed of feeling safe, grounding techniques, abdominal breathing and acupressure points. Also some stretches and self-hypnotic suggestions/relaxation.

Session 2: reminder of group respect/rules, awareness of substance misuse, recovery, harm reduction strategies, safety and coping skills. Personnel from Addiction Services will present this session.

Session 3: mental awareness and recovery, cognitive therapy and self talk, distortions regarding trauma, observing and recording thoughts.

Session 4: Symptom ID; Emotional awareness and Emotional Freedom Technique; understanding emotions and learning a way to reduce the “emotional intensity” of memories and open the way for self acceptance. Donna Murphy will present this presentation.

Session 5: Symptom ID; Emotions revisited; continuing to look at emotions, including triggers and avoiding the emotional hooks.

Session 6: Symptom ID; social awareness and recovery, boundaries, assertiveness, healthy relations and intimacy, expression, self disclosure.

Session 7: community, cultural awareness and recovery, alternative therapies, social and recreational interests, outer sense of home (mapping), the social vs. medical ethos, nature, ecology and healing, hope, bibliography.