Trauma Treatment at Home: Tools and Tips for Recovery Using Telehealth – Jennifer Sweeton

Salepage link: At HERE. Archive:

Knowing how to help your traumatized clients when suddenly being forced to use telehealth may have you feeling lost as to how you can best help these clients. It may feel difficult to connect as deeply as in-person sessions. However, social distancing can also be beneficial to these clients, as it provides unique opportunities to move toward healing in a new way.

Watch this recording to learn:

• Strategies to help clients continue trauma recovery as they stay home
• Tips to keep the therapeutic alliance strong via video teleconferencing
• Techniques for clients to use outside of sessions in their new schedules

The need to “stay home” doesn’t have to stop the amazing work you’re doing for your clients…purchase today!

1. Practice bottom-up and top-down techniques clients can begin using immediately at home.
2. Utilize at least two behavioral activation techniques clients can utilize while at home.
3. Theorize how the therapeutic alliance may be enhanced when working with clients remotely.

Telehealth and the Therapeutic Alliance: What to watch out for and how to enhance the alliance with traumatized clients

• Eye contact issues
• Body language less visible
• “Mirroring” may be limited
• Tips for enhancing the connection
• Strategies to keep clients engaged

Help Clients Stay Connected and Active: Social and behavioral activation when you can’t be together

• Social distancing vs physical distancing
• Creating pattern disruptions with new schedules
• Movement and exercise
• Creating structure

Bottom-Up Trauma Treatment Techniques: At Home Strategies for Clients to Use Immediately

• Ground and stabilization techniques
• Somatic and sensorimotor techniques
• Breathing techniques

Top-Down Trauma Treatment Techniques: At Home Strategies for Clients to Use Immediately

• Meditations
• Cognitive skills
• Resource tapping and other EMDR skills