As a trauma-informed therapist, I often incorporate relaxation and grounding practices into my counselling sessions, because lasting change often happens not only through insight, but through helping your nervous system feel safe enough to rest, process, and respond differently.

These brief guided relaxations are offered as supportive resources to help regulate your autonomic nervous system, an essential foundation for trauma-informed care and stress recovery. When the nervous system is overwhelmed, even the most thoughtful coping strategies can feel out of reach. Regulation creates the conditions where healing becomes possible.

By consistently creating small, intentional moments of regulation, we strengthen neural pathways associated with safety, ease, and possibility. Over time, repetition helps your system recognise safety more quickly, allowing it to become more accessible in everyday life.

You’re invited to use these practices in whatever way feels most supportive; whether as a pause in your day, a preparation for therapy, or a gentle reset when things feel heavy.