Grounding Yourself: Mindfulness & Meditation for Treatment of Victims of Trauma and Stress
Grounding Yourself: Mindfulness & Meditation for Treatment of Victims of Trauma and Stress By Anthony Botrus, LMFT, Evaluator for Dr. Alex Avila’s Premiere Forensic Dream Team Originally published in OFFICES OF DR. AVILA: PREMIER FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY EZINE, # 102 on 2/28/17 As things heat up in the legal world due to recent (proposed) changes, both attorneys and clients are under increased stress and pressure. In our therapy with clients (and attorneys), we use a very valuable technique known as Mindfulness Meditation that can be beneficial in decreasing anxiety and sadness and increasing self-esteem and relaxation. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, instead of being overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. Mindfulness training has been shown to promote cognitive resilience in high-stress patients by curbing attentional lapses over high-dem...