By Holly Madden

Grounding is the practice of regulation that can help calm the nervous system during panic/anxiety attacks, overstimulation, or high stress. These videos provide step-by-step guides for different practices to help support you in grounding, or to offer tools to use with children, teenagers, or adults in your world.

Trauma Training Takeaways: Grounding techniques are most often used when someone is experiencing dysregulation, whether it’s from overstimulation, feeling overwhelmed or frustrated by an environment/task, or being triggered. Be sensitive and assume that there is more going on than you can see or are aware of. Relationships and nurturing a calm, supportive environment following regulation should be a high priority.