VIDEO LIBRARY: HELPFUL TOOLS FROM THERAPY FOR COMPLEX PTSD
At Emotion Wise Counselling we are committed to sharing accessible resources for mental well-being and healing.
We've created this library so you can come back and practice your favourite tools and exercises at any time and share them with your friends and family to try.
These videos guide you to practice mindfulness, visualization and coping skills any time, from anywhere .
These videos can help you find stability, calm, and emotional well-being.
Many of these tools are favourites of our Emotion Wise Counselling team and are used in evidenced-based treatment such as EMDR, DBT, MBCT and more.
We have intentionally filmed them in nature in order to lean on the healing power of the land that holds and supports our lives, the generations that came before us and those that will come after us.
We are grateful to the Indigneous and First Nations peoples whose ancestral and unceded territories where these videos were filmed.
We have filmed the majority of these videos on traditional territories of the Straits Salish peoples on the Island called SḴŦAḴ in SENĆOŦEN, the language of the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples.
Disclaimer: This practice and exercises provided are not intended to be used as a substitute for counselling or therapy. If you are experiencing ongoing or distressing anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation or are in any other form of distress, please seek the support of a mental health professional or physician.
Breathing Exercise
This is a brief exercise to breathe along with to create a pause in your activities, to slow down, and be mindful of your breath. This can help regulate your nervous system and become aware of your body, emotions and needs.
Calm Place Exercise
This exercise is the calm place exercise, often used in EMDR therapy in the preparation phase. It can help regulate your nervous system and find a sense of calm.
Deep Breathing Exercise
This deep breathing exercise slows down your outbreath by breathing into your belly. This can create more calm when feeling anxious or frustrated.
Container Exercise
The container exercise is helpful when you are ruminating or you are needing to sleep, it is often used after processing trauma to help with finding a sense of closure.
Spiral Exercise
The spiral exercise allows you to visualize receiving calm and soothing energy from an abundant source and releasing distress to be received into the earth. This can be used anytime including when you are stressed or needing to sleep.
DBT Stop Skill
This DBT skill is helpful when you are feeling stressed or overwhelmed. You can also use anytime you need to pause and reflect.
