Cathy Hanville, LCSW Albany, CA-Counseling and EMDR

The freeze and shutdown responses to trauma can resemble each other . . . . . . but they are very different in terms of what’s happening in your client’s brain,... body, and nervous system. And that means they require different grounding strategies as well. In this infographic, we lay out some key cues to help you distinguish between these two defensive responses. https://www.nicabm.com/the-difference-between-freeze-and-s/

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