Phase 1 — Safety, stabilization, resourcing+
Building enough internal and external steadiness to do the work. This includes rapport with a therapist, grounding skills, lifestyle scaffolding, and time.
Phase 2 — Reprocessing+
Working with the trauma material itself, in ways and at a pace that the nervous system can metabolize. Many modalities can support this phase.
Phase 3 — Integration+
Maintenance, meaning-making, relational repair, and the slow work of building a life that is no longer organized around survival.
Phase 1 — Safety, stabilization, resourcing
Building enough internal and external steadiness to do the work. This includes rapport with a therapist, grounding skills, lifestyle scaffolding, and time.
Phase 2 — Reprocessing
Working with the trauma material itself, in ways and at a pace that the nervous system can metabolize. Many modalities can support this phase.
Phase 3 — Integration
Maintenance, meaning-making, relational repair, and the slow work of building a life that is no longer organized around survival.
These phases are educational descriptions and not a personalized treatment plan. The right pace, modality, and order are best discerned with a clinician who knows you.