Mindful Strategies for Adult Clients with Adverse Childhood Experiences: a resource for mind / body professionals

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood that can result in toxic stress. When the body's stress response stays activated over a long period of time, the result is increased inflammation and hormone disruption.Research has found that an adult who has one or more ACEs that were not mitigated by protective factors has an increased risk for many chronic diseases. Experiencing toxic stress has direct negative effects on the body and utilizing unhealthy coping behaviors to deal with the effects of trauma also has damaging effects on the body.If our clients are coming to us for help in reducing their unhealthy coping behaviors and stress levels, we need to work with them to incorporate beneficial stress reduction skills that they can turn to in times of need.Mindful Strategies for Adult Clients with Adverse Childhood Experiences is a resource for mind / body professionals. Learn trauma-informed, evidence-based methods for stress reduction that will help our clients increase their resilience and bounce forward instead of just bouncing back after adversity.