The following is the second half of the coping techniques that have also been extremely helpful to survivors through out their trauma work. Once more, with trial and error, and by practicing those that meet your individual needs, adapting these techniques into your daily life can make a huge difference.

Fighting Critical Voices
Its hard to fight off the old tapes that keep playing in you head of, "I'm an idiot," or "I'm worthless," ect. But its important to keep fighting it, and to soothe yourself, instead of automatically criticizing yourself. This page can offer you some help in this area.

Confronting Mistaken Beliefs
This shows how affirmations can be used to remove false belief systems that foreshadow our critical self talk.

Developing Assertiveness
Assertiveness is key to getting your needs met, but there are many of us who have never learned how to be assertive. Hopefully this will help. Take it as sort of an "Assertiveness 101".

Self Nurturing
This page offers further ways to take care of you the very best that you can.

Supporting Yourself
Simularly, this page offers basic guidelines in supporting yourself through out the process of your healing.