Dr Dan Siegel devised the popular "window of tolerance" to help people understand whether their level of arousal was appropriate to the environment or task at hand. The Window of Tolerance is a fantastic tool when working with individual's who may have faced trauma and as a result find themselves dysregulating on a frequent basis. This diagram helps guide clients when learning about the concept of physiological arousal in response to potential trauma triggers within our environment (such as, limiting beliefs, physiological sensations, sounds, smells or situations). Trauma triggers and their hyper or hypo arousal response may lead to an array of harmful behaviors (e.g., addiction, isolation, self-harm, poor decisions etc.)
Giving your client a colorful, visual reminder helps to consolidate important therapy teachings and fosters thought about behavioral responses between therapy sessions. Remind your client to consider how they feel throughout the day. Are they dysregulated? Are they over-aroused? If so why? What happened? What helped them to soothe?
This Notepad comes with 25 A4 full color 150gsm sheets. Pairs beautifully with the Window of Tolerance Worksheet Notepad.