Practical strategies to manage distress and stay present at our luxury rehab in Florida
Quick Highlights
Grounding techniques are therapeutic practices designed to help individuals reconnect to the present moment when overwhelmed by distress, flashbacks, or intrusive thoughts.
At Futures Recovery Healthcare, grounding techniques are taught as part of a larger care plan for trauma, anxiety, and addiction recovery. By incorporating both mental and physical tools, clients learn how to manage symptoms in real time and prevent escalation.
Grounding skills are especially helpful for individuals coping with:
By providing clients with simple, repeatable tools, grounding techniques foster resilience and confidence in managing challenging moments.
Licensed clinicians teach grounding strategies at Futures and can be adapted to each client’s needs. Common approaches include:
Identifying five things you can see, four you can touch, three you can hear, two you can smell, and one you can taste.
Using slow, intentional breathing and body scanning to re-anchor in the present.
Holding a cold object, splashing water on your face, or engaging in other sensory input to redirect focus.
Repeating affirmations, counting backwards, or reciting safe phrases.
Stretching, walking, or light exercise to release stored stress.
These tools are practiced in therapy sessions and encouraged for use at home, empowering clients to take control when triggers arise.
At Futures, grounding skills are not taught in isolation, they are integrated into a multidisciplinary treatment model. This ensures clients can pair grounding with other evidence-based therapies such as DBT, CBT, and trauma-focused care.
Our secure, gated 9-acre campus in Tequesta, Florida, provides the ideal environment to learn and practice grounding strategies. Clients benefit from:
This supportive setting ensures that clients can learn grounding skills while immersed in an environment that promotes overall well-being.
Discover how grounding techniques therapy in Florida can help you stay present, manage triggers, and strengthen recovery.
Futures embraces the complexity of addiction, co-occurring mental health, and primary mental health conditions to empower recovery and improve outcomes through evidence-based practice, coordinated care, and mission-driven culture.
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