Safe Place vs Trauma Brace

Safe Place is an app for children and young people with a focus on strengthening mental health. Safe Place offers both concrete exercises that can help the body, emotions and thoughts to calm down in the moment and that can also be helpful in the longer run. In Safe Place you will find knowledge and information about how you can feel and react when you are experiencing stressful situations or if you have had such experiences before. It is important to know that Safe Place is not a form of treatment and can not replace a psychological treatment. Safe Place is a safe space for you who experience or have previously experienced frightening events or strong stress. It is common to feel bad when one is involved in such experiences, also much later. Here you will find exercises that can help you deal with emotions and thoughts in the moment. They can also help in the long run if used regularly. Sometimes more help and support is needed to be able to feel better again and then it is important that you talk to an adult. In the app you will get: • Exercises that can calm and help in the moment • A personal feel good list that can support you in doing things you enjoy • Feedback on how long you have been using the exercises • Knowledge and information about how strong experiences and stress can affect the body and mind. • Support and fellowship with others who use Safe Place

** What is it? ** Brace is a full, end-to-end program for people who are struggling after a trauma. You do not need to have a therapist to use Brace, and you do not need to have an official PTSD diagnosis. Regardless of your trauma type, or whether you are a soldier or civilian, Brace was designed with you in mind. It is based on techniques that have been studied for decades and are proven to help reduce symptoms after a trauma. Brace makes these techniques available in a self-help format by providing instructions, help and tracking as you progress through the exercises and make your way to graduation, which typically takes about 5 sessions per week for 9-12 weeks. In a clinical setting, the majority of PTSD patients who follow these same steps see a significant reduction in symptoms. Brace was developed by a PTSD survivor who wanted to make this knowledge more accessible and affordable for other sufferers. This type of therapy typically costs $7,000+ but full access to Brace is less than 1% of that. Brace will start with an assessment that can help you understand how severe your symptoms are and whether or not the full program might be a good fit. Only once you see your score and complete the free introduction will you be asked to decide if you’d like to pay to continue with the full program. ** Who is it for? ** Brace is for anyone struggling after experiencing something traumatic. Some examples are: - Combat - Assault - Terrorism - Severe accident - Loss of loved one - Abuse - Life-threatening illness - Healthcare maltreatment - Natural disasters …and more If after the trauma you’ve been experiencing some of the following symptoms, you might need help processing what happened: - Nightmares - Insomnia - Flashbacks - Panic attacks - Physiological response (high heart rate, heavy breathing) - Hyper-vigilance, or feeling super alert - Irritability or outbursts - Feeling cut off from people or activities you used to love - Difficulty concentrating - Lack of intimacy - Feeling detached or unable to experience positive emotion - Overwhelming guilt or shame - Self-destructive behaviors …and more Just remember that trauma processing is really hard, and even though it may feel like your life has been upended, your symptoms are inherently temporary. With the right strategies and techniques, PTSD can be beaten, which has been proven by decades of research and the founder’s personal experience overcoming trauma. Hopefully, Brace can teach you how to heal. Just like with traditional therapy, the exercises can be tough, but the more you put in, the more you can get out! --- This is not a healthcare app and it does not provide medical advice. This is a self-help system that can be used to improve wellbeing. Any advice received by a medical professional supersedes anything seen in this app. The app can not provide any official diagnoses as that can only be done by healthcare professionals at this time. ---