70% of adults in the U.S. have experienced some type of traumatic event at least once in their lives. That's 223.4 million people. 

More than 33% of youths exposed to community violence will experience Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a very severe reaction to traumatic events.   PTSD is an individual experience, with ramifications for the family as well as the community, and is an injury of the soul and the spirit of the person.  

• Survivors of trauma
  
• First responders
• Veterans
• Refugees
• Parents and schools
• Survivors of human trafficking
• Humanitarian aid-workers
• Teens, children, and at-Promise Youth
• Anyone feeling overwhelmed, helpless, shocked, or have difficulty processing their experiences. 

Science has shown that positive emotions can help shift and replace out stress-producing feelings and perceptions. This services to counter balance the depleting effects from our stressful reactions and also positively affects our psychological and physiological levels.

HeartMath techniques and technology help individuals move from an incoherent state to a coherent state of well-being.

During the fight or flight response, emotions are often buried in an attempt to assist the person through the traumatic experience. Emotions can get trapped and stored in the body as cellular memory. Through deep relaxation and calming of the spirit, those trapped or buried emotions and trauma can be gently released.

Energy Healing, like Reiki techniques and Bioenergy Therapy, are forms of alternative medicine. Simply stated, energy healing calms and stills the spirit of the person, bringing healing to old, buried wounds.

• It can promote relaxation to remind the body how it feels to be calm again.
• It can remind the body that physical touch can be nurturing and therapeutic.
• It can promote inner peace and calm.
• It can balance the bodies energy.

As we slow down our minds and attune to our deeper heart feelings, our natural intuitive connection begins to flow.

When the spirit self has been calmed and quieted, the physical healings of the body can begin.

LEARN

simple methods of integrating HeartMath techniques & Energy Therapy into trauma-focused therapies, and incorporate skills set in a supportive learning environment.

APPLY

HeartMath techniques, Energy Therapy, and tools to self-regulate emotions, control of flashbacks and panic attacks to build personal resilience.

RECONNECT

with the healing properties of the heart, restore hope through heart-coherence transformation, and reconnect with a sense of self-security and well-being.

Trauma Survivors:

For many, the invisible nature of trauma makes people feel hopeless and alone. The Resilient Heart Program provides evidence-based treatment to improve common symptoms following trauma, including problems with attention, emotion regulation, learning, sleep, anxiety and depression.  Integrate practical tools to use “in the moment” that build resilience and improve the capacity for emotional regulation for yourself and your family. Learn to use HeartMath techniques and skills set in a trauma-sensitive manner.

First Responders:

The Resilient Heart Program also helps teach self-regulation techniques for first responders to build resilience, protect against burnout, secondary traumatization, and help themselves and others after critical incidents or natural disasters. Responding to each crisis or disaster, are people on the front lines: 9-11 dispatchers, firefighters, police and paramedics, along with hundreds of average people who find themselves helping without any training at all. While this work can be incredibly gratifying, it also carries the risk of burnout and secondary traumatization.

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Dr. Cathy Chargualaf partners with non-profit organizations, including schools, communities, social-service agencies, government institutions, hospitals, and military personnel and families to provide a broad range of evidence-based programs to build personal capacities for resilience, emotional regulation, and reconnection with their sense of self-security and well-being for adults, teens, youth, and children.

• The Resilient Heart Workbook
• Specific techniques for your particular situation

RESOURCES:

How STRESS AFFECTS the BODY?

• Purpose: To increase awareness and understanding of how stress affects the body.
• When to Use: Before you begin to practice any of the HeartMath techniques, review the facts of stress and the impact.

DOWNLOAD: HeartMath How STRESS AFFECTS the BODY?

A Moment to Reflect Handout

• Purpose: To document your thoughts
• When to Use: First thing in the morning, or in the evening to reflect on what you know now that you did not know before.

DOWNLOAD: A Moment to Reflect Handout

HeartMath Depletion to Renewal Grid Worksheet

• Purpose: To identify depleting and renewing emotions
• When to Use: Increase awareness of emotions

DOWNLOAD: HeartMath Depletion to Renewal Grid Worksheet

HeartMath Quick Coherence Technique

• Purpose: To regulate emotions, build coherence, increase energy, increase resilience
• When to Use: Use in the moment to shift depleting emotions, for conflicts, or to prepare for difficult conversations.

DOWNLOAD: HeartMath Quick Coherence Technique

HeartMath Heart Lock-In Technique

• Purpose: To build coherent baseline, improves and radiates a coherent field for others
• When to Use: Use for personal practice 10-15 minutes per day. Use in the moment to assist someone with co-regulation.

DOWNLOAD: HeartMath Heart Lock-In Technique

HeartMath Freeze Frame Technique

• Purpose: To increase access to intuitive guidance for decision making, problem solving, or creative thinking, and mental clarity
• Use for situations that feel stuck and would benefit from a new perspective, attitude or solution. 

DOWNLOAD: HeartMath Freeze Frame Technique

HeartMath Shift and Lift Technique

• Purpose: To lift the vibrational environment surrounding you and the family
• Use in family discussions and meetings. Teach family members to help lift the vibration level.

DOWNLOAD: HeartMath Shift and Lift Technique

HeartMath HeartSoak Technique

• Purpose: Facilitates the "letting go" of worries, painful emotions or distressing events
• Use for situations or feelings that appear stuck or hopeless and would benefit from time soaking in the compassion of the heart.

DOWNLOAD: HeartMath HeartSoak Technique

“What you taught me so far... Is working miracles! I am so grateful for you!”

"Tuning into your heart’s wisdom creates a profound shift within that helps you approach situations with more emotional balance, compassion, clarity and personal confidence."

"I was not even aware of the stress I was holding on to, until I learned the HeartMath techniques. Now I notice immediately when something is stressful and have the techniques and mind set to change my perception and deal with the situation in a positive way. Wow!! this really work."

"I learned how to identify stress that drains me, and techniques that helped me return back to who I am."

"I have learned so much working with Cathy. I am more aware of my sources of stress, and how to use techniques to improve my well-being and resilience to prepare for anything that comes my way. I the tools and I will use them daily."

"Thank you for your time today. Every time we chat, I realize again how very fortunate I am to have met you. I feel strongly that people do come into your life for a particular reason, whether for a short time frame or longer term, and you are one of those people for me. I really appreciate the fact that your own life experiences enhance your ability to help me in identifying a better way of thinking and approaching matters. You exude such positivity and compassion I feel like I've known you forever. You are truly a wonderful coach, colleague and friend."

"It validated for me what is important and not important to my well-being. I am better off and more grounded than I thought I was. It also confirmed to me, my support structure and the loving support I have around me.”

"I learned as you bring your physical, mental and emotional systems into coherent alignment, you begin to experience increased access to your heart’s intuitive guidance."

"Great program! It was informative. You explained things with real life examples which made it easy to understand, and you made it fun."

"This program is great for the family. I have tools to help me and my family handle things better. Thank you."

"After the 2nd session, I feel calmer and things that bothered me, I now see things in a different way. "

"These techniques have helped me see reality, to see thing for what they are and not take things so personal."

"I am less concerned about what others think of me. I have learned I am important, and these techniques have taught me to see things from a larger view point."

"I am less worried about things, and I do not play negative situations over and over in my head. I am able to let go things I do not have control over. I learned I have control over my emotions."

"I learned more options to dealing with problem situations, which will help me make healthier choices and bounce back easily during challenging situations."

"I learned what makes me happy and I have a positive attitude now. These techniques really work!!"

"I know now how to reduce stressful thinking, be happier, and improve my attitude by using the techniques I learned. Thank you!"

"When challenging situation happen, I am able to bounce back faster. I also have new ways to communicate, which will improve my relationships with my family and others."