This chapter offers guidance on how to use the
Finding Solid Ground Program Workbook
’s information sheets and exercises in individual and group contexts. The Finding Solid Ground program provides complex trauma patients with a coherent, comprehensive approach to trauma treatment rooted in an understanding of the neurobiological impacts of trauma. The program’s structure and materials provide information in a sequence that introduces the most important foundational information and skills first and builds on these, session by session, in a manner (and at a pace) designed to be manageable. This approach reduces the likelihood of unintentionally overwhelming and dysregulating patients while trying to help them learn how to reduce dysregulation and increase adaptive strengths. This kind of approach is crucial in treating individuals with trauma-related disorders, addresses issues that are often misunderstood by clinicians, and can make a meaningful difference in patients’ initial and continued engagement in treatment.