A 10-year-old girl participated in Creating a Safe/Calm Place during a therapy group. She fully immersed herself into the workshop, frequently closing her eyes while creating to re-visualize the details of her safe/calm place.
She described her safe/calm place as being somewhere imaginary that she could meditate and be surrounded by soft items like stuffed animals and blankets. She described each one of her 5 senses fully, identifying the place to smell like perfume. The sound in her safe/calm place is her mother’s voice talking in her ear. This child’s mother died when she was a toddler, and sometimes she struggles to remember the sound of her voice. In her safe/calm place, she can always hear that sound bringing her comfort and love. She blocked out all stressful thoughts that try to intrude on her peacefulness.
This child picked one word to help remind her of her safe/calm place. Each time she wants to go back to that place, she will say or think her word to help immerse herself back into the safety and comfort she felt. The word she chose: mom.
