Emotional First Aid for Crisis Moments
Learn how to calm your mind, regulate your body, and respond to emotional overwhelm with step-by-step tools. A practical guide for staying grounded when everything feels like too much.
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Introduction and Science
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Emotional First Aid Toolkit
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Grounding Techniques
When your nervous system is activated, whether you’re panicking, shutting down, or spiraling mentally, grounding creates a bridge back to safety.
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Soothing the Nervous System
Nervous system soothing is about gently calming your internal alarm by slowing your breath, settling your heart rate, and inviting your body to feel safe again.
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Regaining Emotional Control
Sometimes in a crisis, it’s not just about calming down—
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Making a Short Term Plan
This section is all about building a simple, personal plan you can turn to when things feel hard because it can be hard to think long term when you are in emotional crisis.
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When and How to Get More Support
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When & How to Get More Support
This section is about knowing when to reach beyond your own toolkit—and how to do it with confidence and care
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Reminders and Encouragement
This course wasn’t about fixing you. It was about equipping you.
Giving you tools to navigate the messy, human, overwhelming moments with more clarity and care.
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Meet your instructor
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Meet your instructor ✳
Samantha Ariza, LPC
Samantha Ariza is a licensed mental health clinician who has been practicing since 2017. She has years of teaching experience in the public schools, college, and as workshop facilitator.
This course was created in a way to bring helpful tools to the public in an accessible way. Physical first aid is widely taught and accepted but emotional first aid is very vague. Samantha uses her education knowledge to simplify and explain psychological concepts for everyone.
Course FAQ
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The total video time for this course is 39 minutes and 19 seconds.
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You will have lifetime access to the materials in this course.
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The course is designed from well known therapuetic tools that have been backed by research and evidence. HOWEVER, if you find this course to not be beneficial you can contact customer service for a refund.