Lorraine Smith

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Lorraine Smith

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Ashburton District

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Lorraine Smith is a specialist in nutrition and lifestyle factors for stress management and emotion regulation. She draws on extensive research demonstrating how nutrition and lifestyle adjustments can improve wellbeing, reduce symptoms of PTSD, and enhance quality of life.

Lorraine works with clients, particularly those experiencing trauma, to help them develop somatic awareness and emotional regulation skills using evidence-based approaches such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and psychoeducation on polyvagal theory. She supports clients in connecting with healthier self-narratives, managing stress through nutrition and lifestyle changes, and achieving SMART goals related to improved emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and overall wellbeing. Her work focuses on empowering individuals to gain control over anxiety, stress, and sleep difficulties, facilitating recovery by integrating mind-body awareness with practical self-care strategies

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