Multigenerational trauma is trauma that gets passed down from those who directly experience an incident to subsequent generations. This type of trauma can impact an individual by encouraging suppressing emotions, normalizing toxic behavior, and other negative coping skills such as substance abuse. Known family involvement in traumatic events i.e. Holocaust, long term family violence, and racial and cultural discrimination are all signs of potential multigenerational trauma being present. This trauma can lead to anxiety, depression, substance abuse, suicide ideation, and more if proper mental health care is not seeked. Trauma-informed care is a key component when treating an individual suffering from multigenerational trauma.Trauma-informed care includes helping those who have been exposed to horrific, terrifying and catastrophic events as well as those who have experienced micro traumas. Being aware of internal as well as external triggers and continuing to cultivate awareness around what our triggers are, helps us regulate our emotions as well as our reactions; known as trigger awareness. Tracking our triggers, what we’re successful with as well as what you’re needing to improve, can help keep us moving into post traumatic growth and away from post traumatic re-experiencing. In post traumatic growth, there are three key components: identify, challenge, and reframe. Identifying triggers, events, feelings, sensations, stressors and beliefs – identifying what’s realistic as well as accurate perceptions of oneself and experiences; versus, inaccurate perceptions based out of reality is the first step in post traumatic growth. Challenging triggers, events, feelings, sensations, stressors and beliefs – using skills such as thought-stopping, mindfulness, journaling and processing brings us one step closer to resolving our traumas is the second component. Lastly, there is responding to & replacing (reframing) triggers, events, stressors and beliefs – using the discoveries we make by challenging our experiences, we can begin to replace and reframe how we think, feel and behave by implementing the skills we’ve learned in the process of challenging.