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Grief is a response to loss or change. It is a great resource in the treatment of trauma and PTSD. By its nature, grief is a sign that an experience has been relegated to the past. It is usually a positive sign when a trauma client reaches the stage were grief arises. Sometimes the client will fear that his grief is a regression into trauma, but it is usually just the opposite, a healing progression. When working with body awareness, most clients will notice that there grief helps them to feel more solid, less fearful, if more sad. Grief usually emerges at various steps along the way in trauma therapy when an aspect of the drama is resolved and the internal experience changes from present to past: “I was really scared,” “That was really bad,” etc. In this context, grief is a sign that healing is taking place.