Posts Tagged ‘Emotional Regulation’
When Attachment Causes Trauma: How Attachment Works Part 1
Many people think of trauma as something big that has happened to a person. We often think of sexual abuse, physical abuse, rape, or war when we think about trauma. But the reality is that attachment disruptions or issues around attachment often causes trauma symptoms. Attachment has been studied for decades and most people know…
Read MoreUsing Mindfulness to Heal From Complex Trauma and Why You Need to Integrate Into Your Daily Routine
Healing from complex trauma is possible. Complex trauma has its roots in early childhood abuses (physical, sexual, emotional, etc) and/or neglect, and can often feel like it’s apart of your identity. Having lived your whole life in survival mode, using survival adaptations just to get through your day to day experiences, you often vacillate between…
Read MoreThe 3 R’s: Improving Brain States-Emotional Regulation pt 2: Tips, Tricks, & Interventions
The key to interventions when it comes to supporting your child (or yourself) from moving from a state of alarm (dysregulation) back to a state of calm (regulation) is moving from the bottom to the top. We start with regulating, then move to relating, and finally reasoning. There are many things which trigger us into…
Read MoreThe 3 R’s: Regulate, Relate & Reason-Improving Emotional Regulation P1
Your Highly Emotional Child Who Tantrums Over Everything Do you feel like your child is highly emotional? Is she highly sensitive to corrections, falling apart if things are not perfect? Does your son seem out of control emotionally, erupting like a volcano at every turn? Your child sounds like thousands of other kids who have…
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