One of the most important skills we can learn is how to regulate ourselves, riding the emotional waves without either ignoring or being overwhelmed by them. Associate therapist Elizabeth Ferreira joins me to explore how we can feel our feelings while staying calm, collected, and in control. We walk through two examples of under and overregulation, and Elizabeth offers specific practices that might help in each common situation.

Key Topics:
0:00 Introduction
1:40 Creating safety and connection with a new client
6:20 Therapy as an opportunity for reparative experiences
9:40 Learning to regulate when you have traumatized parts
16:55 What’s helped Elizabeth heal patterns of overregulation and dissociation
22:55 A hypothetical dialogue with an overregulated client
28:20 Titration and traumatic release
32:15 Labeling and accepting emotions, and empowering the “wise adult”
39:20 A hypothetical dialogue with an underregulated client
45:35 Celebrating when we notice our patterns
49:00 Movement, tapping, tremoring, journaling, and other practices
53:40 Finding a supportive community
57:00 Being with your body, and following your curiosity
58:35 Recap

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