Dear Therapists with Lori Gottlieb and Guy Winch Encore: Melissa’s Stifled Emotions One Year Later
May 27, 2025
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Melissa's Year of Emotional Growth
- Melissa shares her journey over the past year working on emotional awareness and connection in her relationships.
- She struggled profoundly with comforting her emotionally expressive children and sought multiple healing modalities to help her.
Trauma Impacts Emotional Presence
- Trauma can severely impair a parent's ability to self-regulate and respond to children's emotions.
- Healing requires managing one's own intense feelings before effectively comforting others.
Respond in Stages to Overwhelm
- Manage overwhelming emotions by responding to children in stages, like leaving voice messages first.
- Gradually increase emotional presence from delayed to face-to-face as comfort grows.