Dear Therapists with Lori Gottlieb and Guy Winch

Encore: Melissa’s Stifled Emotions One Year Later

May 27, 2025
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ANECDOTE

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.
INSIGHT

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.
ADVICE

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.
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