What do you get when you provide a child with the freedom of emotional expression and emotional validation? You get emotional intelligence! Emotional intelligence is developed when an individual has a greater awareness of their own emotions and when these emotions have been validated over time. Emotions are a form of communciation about something within us,
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What do you do when a family member or friend has a strong emotion that you don’t necessarily agree with? Do you try to convince them to feel differently or do you accept what they are experiencing? Emotional validation can be a really tough concept when one individual doesn’t necessarily agree with the other’s emotional response.
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Family resilience is heavily impacted by communication and the thoughts or beliefs that family members have about each other. When there have been really difficult times for families, there is a tendency to become defensive and have difficulties trusting that others may have your best interests in mind. When we find family systems that are shut down, each individual becomes increasingly
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Coregulation is the key to safety and family resilience.The presence of a caring other that is able to help support the regulation of our nervous system and emotions is a critical force for children…and adults. It is the calming effects of this experience that builds connection one neural pathway at a time. The more we connect with others, the
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