The practice of self-soothing is the ability to calm ourselves during stressful events. When we are going through a stressful or traumatic experience, or even if we have experienced trauma in our past, the practice of self-soothing is critical.
Read MoreRepeatedly in session, I get the question, “how do I stop thinking like this?” The strength that is true for many of my clients is that they have self-awareness. They know their thinking is unhealthy. They know they are unhappy. They know they are easily triggered. They know they gravitate towards relationships and situations that reinforce their negative emotions… but they do not know how to stop repeating the same unwanted patterns.
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