Therapeutic Parenting: Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable!

 Therapeutic Parenting- Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

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Therapeutic parenting isn’t “therapy.”  It’s about how we are with our kids at any given moment.

It is showing up for them in a way that is supportive of their well-being, their nervous system, and their individual needs at any given moment.  

It is through this “therapeutic” idea that attuned, connected caregivers can be “the agents of change” through our relationships with our children and by showing up authentically and responsively...........

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........It is through these sensory-rich experiences that they begin to process and figure out how they fit into this world. This is a developmental process. This is learning. Kids learn through their senses (body up), and it becomes a felt sense in the body that, as they grow up, becomes a felt memory. It is these experiences of how others around them make them feel that contribute so much to their understanding about themselves, actively shaping who they are, and this becomes their inner voice: am I loveable, am I likable, am I good enough?  

It is through our repeated experiences and predictable co-regulation that we feel and can develop our own self-regulation skills, which we can then pass on to future generations. There is no self-regulation without co-regulation!

The parent-child connection is the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind”

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

Self-regulation comes from feeling safe in the company of another. This is under our awareness. This sense of relational safety is felt in the nervous system.  ...........

........Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. It is through this personal growth that we become more capable of showing up as authentically as possible for our kids. Our kids thrive when they feel seen, safe, and soothed by our presence. This, too, becomes their inner voice.

Relationships are the agents of change, and the most powerful therapy is human love.”

Dr.Bruce Perry

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