Working with Clients who are "Too Emotional"

We're currently on tour, but we are so excited to share this conversation with you! In this episode, we discuss all the interesting layers of this instagram reel by Jen Sims from The Redwood Center for Children & Families. As a trauma therapist herself, she decided to terminate t ...  Show more

Emotion is the heart of our work as therapists. They can be slippery and elusive, hard to access, scary to tap into and feel fully. There are countless frameworks for understanding emotion, and in this episode we talk about how we personally conceptualize these phenomena. Join us ...  Show more

In this Mini Session, you'll discover why emotions sometimes feel way bigger than the situation at hand — and how to meet them without overthinking. Learn a simple therapy-informed approach to handle emotional waves with more curiosity and less criticism.🎧 Tune in for a quick mi ...  Show more

Your client is crying again… or emotionally checked out… or endlessly venting. What do you do? 

In this episode, Elena teaches you how to coach emotions when ACE alone isn’t enough. Learn how to show up with compassion, clarity, and courage—even in the trickies ...

Emma Lauer, LCSW, author of DBT Skills for Highly Sensitive People, shares advice for how to handle clients who cry uncontrollably in session. Emma is a therapist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders, self-harming behaviors, and trauma. Emma is an eye mov ...

Listen to this if you've ever been told you're too sensitive or too emotional. This one is for my besties who feel too much/feel as if they are too much. In today's episode I talk about the heaviness that comes with being an emotional person, my struggles with having deep emotion ...  Show more