Episode 14: Handling Difficult Feelings with your Kids: Interview with Marie Gorman

The goal of this episode is to encourage parents to show their kids appropriate ways to respond to difficult situations/seasons. Parents often think that they need to be perfect or maintain a strong front in front of their kids during hard times. However, its not only ok to let your guard down and have an authentic response...your kids need to see this! 

I was thrilled to interview my cousin-in-law, Marie Gorman! Marie is a wife and mother to two precious little girls! She is also a licensed psychotherapist, clinical social worker and a trauma-informed yoga instructor. She has combined all of these skills and has started her own private practice in northwest suburbs of Chicago where she helps others through both counseling and yoga classes that are designed to ease the intensity of mental health symptoms. 

In this episode we talk about: 

• Trauma Informed yoga
• Demonstrating dealing with big feelings/negative feelings in a healthy and safe way for our children
• Be aware of your child’s emotions 
  • Recognize your child’s expression of that emotion as an opportunity to teach them something
  • Listen with empathy and validate their feelings 
    • Give their emotions a name
• Escalation and de-escalation
  • How to stop the cycle 
    • Notice triggers in yourself
    • Figure out what coping skills work for you 
• Mothering and Mental Health 
• Being in the midst of a pandemic mental health issues can become heightened
• Don't be alarmed if you are experiencing this...if there is something going on in your head, it is probably related to the pandemic/quarantine
• Telehealth options are available
  • Most insurance companies have expanded their plans to include Telehealth counseling if they didn't cover it before
  • There are free or low cost/sliding scale therapy options available
• Where to find a therapist: 
  • Psychology Today 
  • Open Path Psychotherapy Collective
• Book recommendations 
  • Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman
  • The Body the Keeps the Score - Bessel Vanderkolk
  • The Whole Brain Child - Siegle

Best way to get in touch with Marie: 

Marie’s Private Practice: Embody Mental Health 

Website: embodymentalhealth.com

Instagram: @embodymentalhealth 

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