Emotion Coaching

Emotion coaching provides an approach to support and manage children and young people in the moment when they are dysregulated and in need of an adult to help them via co-regulation. When a child ‘flips their lid’ what do we do to put the lid back on? Emotion coaching aims to move children and young people from a state of fight, flight or freeze into a calm and regulated state which helps them to access higher order thinking skills like problem-solving. Emotion coaching is an approach that responds to dysregulated (highly distressed) children and young people and with empathy and supports them to develop more adaptable, effective ways to manage these often overwhelming feelings. This workshop is suitable for parents, carers, teachers, therapist, social workers and other professionals who work closely with children and young people.