Staying Grounded in Therapy - Navigating the Window of Tolerance

Описание: Have you ever left a therapy session feeling completely exhausted, "zoning out," or unusually frustrated?

In this video, I’m breaking down the Window of Tolerance—a framework by Dr. Dan Siegel that explains why our ability to cope changes from day to day. Using a few simple props, I show you that those "awful" feelings after therapy aren't a sign of failure; they are signs that you’ve crossed a moving physiological boundary.

In this video, we explore:

The "Up" Response: Why you might feel aggressive, frustrated, or irrational when pushed outside your window.

The "Down" Response: Why you "shut down," lose your words, or put others' needs before your own to stay safe.

The changing nature of your window of tolerance: Why you can handle a long queue on Monday but "explode" on Friday.

Therapy Tools: Specific questions to ask your therapist to help you stay grounded and safe during difficult work.

Understanding whether you go UP 🔥 or DOWN ❄️ is an important step in noticing when we are outside our window of tolerance and learning how to increase this unique window.

About me: I’m Laura Wood-Holden, a therapist and PhD researcher in the UK. I’m on a mission to make therapy accessible and teach you how to actually use it to create change.

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