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What Your Therapist Thinks

What is Coregulation & Parenting? How Coregulation Helps Build The Best Child-Parent Relationships

Oct 15, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min · Season 1 · Episode 7 · 89.3 MBExplicit
0:00-1:02:00

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Licensed marriage and family therapist Dr. Cassidy Freitas joins Kristie and Felicia to unpack everything on co-regulation in parenting. Dr. Freitas breaks down advice like how a parent's calm presence can regulate a child's nervous system, and the crucial difference between gentle parenting and permissiveness.

Some takeaways:

  • What it means to be a calm anchor for your child's nervous system
  • The crucial difference between gentle parenting and permissive parenting
  • Why understanding your own triggers is the first step to co-regulation
  • The power of "repairing" after conflict to build a stronger connection

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Book Mentioned: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Resource for Teachers in early childhood education: Teaching through Emotions.

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*Hosts: Kristie Plantinga and Felicia Keller Boyle

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