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Ellie Lisitsa

Ellie Lisitsa is a former staff writer at The Gottman Institute. She holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology.

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Emotion Coaching: Treating a Child's Feelings With Empathatic Listening and Validation

Emotion Coaching Step 3: Treating a Child’s Feelings with Empathetic Listening and Validation

Ellie Lisitsa

Drs. John and Julie Gottman suggest a combination of attentiveness, offerings of simple observations, and validation of your child's emotions in ...

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Expressions of Emotion as Opportunity for Teaching and Intimacy

Emotion Coaching Step 2: Seeing Expressions of Emotion as Opportunities for Teaching and Intimacy

Ellie Lisitsa

You can work through tough emotions instead of trying to "fix" them. ...

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The Digital Age Emotion Coaching and Empathy Part II

Emotion Coaching Step 1: Empathy

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Use Emotion Coaching and empathy in your conversations with your child, and see the differences it makes in difficult moments. ...

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Introduction to Emotion Coaching

An Introduction to Emotion Coaching

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Learn how to help your children navigate their feelings through being an emotion coaching parent. ...

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Introduction to Emotion Coaching

Parenting as Your Kids Grow Up

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Managing conflict well and being your child's emotion coach are just a few effective parenting tips from the Gottmans. ...

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Parenting: Avoiding Relationship Meltdowns

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Here are ways to keep your relationship going strong once a newborn arrives. ...

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Love Map Building

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Learn the inner world of your partner by building love maps. ...

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