How to Handle Emotional Whiplash: Switching From Crisis to Calm Between Patients

How to Handle Emotional Whiplash: Switching From Crisis to Calm Between Patients

Quick answer: Emotional whiplash is the strain of switching rapidly from high-stakes encounters to routine ones with no recovery in between. To handle it, use a one-minute Decompression Minute: silently name the state you are leaving, reset your body with one slow breath and relaxed shoulders and jaw, then choose how you want to enter […]