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Calming Through Connection: Foundational De-Escalation Strategies (Virtual)

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OUTLINE

Causes of Escalation

  • Identifying common triggers that lead to escalation
  • Systemic and environmental factors leading to escalated emotions in others

What is Safety

  • How the brain and body operate when emotionally safe vs. emotionally unsafe

The Cycle of Escalation

  • Understanding and recognizing each stage and appropriate interventions for each

Emotional Regulation Strategies

  • How do we handle anger and anxiety 
  • Strategies for regulating our emotions in response to others

Compassionate Boundaries

  • Defining what boundaries are and their relevance to de-escalation

 

Please email hello@oaksmentalhealth.ca for assistance with group registrations, or if you wish to use an alternative payment method. Group discounts and student discounts are available on a case-by-case basis. 

NOTE: This course involves a significant amount of group work. If you are apprehensive about the idea of group work due to social anxiety or any other concern, please notify us. We would be happy to accommodate you as best we can.

Cara Taylor, BSW, MSW, RSW.

Cara Taylor (she/her), founder of Oaks Mental Health, is a mental health educator with over a decade of social work experience in the mental health field. Her professional and personal experiences—including living with mental illness and surviving suicide loss—inform her compassionate, person-centered approach. Cara’s trainings foster empathy, reduce stigma, and blend clinical insight with lived experience to promote collective care.

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