Initial assurance and support
During my phase of regression, I used to shiver like a small baby...feeling abandoned, insecure, cold, sad, hopeless. I used to talk about my past with head down, weeping silently, hands held together, and drooping posture. I once heard my voice like a small girl. I was first born, girl child with sharp mind and have had disciplinarian parents putting in their ambition into my mind.
I could sustain that phase because of soft, gentle, assuring, supportive voice of my therapist.