###### 🔑 Emotional Regulation is not the end goal [[🔑 Most therapy modalities are Protector trainings]]. From their perspective, as soon as we have our symptoms and emotions are managed, we're finished with therapy. But [[💡 Emotional Regulation|Emotional Regulation]] is not [[💡 Trauma|Trauma]] resolution. These are intended to be temporary strategies, employed *while we move toward healing*, not in place of it. It is the means to an end, not an end in itself. [[🔑 Protectors are dedicated to maintaining their idea of safety, balance and homeostasis]] and they can help us come to a place of safety for [[⭐️ Rest and Restoration]]. This is different than [[🛡️ Emotional Suppression]] and [[💡 Exiles|Exiling]], but *only* if it comes with the intention to help our [[💡 Parts|Parts]] in the long-term — it’s similar to walking away from a tricky problem for a while and then revisiting it once we’ve rested. We often have ah-ha moments or come back to something we’ve failed at dozens of times and suddenly solve it on the first attempt after leaving it alone for a while. [^1]: