Or, you could talk to yourself :-) I do that often, have conversations with myself when I'm in the car or other places "private"? But just saying hard words out loud, saying them quietly or loudly, with anger or fear, etc. Just play with the sounds/words.

Get your senses into the whole thing, keeping yourself safe, observing from your now self. Maybe get "dolls" like they have with children and talk it through?