by Evan Dwan | Sep 20, 2022 | News |
Mental health problems often arise as a result of the following processes: Disclaiming one’s emotions; preserving past emotional responses in the present; emotion dysregulation (distress) and the construction of particular narratives or stories about oneself (being...
by Evan Dwan | Sep 20, 2022 | News |
In order to heal, we must learn how to feel. Les Greenberg describes how states of feeling are different from states of thinking. To feel is a slow process that requires us to slow down. To create a space for feeling when we become aware of a feeling, we can use the...
by Evan Dwan | Sep 19, 2022 | News |
Psychological suffering and emotion pain signal unmet needs (Greenberg, 2021). Emotions carry information about whether needs are met or unmet. Les Greenberg refers to the psychological needs that are most commonly not responded to or are violated that leave a legacy...
by Evan Dwan | Sep 18, 2022 | News |
Emotions can be understood as being healthy (adaptive), or unhealthy (maladaptive), according to Les Greenberg. Primary emotions are the first emotions people have in response to external or internal stimuli – gut feelings. Secondary emotions arise as reactions to...
by Evan Dwan | Sep 18, 2022 | News |
Core emotions refer to emotional responses when we do not try to block, mask, mute or distort them. Hilary Jacobs Hendel describes core emotions as physical sensations that we recognise and name an as emotion. They give us information about our environment such as...
