by Evan Dwan | Sep 20, 2022 | News |
Focusing on unmet emotional needs mobilises primary adaptive emotions to create change. Emotions guide us to problem-solve and into actions to get needs met. The adaptive sadness of grief can help extinguish feelings of loneliness and unworthiness. Accessing needs and...
by Evan Dwan | Sep 20, 2022 | News |
Every emotion involves a specific set of needs. When needs are met, experience flows and emotions are fleeting. If we feel shame but at the same time, we are validated by someone meaningful we gain reassurance and feel comfortable and confident again. If needs are not...
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...
