Oftentimes when clients attend a psychologist or counsellor, one of their goals in therapy is to better manage uncomfortable emotions. Following on from the last blog post, there are various ways of managing emotions. Some are not useful, yet are often used to avoid feeling uncomfortable emotions. So, what are some more effective ways of dealing with uncomfortable emotions? As a psychologist, I find that my clients tend to benefit from the following guidance. The strategies o

Before you can understand effective ways to deal with emotions, you need to understand how you experience emotions. Emotions are experienced as sensations within the body. Our mind and body are intimately connected and are designed to communicate information to each other. Often we are not aware of the messages each is relaying to the other. For example, when someone asks you “how are you feeling?”, and your response is “angry”, you do not necessarily note the physical sensat