Emotions are explored as vital messages that guide us through anxiety, trauma, and relationship challenges. This resource explains how both pleasant and unpleasant feelings offer insight into our inner lives while providing research-based strategies to develop resilience, self-compassion, and deeper connections.
Emotions are explored as vital messages that guide us through anxiety, trauma, and relationship challenges. This resource explains how both pleasant and unpleasant feelings offer insight into our inner lives while providing research-based strategies to develop resilience, self-compassion, and deeper connections.
Jennifer C. Veilleux, PhD is a professor in the Department of Psychological Science at the University of Arkansas and a licensed clinical psychologist who focuses on helping people navigate their emotional lives with greater skill and flexibility. Dr. Veilleux’s research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the American Psychological Foundation, and the John Templeton Foundation. Her work focuses on applying the basic science of emotion and self-regulation to people suffering from mental health concerns and emphasizes understanding contextual and dynamic features underlying the emotion, coping, and self-control decisions people make in their daily lives.
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Introduction: Mail, or Junk Mail? Chapter 1: Emotional Sensitivity Chapter 2: Emotional Awareness Chapter 3: Clarify Your Values Chapter 4: Emotional Labeling Chapter 5: Coping Ahead Chapter 6: Opening the Envelope Chapter 7: Actively Regulating Emotions Chapter 8: Expressing Chapter 9: Putting All the Pieces Together Flexibly Afterward References Glossary of Key Terms About the Author