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Understanding Emotional Health and Emotional Problems

Explore definitions of emotional health, support systems, communication, Maslow's Hierarchy, counseling types like person-centered and psychodynamic, and emotional problems like addiction and anxiety. Understand how cognitive-behavioral therapy can help in changing distorted thoughts.

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Understanding Emotional Health and Emotional Problems

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  1. Chapter 2 Emotional Health

  2. Definitions • Emotional Health • The state of being free of mental disturbances that limit functioning • Cortex • The outer layer of an organ • In the brain (the thinking portion) • Support System • A network of individuals or groups with which one identifies and exchanges emotional support

  3. Definitions • Mentor • A person who gives advice or assistance • Tolerance • Accommodation and acceptance of differences between oneself and others • Communication • A two way exchange of ideas or thoughts

  4. ANC • Assertive, Not aggressive, Communication • When in a conflict your style of communication is important • It is important not to tie toe around the subject, however you can not come off so hard that the other person feels defensive or aggression in response to your actions

  5. Maslow’s Hierarchy • Abraham Maslow • A theorist who that described a ladder of human needs that people of all ages experiences • Maslow believed • You must need your basic needs before you can start to think about your higher needs

  6. Counseling

  7. Person Centered Counseling • Developed in the 1930's by American Carl Rogers • Emphasizes the responsibility of the client • With the counselor taking a more passive role • Goals • Increased self esteem • Openness to experience • Unconditional positive regard, meaning that the counselor accepts the client for who they are without judging or disapproving of any character or personality traits

  8. Psychodynamic Counseling • founded by Sigmund Freud • It places a lot of emphasis on past experiences from childhood effecting current behavior in the unconscious mind. • As the patient speaks the therapist probes their mind for deeper theories • This is in contrast to the person centered approach of being non-interpretive.

  9. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy • Developed by Albert Ellis in the 1950’s • CBT is a form of counseling that picks up on faulty thought patterns that may cause counter-productive behavior and emotions • The counseling focuses on changing the clients thoughts in order to change their emotional state. • Instead of reacting to the reality of a situation a person reacts instead to their own distorted viewpoint of the situation • CBT does not care why you do the behavior but just wants to change the actions

  10. Chapter 5 Emotional Problems

  11. Definitions • Emotional Problems • Patterns of behavior or thinking that cause a person to feel significant emotional pain or to be unable to function in any or all of these areas • Social • Occupational • Use of Leisure Time

  12. Definitions • Addiction • Dependence on a substance habit or behavior • Eating Disorder • Abnormal food intake from emotional causes • Depression • The condition of feeling apathetic, hopeless and withdrawn from others

  13. Definitions • Insomnia • Sleep abnormalities, failure to fall asleep • Anxiety • An emotional state of high energy, with stress response as the body’s reaction to it • Anxiety Attacks • A sudden, unexpected episode of severe anxiety with symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, sweating, dizziness, and nausea

  14. Definitions • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder • An uncontrollable need to perform an action • Can effect everydaylife

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