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WORKING WITH FEELINGS. Understand it is normal to have emotional responses Put feelings in perspective Be aware of feelings Use them as data Don’t manage, understand them Know your own feelings Perceive Name Meaning. Recent Research Adult Resilience to Stress
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WORKING WITH FEELINGS • Understand it is normal to have emotional responses • Put feelings in perspective • Be aware of feelings • Use them as data • Don’t manage, understand them • Know your own feelings • Perceive Name Meaning
Recent Research • Adult Resilience to Stress • Ability to bond to a group with a mission • High value placed on altruism • Capacity to tolerate high levels of fear and still perform • Adaptation to Extreme Stress, • Charney, Dennis; Am J of Psychiatry, 161:2 February 2004
ASPECTS OF EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE IAfter Barbara Fredrickson Positive Emotions Broaden Thought-Action Repertoires • Unusual...creative...integrative...open to information...and efficient, • Increased preference for variety • Accept a broader array of behavioral options.... • Expand attention. • Positive emotions widen the array of thoughts and actions that come to mind. • Trigger Upward Spirals
ASPECTS OF EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE II After Barbara Fredrickson • Consistent employment of good judgment in the midst of sustained and intense stress. • Negative emotions narrow focus to immediate danger • Positive emotions make more expansive • Coping that generates positive affect during stressful circumstances • Positive appraisal • Problem-focused coping • Infusion of ordinary events with positive meaning
Developmental Task Of Adults • Understanding and Managing Affect • Become Conscious Of The Vicissitudes Of Everyday Affect • Not Just The Content • Of The Process By Which Affect Comes Into Experience • What It Informs The Self About The Internal And External Reality