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Feelings…nothing more than feelings…

Feelings…nothing more than feelings…. How do you feel about feelings?. Varied cultural or family norms Importance Extent and ways of expressing emotion Meaning-weakness, out of control, unprofessional, Comfort level Varied levels of familiarity/knowledge Ability to identify and name

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Feelings…nothing more than feelings…

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  1. Feelings…nothing more than feelings…

  2. How do you feel about feelings? • Varied cultural or family norms • Importance • Extent and ways of expressing emotion • Meaning-weakness, out of control, unprofessional, • Comfort level • Varied levels of familiarity/knowledge • Ability to identify and name • Limited range • Transient, not permanent • Experiences, not facts

  3. Varied processing styles • Sensorimotor • Concrete • Abstract-Formal/Operational • Abstract-Dialectical/Systemic

  4. General thoughts re: emotion • Primary emotions: Sad, Glad, Mad, Scared, Disgust, Surprise • Linked to biological activity • Located in various parts of the brain • Experienced physically • Often times, they result from our thoughts • Nonverbal expression may differ from verbal expression

  5. Reflection of Feelings • Purpose of reflection • Clarify emotions • Make emotions explicit • Validate client’s emotional experience • How to reflect • Identify the important feeling • Draw attention to it • How do you feel about that? • I imagine you might feel angry… • You sound angry about that… • You are really really angry… • Check out

  6. Practice… • I called every day and told them what was going on…I’m so angry because I have to take care of everything. • I feel so stressed out…I can’t keep up with everything and I’m doing a lousy job at what I try to do.

  7. Role playing • In triads, take turns exploring each other’s weekend. (at least 5 minutes each) • As the counselor, • Listen for something that occurred that was likely to provoke emotion. Ask “how did you feel about that?” • Listen for stated emotions and reflect back at least two. • Listen/observe for unstated emotion. Suggest or wonder about the cx’s emotion.

  8. Debrief • Your comfort? • Your accuracy? • Your empathy?

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