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Emotion Regulation

Emotion regulation problems are characterized by an individual’s experiencing emotions “too much, too quickly, with a slow return to an emotional baseline level, and based only on short-term consequences”. For instance, I sometimes hear about situations that may...

Super-feelers: every moment is a new moment to start

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, EBBTC books, Emotion Regulation

In Dr. Z’s new book, Escaping the Emotional Rollercoaster, you’re introduced to 6 core skills and ways of beginning to change the ups and downs of your emotions. Each of them is explained and carefully walked through so that you can take it out of the box, handle it, try it out, and see what you think.

Parent Series: Are Your Children Refusing to go to School?

Anxiety, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion Regulation, Empirically supported treatments, Interpersonal problems, Parent series: general parenting

When your child refuses to go to school, can be representative of a larger issue at play. It’s not always just your child being oppositional and argumentative, but could also be an expression of anxiety or depression.

Superfeelers: How many names for anger do you have?

Emotion Regulation

As a superfeeler, emotions are intense, sudden, and seemingly uncontrollable. We’ve shared previously about learning to cope with intense feelings. Our approach was corroborated and highlighted in a recent NPR article on naming your anger. It’s based on...

Superfeelers: 5 steps to managing overwhelming emotions (1 min read)

Emotion Regulation, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Dr. Z recently contributed a blog post for welldoing.org that introduced her work with superfeelers and the approach taken in Escaping the Emotional Rollercoaster. Within this short article, she briefly explains how behaviors can often be a “bandaid” for...

Super-feeler series: Being a Super-Feeler is not the same as being a Highly Sensitive Person! (5 min read)

Emotion Regulation

I hope it’s okay to chime in about the recent book I published “Escaping the Emotional Rollercoaster: ACT for the Emotionally Sensitive” since there have been really interested comments about similarities and differences with the terms “highly sensitive...

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