Author: Shawn

  • Emotional Venting

    Venting may seem cathartic; however, it is unhealthy. It is a pseudo-solution that may appear to work, but did it solve the actual problem or handle the situation? Or is it temporary relief until the same thing happens again? People tend to vent about their thoughts/feelings to avoid how they think and feel. Also, if…

  • Emotional Regulation: Frustration & Anger

    Emotional Regulation: Frustration and Anger Worksheet Frustration and anger come about because one does not accept reality. Frustration is a precursor to or a milder form of anger; a feeling of resistance in response to the refusal to accept something as it is, or the failed attempt to change or get the desired outcome of something….

  • Emotional Processing

    Emotional Processing Method Worksheet

  • Emotional Contagion

    Psychological Social Contagions This phenomenon refers to the idea that emotions, behaviors, or beliefs can spread within a group due to social influence, often without individuals consciously realizing it.  Studies have demonstrated that individuals are influenced by not only their direct contacts but also friends-of-friends up to three degrees of separation (“Social Contagion Theory”). For…