PSY 480 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Emotions
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Client statements focuses on the content and clarifies what has been communicated. Focuses on the underlying emotion and helps client make his or her emotional life more explicit and clear. Take a moment now a develop a list of your own frequently used emotional expressions based on your life experience: anxiety, stress, sadness, happiness, peace, frustration, annoyance. Irritation: love, loneliness, excitement, joy, love, tension, confusion, pressure, desire, lust. If you are not good at managing your emotions or expressing them then how are you going to help your clients experience and consider their emotions. * print out a list of feelings and pin it on your wall/fridge, every time you see it reflect on what you feel at that moment. Most cultures and societies do not give much attention to emotions and feelings in day to day conversation. Competence and skill in this area is basic to effective counselling and therapy.