Emotional Processing & Regulation

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Laying the essential foundations and beginning to build our emotional literacy.

Terms like this have almost lost their meaning, so let’s define them and clarify the difference.

Common hindrances to emotional processing and strategies to overcome them.

An overview of our 7-step, psychologically-grounded framework for processing emotion.

You cannot process what you haven’t first identified.

You don’t have to like it, but you have to accept that it’s happening.

This step brings you into direct contact with the emotion.

Exploration is essential for developing real psychological insight.

Once you have processed the emotion internally, you may need to express it externally.

The learned skill of “being with” your emotion and choosing your response.

A crucial final step for internalised, embodied, accessible learning and change.

We’ve all heard the term “emotional regulation”, but what does that actually mean?

Self-care strategies, because the better you look after yourself, the better you can regulate your emotions.

CBT tools to learn to think critically about your own thoughts.

There are times when no tool or skill is the answer, or at least not the only answer.