How Emotional Pain Affects Your Body

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsSymptomsCausesEffectsTreatmentHow to Cope Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Symptoms Causes Effects Treatment How to Cope Emotional pain is pain or hurt that originates from non-physical sources. Sometimes this emotional distress is the result of the actions of others. Other times, it might be the result ofregret, grief, or loss. In other cases, it might be the result of an underlying mental health condition such as depression oranxiety....

January 17, 2025 · 8 min · 1679 words · Monica Johnson

How Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Is Used

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsEmotionally Focused Therapy TechniquesWho Is Emotionally Focused Therapy For?Examples of Emotionally Focused TherapyBenefitsHow Effective Is Emotionally Focused Therapy?Things to ConsiderWhat to Expect Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Emotionally Focused Therapy Techniques Who Is Emotionally Focused Therapy For? Examples of Emotionally Focused Therapy Benefits How Effective Is Emotionally Focused Therapy? Things to Consider What to Expect Close At a GlanceEmotionally focused therapy (EFT) helps people understand their attachments to others to improve their relationships....

January 17, 2025 · 11 min · 2251 words · Dawn Cohen

How Emotionally Intelligent Are You?

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsThe Emotional Intelligence TestWho Is This EQ Test For?About This EQ TestAbout Emotional IntelligenceHow to Be More Emotionally Intelligent Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents The Emotional Intelligence Test Who Is This EQ Test For? About This EQ Test About Emotional Intelligence How to Be More Emotionally Intelligent Close IQhas historically been the common framework for how we measure our intelligence, and traditional “book smarts” have always been treasured in our society....

January 17, 2025 · 4 min · 721 words · Kathryn Sanchez

How Emotions and Organs Are Connected in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsHow Traditional Chinese Medicine WorksThe TCM ApproachSpleenLungLiverHeartKidneyOther TCM ConditionsEfficacy Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents How Traditional Chinese Medicine Works The TCM Approach Spleen Lung Liver Heart Kidney Other TCM Conditions Efficacy Close Have you ever wondered why you feel flutters in your stomach when you’re anxious or tightness in your chest when stressed? In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM),emotionsand physical health are intimately connected....

January 17, 2025 · 9 min · 1886 words · Christina Wilkinson

How Empathic Listening Can Build Deeper Connections in Your Life

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsBenefits of Empathetic ListeningHow Do You Show Empathetic Listening?What Are the Four Skills of Empathetic Listening?Examples of What Empathetic Listening Sounds LikeTips for Developing Empathic Listening Skills Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Benefits of Empathetic Listening How Do You Show Empathetic Listening? What Are the Four Skills of Empathetic Listening? Examples of What Empathetic Listening Sounds Like Tips for Developing Empathic Listening Skills...

January 17, 2025 · 13 min · 2764 words · Joshua Alexander

How Evolutionary Psychology Explains Human Behavior

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsBackground5 PrinciplesPhobias Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Background 5 Principles Phobias Evolutionary psychology is a scientific discipline that approaches human cognition, emotions, and behavior through a lens that incorporates the effects of evolution over time. It combines two sciences,psychologyand biology. Based onCharles Darwin’sideas explained in his book, “Origin of Species,” an organism’s main goal is tosurvive and reproduceand those organisms that adapted biologically to environmental changes were able to do both....

January 17, 2025 · 5 min · 1014 words · James Rogers

How Existential Therapy Works

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsWhat Existential Therapy Helps WithHow Does Existential Therapy Work?The Role of Existential Therapy in Modern Psychology Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents What Existential Therapy Helps With How Does Existential Therapy Work? The Role of Existential Therapy in Modern Psychology Close There are two things all humans have in common: We are born onto this Earth and we will die on this Earth....

January 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1251 words · Alicia Cook

How Exposure Therapy Can Treat PTSD

Close Exposure therapy has been found to effectively address thesymptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD), as well as symptoms of other anxiety disorders. With this roundup of different forms of exposure therapy, find out which treatment is right for you. How PTSD Is Treated Overview of Exposure Therapy for PTSD Exposure therapy is considered a behavioral treatment for PTSD. This is because exposure therapy targets learned behaviors that people engage in (most often the avoidance) in response to situations or thoughts and memories that are viewed as frightening or anxiety-provoking....

January 17, 2025 · 7 min · 1290 words · Kelly Pope

How Extinction Is Defined in Psychology

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsCausesExamplesIt’s Not Gone ForeverFactors Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Causes Examples It’s Not Gone Forever Factors Close What could cause a person or animal to stop engaging in a previously conditioned behavior? Extinction is one explanation. In psychology, extinction refers to the gradual weakening of a conditioned response that results in the behavior decreasing or disappearing. In other words, the conditioned behavior eventually stops....

January 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1252 words · Jason Pierce

How Extroversion in Personality Influences Behavior

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsExtroversion vs. IntroversionCommon TraitsIs It Extroversion or Extraversion?CausesExtroversion and BehaviorHow Common Is Extroversion?Can You Become More Extroverted? Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Extroversion vs. Introversion Common Traits Is It Extroversion or Extraversion? Causes Extroversion and Behavior How Common Is Extroversion? Can You Become More Extroverted? Close Extroverts feel energized when they spend time socializing with other people. At a Glance It is important to remember that extroversion and introversion represent a continuum....

January 17, 2025 · 12 min · 2460 words · Maria Allen

How False Consensus Effect Influences the Way We Think About Others

Close The tendency to overestimate how much others agree with us is known among social psychologists as the false consensus effect. This kind ofcognitive biasleads people to believe their own values and ideas are “normal” and that the majority of people share these same opinions, even if that’s not the case. Why Does the False Consensus Effect Happen? One possible cause of the false consensus effect involves what is known as theavailability heuristic....

January 17, 2025 · 5 min · 980 words · Evan Davis

How False Memories Are Formed in Your Brain

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsDefinitionCausesImpactResearch Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Definition Causes Impact Research Close Memory Mistakes Are Quite CommonPeople often think ofmemoryas something like a video recorder, accurately documenting and storing everything that happens with perfect accuracy and clarity. In reality, memory is very prone to fallacy. People can feel completely confident that their memory is accurate, but this confidence is no guarantee that a particular memory is correct....

January 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1181 words · William Bell

How Family Therapy Works

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsTypes of Family TherapyTechniquesUsesBenefitsEffectivenessThings to ConsiderHow to Get Started Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Types of Family Therapy Techniques Uses Benefits Effectiveness Things to Consider How to Get Started Close Family therapy is a type of treatment designed to help with issues that specifically affect families' mental health and functioning. It can help individual family members build stronger relationships, improve communication, and manage conflicts within the family system....

January 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1265 words · Kimberly Edwards

How Forgiveness Impacts Mental Health and Relieves Stress

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsWhat Is the True Meaning of Forgiveness?What Are the Three Aspects of Forgiveness?Ways Forgiveness Affects Mental HealthWhat to Do If You Are Struggling to Forgive Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents What Is the True Meaning of Forgiveness? What Are the Three Aspects of Forgiveness? Ways Forgiveness Affects Mental Health What to Do If You Are Struggling to Forgive Close Forgiving someone who has wronged us is beneficial to our mental health and is associated with lower levels of stress....

January 17, 2025 · 8 min · 1567 words · Rachel Jones

How Free Association Lets You Be Your Most Authentic Self in Therapy

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsWhere Did the Concept of Free Association Come From?How Do You Use Free Association in Therapy?This Is Why Free Association Can Be So Helpful in a Therapy SessionWhat Our Experts Had to Say About Free Association (Plus Examples) Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Where Did the Concept of Free Association Come From? How Do You Use Free Association in Therapy? This Is Why Free Association Can Be So Helpful in a Therapy Session...

January 17, 2025 · 7 min · 1462 words · Todd Hess