Emotions & emotional regulation

How we recognise, understand and regulate what we feel — from alexithymia and defence mechanisms to our relationship with food.

From Infant Bodily Sensations to Recognising Emotions: Is the Way We Were Cared for as Infants Connected with How We Built Our Sense of Self?
From Infant Bodily Sensations to Recognising Emotions: Is the Way We Were Cared for as Infants Connected with How We Built Our Sense of Self?
Emotional Neglect: How “Invisibility” in Childhood Builds Relational Trauma
Emotional Neglect: How “Invisibility” in Childhood Builds Relational Trauma
Looking for Meaning and Motivation in Discomfort: The Neurobiological Value of Difficult Emotions
Looking for Meaning and Motivation in Discomfort: The Neurobiological Value of Difficult Emotions
When Feelings Cannot Find Words: From Alexithymia to Emotional Connection
When Feelings Cannot Find Words: From Alexithymia to Emotional Connection
When Our Emotions Overwhelm Us: Why Emotional Regulation Matters in Relationships and Why Love Alone Is Not Enough
When Our Emotions Overwhelm Us: Why Emotional Regulation Matters in Relationships and Why Love Alone Is Not Enough
When the Child Becomes the Parent’s Regulator: Emotional Role Reversal, Parentification and the Weight of Feelings That Do Not Belong to the Child
When the Child Becomes the Parent’s Regulator: Emotional Role Reversal, Parentification and the Weight of Feelings That Do Not Belong to the Child
Intergenerational Trauma: The Invisible Inheritance of Emotions
Intergenerational Trauma: The Invisible Inheritance of Emotions
When Care Is Not Predictable: Insecure Attachment and a Child’s Need for Emotional Safety
When Care Is Not Predictable: Insecure Attachment and a Child’s Need for Emotional Safety
Emotional Eating and Binge Eating Episodes: Psychological Needs, Emotion Regulation, and the Search for Meaning in Life.
Emotional Eating and Binge Eating Episodes: Psychological Needs, Emotion Regulation, and the Search for Meaning in Life.
Romantic Obsession or Why We Fall in Love with Emotionally Unavailable People
Romantic Obsession or Why We Fall in Love with Emotionally Unavailable People
The Ability to Tolerate Conflicting Emotions and Thoughts as a Marker of Psychological Maturity.
The Ability to Tolerate Conflicting Emotions and Thoughts as a Marker of Psychological Maturity.
Anxiety in Gestalt Psychotherapy: Body, Arousal, and Emotional Self-Regulation.
Anxiety in Gestalt Psychotherapy: Body, Arousal, and Emotional Self-Regulation.
The Echo of the Father’s Emotional Absence in Adult Relationships.
The Echo of the Father’s Emotional Absence in Adult Relationships.
The roots of emotional dysregulation.
The roots of emotional dysregulation.
The Parent-Child Relationship as the Basis for Cognitive and Emotional Maturation.
The Parent-Child Relationship as the Basis for Cognitive and Emotional Maturation.
Emotional Regulation: The Capacity to Understand, Contain and Express Emotional Experience
Emotional Regulation: The Capacity to Understand, Contain and Express Emotional Experience
How Empathy and Emotional Intelligence Shape our Lives.
How Empathy and Emotional Intelligence Shape our Lives.

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