Understanding Your 7 Emotions: CBT for Everyday Emotions and Common Mental Health Problems

by Lawrence Howells

Understanding Your 7 Emotions explains how emotions help us to respond to the world around us and are fundamental to our existence.
The book provides a detailed understanding of the main human emotions – fear, sadness, anger, disgust, guilt, shame and happiness – showing how to live with them and how to resolve problems with them. Each of the seven chapters also includes an ‘emotional trap’ to highlight what happens when we get stuck responding in unhelpful ways and explains how to get out of the trap. Grounded in emotion science and cognitive behavioural therapy, the book provides a powerful alternative to mental health diagnosis. Examples and exercises are provided throughout to help apply the ideas in everyday life and achieve health and happiness.
This easy-to-read guide will help anybody who is interested in emotions or is struggling with common mental health problems to better understand how emotions work and improve their own and others' mental health and emotional wellbeing. It will also be an invaluable resource to those working in the caring professions.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction

240 pages, ebook

Published December 20, 2021

Reviews

[Ana Stanciu-Dumitrache · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nu e rea deloc, analizează în detaliu cele șapte emoții și are și multe exerciții, dar nu intră în profunzime, e destul de superficială pe alocuri. E foarte bună pentru a înțelege lucrurile de bază în ceea ce privește emoțiile.

[Madison Orlowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book really helped me to identify each of my emotions and to not only recognize them, but to understand that there is a biological purpose to each. It also helped teach me to work through the emotions instead of pushing them aside. Recommend this read!