Living with Feeling: The Art of Emotional Expression

by Lucia Capacchione

An outline and instructional guide explains how to use simple exercises to express pent-up anger by drumming, release hurt feelings by molding clay, contact our inner child by writing with our non-dominant hand, and ultimately begin on the road to self-discovery. 12,500 first printing.

Genres: Psychology, Relationships

400 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2001

Reviews

[Max Smirnoff · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is already the 2nd book by this author that I have read (the first was Left-Hand Power). I had high hopes for this book. But alas. The book itself, of course, is structured wonderfully. The information is beautifully presented in an interesting and understandable way. I resonated with the idea that you need to express emotions through different channels. But when I found out that the author committed suicide at a senior age, I lost confidence in the techniques. It is more of an emotional change as intellectually I understand the value of this book and what it teaches.
I will give it five stars nonetheless.

[Het · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Elisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I liked this book at the time and found the artistic exercises very interesting to try, I don't believe they had much of a long term effect on my ability to express emotion.