Antonio Pascual-Leone, PhD, CPsych, is a professor in psychology at the University of Windsor, Canada and is an honorary professor of psychiatry at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr. Pascual-Leone runs the Emotion Change Lab at the University of Windsor and supervises research on the processes of emotional change as they occur in psychotherapy and in everyday life. Dr. Pascual-Leone usually teaches courses on psychotherapy interventions and has co-authored a book on Emotion-Focused Therapy with Dr. Sandra C. Paivio. He has published seminal contributions to the theory and research of emotion-focused therapy and is regarded as a world expert in emotional processing. His work is recognized by career awards from international societies as well as distinguished publication awards.
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This book of theory and practice offers an unprecedented exploration of the nature of emotion and the process by which it changes. Written for mental health providers and psychotherapy researchers, this innovative and unique volume offers an extraordinary synthesis of psychotherapy research, neuroscience, and practical observations to propose a new paradigm of emotion change. The book presents a general theory of how a difficult emotional state changes. Integrating findings across treatment approaches, it resolves contradictions found in different lines of research and reconciles existing theories that have seemed at odds. It explains the different kinds of emotional change, the hypothesized mechanisms driving that change, and when each type of change is most applicable. Dr. Pascual-Leone demonstrates that having a clearer understanding of how emotion change happens enables clinicians to apply more impactful and effective interventions. Chapters explore everything from moment-by-moment work (through engagement, labeling, and expression) to broader process formulations (such as narrative, re-framing, and purpose in life). Extensive clinical examples help therapists get a better grip on what each kind of processing really means.
Introduction CHAPTER 1: A General Theory of Emotional Change PART I - REDUCE INTENSITY CHAPTER 2: Down-Regulating Emotional Intensity CHAPTER 3: Avoidance, Desensitization, and Behavioral Coping PART II: NOTICE THE FEELING CHAPTER 4: Emotional Awareness: From Engagement to Symbolization CHAPTER 5: Emotional Engagement: Getting in Touch With What's There CHAPTER 6: Labeling Emotion: Finding Just the Right Words CHAPTER 7: Deepening Emotion Through Symbolization PART III: FEEL MORE, EXPRESS MORE CHAPTER 8: Heightening Arousal, Vividness, Expression, and Enactments CHAPTER 9: Getting Physical: Working From the Outside In CHAPTER 10: Enactments: Working From the Inside Out CHAPTER 11: Proclamation of Self: "I Felt It, I Said It, I Did It!" PART IV: ORDER THE SEQUENCE OF EMOTIONS CHAPTER 12: Sequential Transformation: The Pattern in Emotion Makes the Change CHAPTER 13: Changing Emotion With Emotion: The Process in Action CHAPTER 14: Adult Emotional Development: Expanding One's Repertoire CHAPTER 15: The Sequential Model: "The Only Way Out is Through" CHAPTER 16: Tracking Sequences: The Roller Coaster to Resolution PART V: PUT THE FEELING IN CONTEXT CHAPTER 17: Using Context and Narrative: "The Big Picture" CHAPTER 18: Psychological Elaboration: Telling More of the Story CHAPTER 19: We Have Relationship With Our Memories: Revising the "Meta-Data" CHAPTER 20: Stepping Out of the Frame: "I Am Myself and My Circumstances" CHAPTER 21: Life Narrative and Identity: The Story Itself Is an Agent of Change CHAPTER 22: Storying the Self: "It's a Matter of Perspective . . ." CHAPTER 23: Having Purpose and Making Choices PART VI: CONCLUSIONS: A NEW PARADIGM CHAPTER 24: A General Theory of Emotion Change References Index About the Author