5 Skills to Add to Your Emotional Toolbox [psychologytoday.com]

Alicia Doktor 1/22/198:19 AM

As a child and adolescent clinical psychologist, I'm a huge fan of using metaphors and analogies when I'm explaining a wide range of psychological facts. I've found that no matter the age, metaphors and analogies are just easier to process.

Therefore, whenever I'm talking to someone else about what I do in therapy, I really enjoying referencing an imaginary emotional toolbox. In simple words, my job is to help whoever walks into my office refine that emotional toolbox. Together, we:

Find what tools and/or resources they already own
Explore which areas of their lives they'd like to improve
Identify which tools and/or resources they need to get there
Discover ways in which we can self-compassionately add these resources to their toolbox

[For more on this story by Mariana Plata, go to https://www.psychologytoday.co...ur-emotional-toolbox]

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