Transforming Emotional Pain

Aman Kwatra, DCounsPsych, is Consultant Psychologist and Research Associate at Spectrum.Life. His main professional and research interests are in leveraging digital technologies for the provision and advancement of mental health services.Ladislav Timulak, PhD, is Professor in Counselling Psychology at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. His main research interest is psychotherapy research, particularly the development of emotion-focused therapy.Sharon Lu Huixian, DClinPsych, is a Principal Clinical Psychologist at the Institute of Mental Health, Singapore. Her main research interests are in the implementation and dissemination of internet-delivered interventions and psychotherapy outcomes research.Ciara Joyce, DClinPsych, is a Clinical Psychologist at the Student Counselling Service in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She is interested in the promotion of mental health and social change.Mary Creaner, DPsych, is an Assistant Professor with the Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and Director of the MSc in Clinical Supervision, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

'This much-awaited book is the first of its kind, and unlike any other in the self-help genre. Rich practical exercises, based on sound science, explore an insightful vision of this workbook can usher people through the steps of transforming their feelings.'Antonio Pascual-Leone, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Windsor, Canada'For readers eager to opening doors to a deeper understanding of themselves and our most challenging, yet most transformational experiences: our emotions. A wonderful resource to better know what you feel and what you need to understand your pain and how to change it.'- Carla Cunha, Ph.D., Associate Professor at University of Maia – ISMAI, Portugal, coordinator of the Erasmus+ project EmpoweringEFT@EU, involving five European countries

• Introduction to the Transforming Emotional Pain Workbook; 1: The Role of Emotions in Our Lives; 2: Optimal Use of Emotions; 3: Overcoming Emotional Avoidance (The Self-Interrupter); 4: Overcoming Emotional Avoidance (The Self-Worrier); 5: Transforming the Self-Critic; 6: Transforming Interpersonal Emotional Injury (Unfinished Business); 7: Summary and Conclusion; References; Appendices; Index