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Emotion-Based Interventions for Clinicians

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The primary purpose of this article is to introduce emotion-based interventions to clinicians that may not be familiar with such techniques. The article explains how emotion-based interventions could help transform the effectiveness of psychotherapy beyond that of traditional interventions alone, which are associated with cognitive behavioral or psychodynamic psychotherapy. Research suggests that techniques of emotional awareness, emotional validation, self-compassion, understanding the origin of emotions, forgiveness, grief work, and memory reconsolidation could offer novel interventions to improve therapeutic outcomes. A clinical example of panic disorder is provided to demonstrate how emotional interventions would be distinguished for traditional cognitive and behavioral interventions. Clinicians are encouraged to integrate emotional interventions in conjunction with cognitive and behavioral techniques that they may already currently be familiar with to optimize their clinical practice.

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Stevens, F.L. Emotion-Based Interventions for Clinicians. J Contemp Psychother 52, 329–336 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-022-09546-7

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