Hilary Jacobs Hendel | The Change Triangle

In the kind of psychotherapy I practice called AEDP, we often focus on feel-good emotions like joy and pride. Deepening the experience of...

This article was originally published on Slate.com on 6/20/22. Irene recently came to therapy because her anxiety had been revving up,...

Joy is one of the seven core emotions on the Change Triangle. Joy, like all core emotions, has a particular feeling in the body, although...

When someone is depressed, it's worth asking what other emotions they might have buried deep inside that need to be dealt with.

When someone we love dies, sadness is the healthy biological response to our loss. We cannot just ‘get over it’ or ‘suck it up’.

Think depression is only about a flaw in chemistry? Think again.

It's not unusual for the holidays to bring up anxiety. But, a little emotion education and a few tips go a long way to getting through.

I learned of an entirely new way of working where the focus was not only on helping a person gain insight but on fostering healing.

Emotions are powerful forces that affect the mind, brain, and especially the body. They have power to cause great distress.

“The problem with verbal abuse is there is no evidence,” Marta shared. She came for help with a long-standing depression.

Renee and I worked together on calming her anxiety by learning what emotions were being triggered. We accessed and processed anger.

Slowing down will allow you to notice more about your emotional world. Want to experiment?

In 2004, I learned that emotions were physical experiences. It was an “Aha!” moment for me. Of course they are!

How can it be that a seemingly depressed person, one who shows clinical symptoms, doesn’t respond to antidepressants or psychotherapy?