“Rather than being guided by images of how to be, people need to attend to how they actually are and to respect this.” — Leslie S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
“People often experience emotional flooding as dangerous and traumatic, which leads them to try to avoid feelings altogether. At times emotional avoidance or numbing may be the delayed result of trauma, and this is one of the key forms of posttrauma difficulty. Emotional overarousal also often leads to the opposite problem, maladaptive attempts to contain emotion. Trying to suppress or… — Leslie S. Greenberg Copy Share
“The following steps have been identified to guide clinicians in the development of case formulations (Greenberg & Goldman, 2007): 1. Identify the presenting problem.… — Leslie S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
“Emotional approach and awareness should be used when the emotions are below some manageable level of arousal, say 70%, but distraction and regulation should… — Leslie S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
“Rather than being guided by images of how to be, people need to attend to how they actually are and to respect this.” — Leslie S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
“Adopting a stance toward any external experience as partial rather than total allows the feeling to more easily be accepted. Thus, recognizing my shame… — Leslie S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
