Emotional Processing with Emma McAdam

How to process difficult emotions in a healthy way with Emma McAdam.

Show Notes

Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist as well as the host of the popular YouTube channel, Therapy in a Nutshell. In today's episode, Emma and I talk about emotional processing and the most important ideas and skills we can learn to manage painful feelings in a healthy and productive way.

Show Notes

• What is emotional processing?
• Why is emotional processing important?
• Wilderness therapy
• Why is it so hard to talk about our feelings?
• Primary vs secondary emotions
• Basic emotional processing skills
• Feeling emotions in our bodies
• Emotional check-ins
• Intellectualizing emotions
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• The importance of willingness
• Big Magic and the Fear Monster by Liz Gilbert
• Values-based decision-making
• The meaning of emotions
• Emotional confusion

Learn more about Emma and her work here:

• Therapy in a Nutshell (YouTube)
• Website

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