I recently read about Lisa Feldman Barrett's perspective on emotions, where she argues that emotions are not universal and innate, but rather learned as conditioned responses. I'm curious to know how ISTDP relates to these ideas. Do you think there are any alignments or differences between her theory and ISTDP's approach to emotions or not?
My reading and research suggests that the internal experience of emotions is innate - build in over evolutionary time in order to help us adapt. How these feelings are expressed is highly cultural and often learning. It is essential to distinguish between experiencing and expressing emotion.
@@patriciacoughlinphd1852 As I have read and understood Lisa Feldman, she believes that while humans may have some biological predispositions, the actual experience of specific emotions (how we feel them internally) is heavily influenced by learning, culture, and context. This means according to her that both the feeling itself and how it is expressed can be shaped by our upbringing and environment. In this sense, the experience of emotion is not purely innate but shaped by our conceptual knowledge and past experiences. Her perspective apparently suggests that even the internal experience of emotions is constructed and learned through one's interactions with the world, making the line between the internal experience and external expression less distinct. What does an ISTDP therapist think about it?
Dr Patricia. I emailed you a few days ago. I am Cesar. I want to know what to do when clients say I don't know how I feel or I don't know how to feel, despite of me saying that feeling is in the body. How do you approach this? Thank you
I start by asking, "Do you want to know?" Spark their curiosity. If a patient doesn't know how he feels he has no intimate knowledge of himself, can't make good decisions and doesn't have what it takes to forge emotionally satisfying relationships. Also, it's not about learning how to feel. That is built in. No one has to teach an infant to cry, to get red in the face and make fists or to shriek with joy. We learn not to feel. It's about reconnecting with their essence.
Excellent video again. Thank you for responding to the question from dragging through portrait video. I Feel like not only did I get some of the questions addressed but much more. It also helped answer another question that I was uncertain about from one of your books. I wasn't aware was actually related till watching this video. Thank you so much for helping me consolidate some of my thoughts regarding this and enhancing my competency in comprehending istdp further. In addition, I especially found the PT example of the woman who went over threshold and how you used case specific response to intervention to navigate terrain around that. Noticing that she went over threshold, helping her regulate anxiety, then through exploration to help her articulate the link to the genetic figure lying in the casket. It seemed that you helped her make a connection between 2 triangles particularly in the triangle of person with a TCP link from the C (the husband) to P (mother).
Thank you for amazing videos.
Would you please introduce us some good journals so i can be aware of new findings in ISTDP
There is. a new contemporary journal of ISTDP that just published its first edition.
Amazing 🎉
I recently read about Lisa Feldman Barrett's perspective on emotions, where she argues that emotions are not universal and innate, but rather learned as conditioned responses. I'm curious to know how ISTDP relates to these ideas. Do you think there are any alignments or differences between her theory and ISTDP's approach to emotions or not?
My reading and research suggests that the internal experience of emotions is innate - build in over evolutionary time in order to help us adapt. How these feelings are expressed is highly cultural and often learning. It is essential to distinguish between experiencing and expressing emotion.
@@patriciacoughlinphd1852 As I have read and understood Lisa Feldman, she believes that while humans may have some biological predispositions, the actual experience of specific emotions (how we feel them internally) is heavily influenced by learning, culture, and context. This means according to her that both the feeling itself and how it is expressed can be shaped by our upbringing and environment. In this sense, the experience of emotion is not purely innate but shaped by our conceptual knowledge and past experiences. Her perspective apparently suggests that even the internal experience of emotions is constructed and learned through one's interactions with the world, making the line between the internal experience and external expression less distinct. What does an ISTDP therapist think about it?
Dr Patricia. I emailed you a few days ago. I am Cesar. I want to know what to do when clients say I don't know how I feel or I don't know how to feel, despite of me saying that feeling is in the body. How do you approach this? Thank you
I start by asking, "Do you want to know?" Spark their curiosity. If a patient doesn't know how he feels he has no intimate knowledge of himself, can't make good decisions and doesn't have what it takes to forge emotionally satisfying relationships. Also, it's not about learning how to feel. That is built in. No one has to teach an infant to cry, to get red in the face and make fists or to shriek with joy. We learn not to feel. It's about reconnecting with their essence.
Excellent video again. Thank you for responding to the question from dragging through portrait video. I Feel like not only did I get some of the questions addressed but much more. It also helped answer another question that I was uncertain about from one of your books. I wasn't aware was actually related till watching this video. Thank you so much for helping me consolidate some of my thoughts regarding this and enhancing my competency in comprehending istdp further.
In addition, I especially found the PT example of the woman who went over threshold and how you used case specific response to intervention to navigate terrain around that. Noticing that she went over threshold, helping her regulate anxiety, then through exploration to help her articulate the link to the genetic figure lying in the casket. It seemed that you helped her make a connection between 2 triangles particularly in the triangle of person with a TCP link from the C (the husband) to P (mother).
My pleasure.