Ground-breaking book offering a new psychological approach to emotions

Roger Baker's ground-breaking book, based on the research of his medical team, presents a new way of understanding emotions and new insights into handling emotional pressures, and is illustrated throughout with examples from patients in psychological therapy and from everyday life. The book is divided into 4 parts: 1) The Secret Life of Emotions: introduces the theme of the book and shows how emotional and rational lives are equally valid 2) Dissolving Distress: looks at our second immune system, emotional processing, which helps us to absorb and break-down emotional hurts and strains 3) Healing through Feeling: the expression of emotions for good health and well-being 4) How to Sabotage Emotional Processing: a manual of bad practice.

DR ROGER BAKER is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Bournemouth University. He has worked in a dual role as researcher and clinical psychologist at Leeds, Aberdeen, and Bournemouth Universities and in NHS Trusts specialising in Mental Health. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Understanding Panic Attacks and Understanding Trauma.

DR ROGER BAKER is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Dorset Healthcare Mental Health Trust, Coordinator of a Research Unit at Poole Hospital specialising in mind-body research, and visiting Professor at Bournemouth Universiey. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Understanding Panic Attacks (Lion).

Roger Baker's ground-breaking book, based on the research of his medical team, presents a new way of understanding emotions and new insights into handling emotional pressures, and is illustrated throughout with examples from patients in psychological therapy and from everyday life. The book is divided into 4 parts: 1) The Secret Life of Emotions: introduces the theme of the book and shows how emotional and rational lives are equally valid, 2) Dissolving Distress: looks at our second immune system, emotional processing, which helps us to absorb and break-down emotional hurts and strains, 3) Healing through Feeling: the expression of emotions for good health and well-being, 4) How to Sabotage Emotional Processing: a manual of bad practice.

__Contents__  
1 A New Understanding of Emotional Healing 7  
__PART I__  
THE SECRET LIFE OF THE EMOTIONS 17  
2 Pure Reason 18  
3 The Language of Two Worlds 27  
4 Sixth Sense 37  
__PART II__  
EMOTIONAL PROCESSING: DISSOLVING DISTRESS 49  
5 The Emotional Immune System 50  
6 Emotional Processing: Inside Out 58  
__PART III__  
HEALING THROUGH FEELING 73  
7 The One Hard Fact in Psychology 74  
8 Shell Shock 84  
9 Battened Down and Bottled Up 95  
__PART IV__  
HOW TO SABOTAGE HEALING 107  
10 Love and Pasta 108  
11 A Pill for the Body, Soul and Spirit 120  
12 Ruminating Your Life Away 132  
13 Living in Harmony with Emotions 145  
Appendix: The Idea Behind the Science 159  
References 168  
Index 173  
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\["For individuals seeking emotional healing and understanding", "Offers strategies to cope with emotional pressures effectively", "You will learn to express feelings for better well-being"\]

Discover a transformative approach to understanding and processing your emotions with Roger Baker's insightful book.

Roger Baker

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1 A New Understanding of Emotional Healing

PART I THE SECRET LIFE OF THE EMOTIONSI

2 Pure Reason

3 The Language of Two Worlds

4 Sixth Sense

PART II EMOTIONAL PROCESSING: DISSOLVING DISTRESS

5 The Emotional Immune System

6 Emotional Processing: Inside Out

PART III HEALING THROUGH FEELING

7 The One Hard Fact in Psychology

8 Shell Shock

9 Battened Down and Bottled Up

PART IV HOW TO SABOTAGE HEALING

10 Love and Pasta

11 A Pill for the Body, Soul and Spirit

12 Ruminating Your Life Away

13 Living in Harmony with Emotions

Appendix: The Idea Behind the Science

References

Baker, Roger

A new way of handling emotional pain and hurts. Based on groundbreaking psychological research. 'It's as if the body has a second immune system, an emotional system, devoted not to physical protection, but to protection from emotional hurt and trauma.' Dr Roger Baker. Is there a way of harnessing our emotions, of living in harmony with them and finding meaning and fulfilment through them? In Emotional Processing, Dr Roger Baker offers a new psychological approach. Basing his writing on twenty years of experience in therapy and the groundbreaking research he has undertaken with his research team, he explains how emotional processing works. He begins by examining the meaning and purpose of emotions, affirming the crucially important role they play in a full and healthy life. They are, he says, an advanced information system, not an opponent of rational thought. He then goes on to show how we have a sort of second immune system, able to absorb and break down emotional hurts and stress just as our first immune system deals with viruses and bacteria. When we move with this system of emotional processing, instead of blocking or hindering it, life's troubles and traumas can be so much more easily absorbed. Illustrated throughout with examples from patients in psychological therapy and from everyday life, Emotional Processing offers all of us new and important insights into the path to emotional well-being.

\["For individuals seeking to improve emotional health", "Teaches effective emotional processing techniques", "You will learn to manage emotions for better well-being"\]

Discover how to heal and thrive by understanding your emotions with Roger Baker's insightful book.

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