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May 6
39m 36s

The Role of Emotion in Therapy

Jordan Pickell and Alison McCleary
About this episode
Emotion is the heart of our work as therapists. They can be slippery and elusive, hard to access, scary to tap into and feel fully. There are countless frameworks for understanding emotion, and in this episode we talk about how we personally conceptualize these phenomena. Join us on Patreon for bonus content at www.patreon.com/edgeofthecouch, share your tho ... Show More
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