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emotion regulation
Articles tagged "emotion regulation".
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Danger, Not Damage: Attachment, Emotion, and the Somatic Language of Relational Threat
Bowlby’s insight was somatic before it was interpersonal: the attachment system is fundamentally a threat-regulation system. The infant’s nervous system is organized around a question it continues to ask throughout life: am I safe, and is help available (Bowlby, 1969/1982)? Viewed this way, attachment does not simply shape how clients relate to others. It also […]
Joel Jin, PhD
July 28, 2026
An Empirical Analysis of Mental State Talk and Affect Regulation in Two Single-Cases of Psychodynamic Child Therapy
Abstract Literature has shown the importance of mentalizing techniques in symptom remission and emotional understanding; however, no study to date has looked at the dynamic relations between mental state talk and affect regulation in the psychotherapy process. From a psychodynamic perspective, the emergence of the child’s capacity to regulate affect through the therapist’s reflection on […]
Sibel Halfon + 2 more
June 7, 2017