Copyright © 2007 by Roger Baker
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Text Acknowledgments
Chapter 2–Chapter 2: Scripture quotations are taken from the New Revised Standard Version published by HarperCollins Publishers, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, and are used by permission. All rights reserved.
Author’s Note
I would like to thank the many patients whose experiences during therapy are quoted in this book. The names and personal details of all these people have been changed to ensure the information is anonymous.
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Cover image: Paul Souders/Corbis
Contents
1 A New Understanding of Emotional Healing
THE SECRET LIFE OF THE EMOTIONS
EMOTIONAL PROCESSING: DISSOLVING DISTRESS
6 Emotional Processing: Inside Out
7 The One Hard Fact in Psychology
9 Battened Down and Bottled Up
11 A Pill for the Body, Soul and Spirit
13 Living in Harmony with Emotions
Appendix: The Idea Behind the Science
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A New Understanding of Emotional Healing
The kiss
‘My mother held me by the hand and led me along the landing to the top of the stairs. I was so small my arm was at full stretch. It was mid-morning but the curtains were still closed and there was a strong, sickly smell of candles burning. She led me downstairs. On every shelf and every surface there were candles flickering. I’d never seen so many. The living room, where we two girls, my sister and I, usually played, was full of people sitting round in the shadows and mumbling to each other. I was led over to a box in the centre of the room. My mother picked me up to look into the box. I remember scraping my knees as she lifted me up.
‘At first I couldn’t understand what I was looking at. Flowers and some blacky-grey hair. Then I realized the hair belonged to my auntie. She was lying there, white and still. I didn’t know what a corpse was, it was the first time I had seen one. Then I was being tilted forwards, actually ...
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About Emotional Processing: Healing through FeelingRoger Baker's ground-breaking book, based on the research of his medical team, explains how emotional processing works and outlines problematic styles of emotional processing and their effects on quality of life. It 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. Part 1 - The Secret Life of Emotions: introduces the theme of the book and shows how emotional and rational lives are equally valid. Part 2 - Dissolving Distress: looks at our second immune system, emotional processing, which helps us to absorb and break-down emotional hurts and strains. Part 3 - Healing through Feeling: covers the expression of emotions for good health and well-being. Part 4 - How to Sabotage Emotional Processing: provides a manual of bad practice. |
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