Therapeutic Alliance Part 5: Emotion

People often think of emotions as ethereal, complicated depths that are difficult to explore. They are actually adaptive physical reactions to stimuli. There are a few main categories, and as we will discover, they are concrete, identifiable, and usually in a healthy therapeutic alliance, they can be discussed and even when emotions are painful to express or come with shame or linked with traumatic memories, can be disarmed and understood.  By listening to this episode, you can earn 1 Psychiatry CME Credits. Link to blog. Link to YouTube video.