Martina Famos -

Counseling for Internationals

The Purpose of Emotions

Welcome to Module 2!

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In the readings of Module 1 called: "What is Adlerian", I mentioned the following:
Adler's theory is a holistic psychology that focuses on the goals and purposes of human behavior.
 
In Module 2, I want you to start becoming aware of your goal-oriented behavior. You may recognize a "what for "are you feeling "which "emotions.

Look at the picture in the background. Both feel an emotion. The boy's feeling has the goal to attend to the girl's attention by showing excitement. That is, if not overstretched, a constructive way of receiving attention.
Wanting to achieve results with negative emotions is ultimately not leading to a desired circumstance. Nevertheless, we sometimes don't realize how we use emotions, and we are not conscious of having a purpose in feeling them.
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Dive into the document "The Purpose of Emotions", and learn to understand which emotions you use to attain which goal / result.

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You can also access your second bonus file. It contains about 200 emotions. I find it fascinating that every human being is experiencing all of them, which is why we are capable of feeling empathy.
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Our society is deficient in expressing feelings verbally. This document helps you be more exact and detailed in describing your emotions by naming them correctly. It's one of the crucial means to avoid being misunderstood.

 

Warm regards

 

Martina

The Purpose of Emotions

Bonus File:

The Emotional Competence

Email me if you have questions.