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Alexithymia

6 techniques · 6 approaches
DBT
Describe
Describe
Building the capacity to put inner experience into words: emotions, sensations, events, thoughts. Moving from a vague state ("I feel bad") t…
Deurzen
Emotional Compass Mapping
Emotional Compass Mapping
Van Deurzen developed four "compasses" — one for each dimension of existence. Emotions are seen as pointers to values: what is loved, what i…
ERT
Somatic Awareness of Emotions
Somatic Awareness of Emotions
Developing the ability to notice emotions through bodily sensations: where the emotion lives in the body, how it changes, and what it commun…
IFS
Somatic IFS Technique
Somatic IFS Technique
An extension of standard IFS developed by Susan McConnell. The body is regarded as the main dwelling place of parts: every sensation, tensio…
Längle
Value Perception / Working with Emotions as Value Signals
Value Perception / Working with Emotions as Value Signals
In existential analysis, feelings are understood as "pointers" to values. Längle distinguishes the primary emotion (a spontaneous reaction t…
MBT
Body Mentalizing (Embodied Mentalization)
Body Mentalizing (Embodied Mentalization)
A technique for integrating bodily experience into the process of mentalization. The therapist helps the client to establish the link betwee…
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