Intelligent Emotion

One of the most important and exciting challenges now facing both the individual and society as a whole is emotional literacy. Just as human beings learn to read and count, so can we become literate in our emotions. The choice is between learning to live well with our emotions or allowing them to run--and in some cases ruin--our lives. This book makes such a choice possible. It will help the reader: to understand and distinguish among the major emotional states--from love to loneliness, depression to hope--and why we experience them; to work with the roots and triggers that underlie each emotion; to understand the rational and intelligent basis for emotion; to integrate feeling and reason; and, finally, to move on and allow positive change and growth. A vital guide to making the most of life. Frances Wilks is a practicing psychotherapist.