Effective emotional venting generally includes three processes, one is the venting of emotional energy under pressure, and the other is positive encouragement and guidance. Finally, professional emotional catharsis should also detect and correct bad cognition, so as to solve negative emotions from the root, and sometimes it can be alleviated through relaxation training such as meditation and hypnosis.
In psychological counseling, empty chair technology, narrative events, psychological feelings, behavioral venting and other ways are often used to guide visitors to vent, so how to use these venting methods reasonably and effectively in daily life?
1. Behavior venting
We are familiar with yelling, punching sandbags or using emotional venting equipment to vent is a kind of behavior venting. Compared with other ways, behavioral venting is more widely used, and it is also the closest way to people's spontaneous venting. It can be done spontaneously without the guidance of a psychological counselor, but it is also the most easily abused or misused way to vent. Even many people think that venting is behavior venting. Therefore, in the absence of any companionship and guardianship, using excessive or even violent means to vent psychological emotions may not only have adverse consequences, but also threaten the safety of themselves and society, and it is difficult to achieve a good venting effect and even have a negative impact on mental health.
Therefore, in the process of psychological venting, we should pay attention to the choice of reasonable ways and occasions, and it is best to use professional psychological venting equipment under the guidance of professionals in a professional psychological venting room for reasonable and effective venting, which can not only achieve the purpose of effective venting, but also avoid bad venting or excessive venting.
Correct cognition
If behavior catharsis is aimed at emotions and psychological energy, then the method of cognitive correction is to work directly at the cognitive level, find the source of bad emotions through cognitive consciousness, and then use the techniques in cognitive behavioral therapy to correct bad cognition. Due to the professionalism and systematicness of cognitive behavior correction, cognitive correction is often used as a professional psychological counseling technology in medium and long-term psychological counseling, which is difficult to be systematically contacted in general life and work. Therefore, in the process of venting, we often ignore the exploration of the source of bad emotions, and when we encounter similar situations, we will awaken the previous emotions and experiences.
If behavioral catharsis is a "temporary solution", cognitive correction can be said to be a "permanent cure", and it can also be said to be the core and foundation of catharsis therapy. Then how can we correct our cognition in our daily life? First of all, we should understand the basic concepts of cognitive behavioral therapy, clarify the definitions and differences of automatic thinking, intermediate beliefs and core beliefs, pay attention to the awareness of automatic thinking in daily life, record our own automatic thinking, analyze the intermediate beliefs and core beliefs behind automatic thinking, and then replace negative thinking with positive thinking and write them in our own records. You can also use the method of "defense lawyer". Think of your own automatic thinking as an opponent, imagine that automatic thinking is putting all kinds of negative labels on yourself, and your own thinking is defending yourself, giving all kinds of positive evidence to attack automatic thinking. In addition, you can also use the emotional guidance and cognitive adjustment system in professional emotional venting equipment to carry out cognitive correction.
To maintain a good emotional state, we must be aware of our own state in daily life, actively accept our own emotions and feelings when facing pressure or emotional arousal, and express our emotions and feelings defenseless in an appropriate way and in a positive way, which is of vital significance to our psychological growth and emotional management. A variety of emotional venting devices developed by Shi Jing Boren can not only meet the needs of users to release psychological energy and emotional expression, but also guide users to perceive and correct their own cognition, and also contain a variety of audio-visual materials to relieve emotions, so as to comprehensively enhance users' emotional cognition and adjustment ability and improve their mental health level.