Emotional Flexibility in Practice: How to Accept A
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Throughout life, we’re taught to control our full range of emotions.
We think we should force ourselves to feel happy when we’re sad. Or when visited by our guilt, we learn to push it away.
To avoid disappointment, anger, or unhappiness, we distract ourselves with long working hours or binging food/alcohol/drugs.
These provide a brief sense of control today, but don’t resolve anything tomorrow. In fact, the painful emotions return more intensely.
And that’s when control becomes the problem.
In Acceptance and Commitment Training, the alternative to control is the willingness to experience emotion. Through gentle acceptance, we choose to open ourselves to the full range of private experiences.
In this session, Dr. Koydemir dives into the importance of accepting inner experience and how to practice it, as well as:
• why it’s important to experience a range of emotions
• the positive side of negative emotions
• how to be willing to let go of control
• how to practice gentle acceptance of emotions
• examples of acceptance strategies that you can practice regularly
Join us for this practical session that will change the way you think about difficult emotions.
Facilitator
Selda Koydemir, PhD
Selda Koydemir is a London-based wellbeing practitioner who specialises in emotional wellbeing, the foundations of happiness, improving quality of life, and psychological flexibility. Her clients range from motivated individuals to large-scale organisations.
Selda is passionate about helping professionals protect their mental health and wellbeing. She provides consulting services to business leaders seeking to thrive in their professional and personal lives.
Selda is a mental health practitioner registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy in the UK and provides counselling services to adults. As a trained prosocial facilitator, she also provides consulting and training services that help teams work more collaboratively and construct a more productive workplace culture.
Selda has held several research and teaching positions throughout Europe and the US, and is the author of numerous scientific articles and books. Her academic research focuses on the effect of personality on wellbeing and on the predictors of happiness. At present, she is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Bamberg in Germany, where she teaches at the Department of Psychology.
Visit seldakoydemir.com for more information about consultancy work with leaders and organisations. A detailed academic profile and list of professional publications is available here. You can also learn more about her mental health practice here.
Organizer Dr. Selda Koydemir
Organizer of Emotional Flexibility in Practice: How to Accept A
Selda Koydemir is a London-based wellbeing practitioner who specialises in emotional wellbeing, the foundations of happiness, improving quality of life, and psychological flexibility. Her clients range from motivated individuals to large-scale organisations.
Selda is passionate about helping professionals protect their mental health and wellbeing. She provides consulting services to business leaders seeking to thrive in their professional and personal lives.
Selda is a mental health practitioner registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy in the UK and provides counselling services to adults. As a trained prosocial facilitator, she also provides consulting and training services that help teams work more collaboratively and construct a more productive workplace culture.
Selda has held several research and teaching positions throughout Europe and the US, and is the author of numerous scientific articles and books. Her academic research focuses on the effect of personality on wellbeing and on the predictors of happiness. At present, she is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Bamberg in Germany, where she teaches at the Department of Psychology.
Visit seldakoydemir.com for more information about consultancy work with leaders and organisations. A detailed academic profile and list of professional publications is available here. You can also learn more about her mental health practice here.
