The recent proposal of a new type of agnosia termed 'affective agnosia'extends Freud's
legacy and captures the concept of not knowing one's own emotions. This concept links well …

Objectives We aimed to clarify the associations between negative emotionality, avoidant
coping, and alexithymia. We hypothesized that negative emotionality and avoidance …

Certain individuals who sexually offend may have difficulty differentiating, identifying, and
articulating emotions. These clients may prove challenging for therapists when engaging …

Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are a considerable presenting problem in general
practice. Alexithymia and difficulties with mental elaboration of bodily arousal are …

Objective Autonomy–connectedness (self‐awareness, sensitivity to others, and capacity for
managing new situations) reflects the capacity for self‐governance, including in social …

Democratic therapeutic communities (TCs) are long-term group programs that address
severely ingrained clinical populations. These psychodynamically informed social …

Purpose Being appropriately aware of the extent of stress experienced in daily life is
essential in motivating stress management behaviours. Excessive stress underestimation …

Asemic or asemantic writing is a style of written self-expression that can be advantageous
when working with individuals who have no words for feelings. The purpose of the present …

The term alexithymia is a complex multidimensional construct that literally means “no words
for mood”. There are two kind of alexithymia: primary and secondary or otherwise called trait …

Emergency responders, including firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and rescue
personnel, are charged with assisting those experiencing an array of crises, while in a …