In this course we will combine two techniques: expressive writing and interoceptive awareness into a powerful strategy that you can use to offload and process difficult emotions and manage everyday stress. At the end of the course you will know how to tolerate and manage emotions, and which expressive writing technique works for you. You will also have a go at using binaural beats to help process emotions. You will leave this course with your own Personal Processing Plan to use whenever you need to offload and process difficult life events and emotions. It is my hope that you will regularly use the technique to 'check-in', offload and process so that feelings do not build-up and you have a sense of clarity over your life and what you feel.

My view is that we can go through daily life and have lots of things happen that we don’t get time to think about and ‘process' emotionally and that these feelings do not go away. For example if we feel sad about something our instinct can be to distract ourselves rather than feel the sadness. Sometimes we can be wary of feeling emotions and worry that they will overwhelm us. Distraction can be a helpful strategy but it doesn’t help you to process the reason why you feel sad. So how do we discharge and process our emotions in a way that is manageable and not overwhelming? This is the question I hope to answer for you in this course.