Dealing with Your Feelings: The Art and Science of Emotion Regulation

One of life’s great challenges for each and every one of us is to learn how to deal with our emotions. Effective emotion regulation is linked to better mental and physical health, relationship satisfaction, and work performance. It is therefore vital to learn more about the psychology of emotion regulation. This summer course aims to provide students with a) knowledge regarding the state of the art of modern emotion regulation research; b) critical thinking and presentation skills; c) tools for developing new research and real-world applications of emotion regulation research. Among the topics covered in the course are: Emotion regulation strategies, emotion regulation flexibility, mindfulness, embodied emotion regulation, interpersonal emotion regulation, psychopathology and psychotherapy.