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Expression Of Emotion: When It Causes Trauma And When It Helps, Jill Littrell
Expression Of Emotion: When It Causes Trauma And When It Helps, Jill Littrell
SW Publications
The idea that clients should be encouraged to express strong emotion regarding the traumas they have suffered is widely assumed. This paper asks whether the empirical literature supports the underlying assumption that emotional expression leads to positive outcomes (better health and dissipation of distress). Studies in which individuals who have been given an opportunity to express emotions about past traumas are compared with subjects placed in appropriate control conditions are reviewed. The empirical literature suggests that eliciting emotion is harmful when it is not associated with reappraisal of past trauma, but helpful when the reappraisal occurs. The following guideline emerges: …
Inequality And Its Discontents, Jill Littrell, Fred Brooks, Jan Ivery, Mary Ohmer
Inequality And Its Discontents, Jill Littrell, Fred Brooks, Jan Ivery, Mary Ohmer
SW Publications
In the last two decades, the income and security of the individual middle class worker has declined and the gap between the rich and the poor has widened. We will examine those policies that strengthened the middle class after World War II, which included strengthening the bargaining power of labor. We will proffer suggestions for reviving the middle class now with particular focus on empowering labor. We will offer suggestions for the role of the practitioner in this endeavor.