This course allows the participant to explore the different emotions from a relational point of view, in a relationship to oneself or/and to the other and to understand the different regulation strategies that a person can implement and their consequences on the surroundings.

Work on emotion regulation studies “how individuals influence the emotions they have, when they have them, how they experience them and how they express them” (Gross). Emotion regulation is defined as the cognitive or behavioral strategies that are used to alter the circumstances in which an emotion occurs, the experience of an emotional response (including intensity and duration), or how an emotion is expressed to others (Gross, 2002).  

In this course, the different strategies for regulating emotions will be studied, in particular through the work of Gross and Mikolajczak. We speak of “emotional regulation strategies” as we speak of “coping strategies” but it is quite obvious that these processes are not part of a strategy, they are learned implicitly through experience and are not chosen intentionally. You will learn to identify which strategies are functional and which are dysfunctional. The regulation of emotions will also be seen from the angle of the family with a particular interest in parent/child relationships and, by extension, the influence in transgenerational transmission.

• Identify the different strategies for regulating emotions
• Study the regulation strategies within the family system
• Observe emotional resolution attempts to optimize the patient's chances of change