Emotional reactivity refers to the frequency and intensity of emotional arousal. It includes the threshold and ease with which someone becomes emotionally aroused and the intensity of emotional ...

After feeling burned by their emotions, people often try to soothe their pain by pouring cold water on them, ensuring that they do not get burned again. They numb hurt and anger. They deny fear. And ...

Supporting a child through intense emotions while managing your own is challenging work. Part of this is to practice identifying and validating emotions.

As someone who considers herself a highly sensitive person, I understand the struggle that comes with the strong emotions I experience on a daily basis. Although I am aware that I am separate from my ...

Dr Christiane Kehoe is co-author on the Tuning in to Kids suite of programs and receives royalties from the sale of the facilitator manuals used by clinicians who deliver the parenting groups.