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Contents I. Introduction 1. Expression, Nonexpression, and Well-Being: An Overview II. Intrapersonal Processes 2. The Myth of Emotional Venting 3. Blind Spots and Epiphanies: Expression, Nonexpression, and Emotional Insight 4. The Shoulds, Oughts, and Musts of Emotional Behavior: Expressive Goals and Values III. Interpersonal Processes 5. Family Socialization of Emotional Behavior 6. Men, Women, and the Language of Love 7. Telling One's Troubles: Expression of Distress in Intimate Relationships IV. Treatment Implications 8. Expression and Nonexpression in Psychotherapy: Facilitating Emotional Understanding and Behavioral Change 9. Beyond Sadness: Therapeutic Approaches to Emotional Constriction in Depression 10. Flooding or Blunting: Vacillating Expression and Nonexpression in Bereavement and Trauma 11. Emotional Expression in Marital Therapy 12. Expression-Related Interventions in Health Psychology V. Conclusion 13. Balance in Emotional Behavior
Jeanne C. Watson, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. She is the coeditor of the Handbook of Experiential Psychotherapy and has written numerous articles on psychotherapy process and outcome. Dr. Watson has a part-time private practice in Toronto.