Using Alba Emoting™ to work with emotions in psychotherapy

Abstract

Alba Emoting is a physical, scientific method for working with emotions. Alba Emoting can help therapists better recognize their own and their clients' emotions. Alba Emoting can help clients achieve better emotional awareness and regulation. Alba Emoting can also help clients experience and express emotions they may normally inhibit.

On the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Training in Anger Management and Emotional Regulation Difficulties in Adolescents

“…As Kalawski (2011) argued, the use of facial expressions, breathing pattern and body posture in emotion regulation can be implemented as an emotional regulation technique or method. However, this is not a complete and definitive solution towards the resolution of the problems arising from students' anger.…”

“…Emotion regulation is one of the methods that can be used in relation to the variables mentioned above. Alba Emoting is also one of the methods that refers to the voluntary production and change of emotions change and is composed of three components, namely breathing patterns, body postures, and facial expressions (Kalawski, 2011).…”

The absence of the cool-down for actors following a theatre performance; the discussion is on-going but the gap remains

“…Moreover, once the 'step-out' is taught and mastered, 'participants can safely teach others' without a certified trainer to oversee this process; this would allow actors to conduct it without a team leader (Kalawski 2011, 182). In addition, the positive attributes of the 'step-out'despite objections by Geer that it is 'only partially effective ' (1993, 153) and by Konijn (2000) that it is based on 'outmoded' research premises (Konijn 2000, 107) are confirmed by several academics and practitioners (Baker 2008;Kalawski 2011;Sacay-Bagwell 2013) and reiterated by Barton 'the reason Stepping Out works so well … is that none of the actions in the exercise are those of primary emotions … so the motions of Stepping Out break the connection. This exercise is also good one to use at the end of a rehearsal or performance, to leave the feelings of the show behind ' (2003, 272).…”

Biopsychosocial effects of training in recognition, emotional facial reproduction and relaxation: a pilot study

“…Although there are some emotional regulation programs (Shafir, 2015), there are few neurological rehabilitation programs that have used the reproduction of emotional facial expression as part of social skills training. A behavioral method to develop the recognition and voluntary expression of basic emotions, through changes in posture and breathing patterns, is the Alba Emoting ™, which has been applied to train the actors, as well as a clinical use to facilitate recognition and emotional regulation (Kalawski, 2013). However, although it is based on respiratory patterns to simulate a basic emotional configuration, including facial expression, it is still necessary to evaluate its effects on the respiratory rate at the end of the training.…”