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Uses of Emotion
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Kenneth S. Isaacs
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Uses of Emotion

Nature's Vital Gift

Kenneth S. Isaacs Kenneth S. Isaacs

May 1998

Praeger

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Because emotion is a built-in mental process, Isaacs shows how it is always useful.

Isaacs' simple realistic premise is that because emotion is a built-in mental process, it is always useful. He explores the why and how of those uses. Old questions in psychology are more satisfactorily answered and new questions are asked and answered. Among the many implications of the book we discern a broad panorama of new views about how personality develops, what are psychological health, illness, and effective treatment of disorders. Isaacs includes a never-before achieved clear path to prevention of a broad array of symptom disorders.

Because Isaacs controverts hallowed common wisdom and points to defects and scientific weaknesses in all mainstream theories, tradition-bound readers may initially resist the ideas; ideas that for many readers are counterintuitive. An open-minded reading and use of the book may lead readers to conclude this is one of the more important psychology books of our period. This book is for all professionals and students dealing with uses of personality and for lay people interested in understanding the human mind.
Foreword by Matthew Enos
Preface
Introduction: "I Hate Being Angry"
A New Understanding of Emotion
thinking about Emotion
Elements of a New Theory
The Misguided Theory of Affect Storage and Regulation
Affect Phobia: A Universal Human Condition
Psychological Disorder and Treatment from a New Perspective
Psychological Processes in Disorders
Symptom Disorders
The Meanings of Psychotherapy
Affect as a Major Factor in Psychotherapy
Conversations with Patients
The Story of Freya: A Tutoring Sample
The Biography of an Idea
Encounters with Mainstream Psychology
Unfamiliar Truths and Familiar Fallacies: Reflections on Science
Epilogue: The Work Continues
Appendix A: Relatability
Appendix B: Glossary of Emotion Terms
Suggested Readings
Index
Reviews
Well written and iconoclastic, this interesting volume is accessible to undergraduates and should be considered by academic libraries supporting programs teaching psychology and psychotherapy skills, particularly those wishing to represent alternative views.—Choice

Endorsements
Dr. Isaacs' work is the most lucid I have ever encountered on the topic of emotion. It systematically clarifies many long-standing confusions about and misunderstandings of the nature of emotion. Even more, it provides readers with an understanding of the role of emotion in everyday life. Equipped with such an understanding, they can apply this knowledge immediately and gain relief from a number of misidentified 'emotional problems.' This holds true for the clinician as well....Clinicians will be freed from the impossible and false task of 'letting out the bottled-up emotions' in their patients. Finally, the debilitating affect phobia that lies behind these misunderstandings can also be overcome. I recommend this important book to every reader.—John A. Friedman^LNorthwestern University





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