Do You Get The Feeling?
A handbook to facilitate emotional awareness and communication 150 ways to express yourself
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About the Book
A recipe book for feelings. What's that?
Do you get tongue-tied? Do you often forget your words just as they are at the tip of your tongue? Do you know people who are "closed books" and never verbalize what they are feeling?
As a therapist, I have observed people who live in silence, or who communicate ineffectively what they really feel. This is not a reflection of intelligence - it is often a lack of knowledge of emotional language and how to use it.. Simply, people do not know the words to say which truly expresses thier inner voice or present frame of mind.
Do You Get the Feeling began as a pet project. I wondered, could I create a language that would be useful for others? Could I hand someone a choice of emotional writings and have them identify thier feelings? I closed my eyes, attempted to transport myself into other people’s lives and experience what they had gone through. My pet-project soon blossomed into 150 compilations of rich emotions.
Do You Get the Feeling is a smorgasbord of 150 emotional scripts which can be easily implemented with cognitive behavioral techniques. It is a valuable tool for the clinician, educator, counselor, drama teacher, ESL instructor and anyone who enjoys being in touch with that softer side of themselves. It is my hope that these write-ups will be a springboard to strengthen communication between friends, spouses, parents and children, and ultimately, open a world of self-expression to the reader.
About the Author
Celia Rabberg is licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who resides in Brooklyn, NY. She works as a psychotherapist in clinical and private practice, is a college professor, lecturer and high school teacher. She enjoys the unique blend of working in the mental health and educational professions. Celia's experiences with children, teens and adults of varied backgrounds have cultivated her finely tuned sensitivity to the inner psyche. In addition to her clinical practice and teaching, the author spends her free time working with art and music as anciliary mediums of self-expression. The book, Do You Get The Feeling is the first of Celia Rabberg's literary tools for the mental health practitioner and educator.