Table of Emotions & Core Feelings
This summary handout outlines the relationship between the four emotions and the corresponding core feelings that activate them. Â
It does not list inter-personal feelings since they are too numerous. In general however, they create either a threatening or safe context for the person, which elicits the Anger-Fear or Happy-Sad emotions respectively.
Core Feelings Template
This form is a stylized version of a process I use with my clients. It can be used to help process the feelings associated with a particular upsetting event, recent or distant. It can also be used to assess your Accidental Conditioned History feeling impressions (Our orienting feelings and beliefs that bias our interpretation of our world and relationships).
It is best done using the NEDERR process, (See the DVD), which has similarities to Gendlin’s Focusing process.
Bio-Emotive Focusing -Unpacking Body Pain
Use this form to focus on a part of the body that is painful or “does not feel right”.  Through structured free association any underlying emotional tensions or trauma are translated into symbols and their meaning is discovered and released.   This is a very powerful process and also works well in a group context.  I used this form in the early 1990s and it helped develop the Bio-emotive framework.
This form is based on my work with my wife’s, (Dr Darlene Tataryn), workshops in expressive therapy. Â It was my attempt to structure the powerful exploratory process she was teaching to release pain and tension from our physical bodies. Â While her work allowed physical movement and sound and other creative and cathartic expression, this forms allows is more suited to facilitate individual insight and catharsis through more linear and verbal processes.
Find the CORE FEELING that’s causing you suffering
By completing this form you will discover which types of core feelings are activated, but not resolved, in you. In other words what core feelings are causing your distress? It will take some time and some work for you to determine how much is coming from the present situation you are processing and how much is coming from your unresolved emotional history.
Find the RELATIONAL FEELING that’s causing you suffering in relationship
Relational feelings are also called inter-personal feelings. They describe the emotional energy you experience between yourself and other people, or yourself and the world. By completing this form you will discover which types of emotional feelings are activated, but not resolved, in you. In other words which relationship feelings are causing you stress.