De helende kracht van emoties
Masterclass door dr. Antonio Pascual-Leone naar aanleiding van zijn in het najaar van 2025 te verschijnen boek.
"This book of theory and practice offers an unprecedented exploration of the nature of emotion and the process by which it changes".
Difficulty working with emotion is one of the most common clinical challenges across modalities.
This practical, science-informed workshop offers an effective framework for working with client emotion across therapeutic approaches. While many therapies emphasize the importance of processing emotions, few explain what that actually looks like in practice or how to know whether emotional work is leading to meaningful therapeutic change.
In this Masterclass, Dr. Antonio Pascual-Leone will introduce five pathways for helping clients process emotion in ways that support change. Based on the latest empirical evidence and grounded in decades of clinical research and practice, this framework clarifies how to identify what is happening emotionally in-session and respond in ways that move the emotional process forward.
This Masterclass is designed for therapists who already work with emotion and want to refine their approach to be more deliberate, nuanced, and effective. You will learn how to identify different types of emotional responses, recognize when a client is emotionally stuck, and apply targeted interventions based on what the client needs emotionally in that moment.
Through clinical demonstrations, real therapy videos, and brief experiential exercises, you will learn practical tools that can be integrated into your existing approach, whether you are a student, early-career clinician, or experienced psychotherapist.
This Masterclass is based on a recent book by Dr. Pascual-Leone, which Dr. Leslie Greenberg (York University, Canada) has called: "visionary” and “a must-read for clinicians of all orientations.” Similarly, Dr. Louie Castonguay (Pennsylvania State University, United States) has called it, "an integrative masterpiece.” While Dr. Robert Elliott (University of Strathclyde, Scotland) refers to the contribution as a “rigorous... tour de force.” Finally, Dr. J. C. Muran (Adelphi University, United States) states the book a reference that “will help a new generation of therapists.”
This book of theory and practice offers an unprecedented exploration of the nature of emotion and the process by which it changes.
Written for mental health providers and psychotherapy researchers, this innovative and unique volume offers an extraordinary synthesis of psychotherapy research, neuroscience, and practical observations to propose a new paradigm of emotion change. The book presents a general theory of how a difficult emotional state changes. Integrating findings across treatment approaches, it resolves contradictions found in different lines of research and reconciles existing theories that have seemed at odds. It explains the different kinds of emotional change, the hypothesized mechanisms driving that change, and when each type of change is most applicable.
Dr. Pascual-Leone demonstrates that having a clearer understanding of how emotion change happens enables clinicians to apply more impactful and effective interventions. Chapters explore everything from moment-by-moment work (through engagement, labeling, and expression) to broader process formulations (such as narrative, re-framing, and purpose in life). Extensive clinical examples help therapists get a better grip on what each kind of processing really means.
In this Masterclass, you will learn how to:
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Deze Masterclass wordt door de VPeP erkend als specialisatiecursus in de opleiding tot persoonsgericht experiëntieel psychotherapeut. Zie overzicht VPeP.
Dr. Antonio Pascual-Leone is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Windsor, Director of the Emotion Change Lab, and an internationally recognized expert in emotional processing and psychotherapy research.
He is the co-author of Emotion Focused Therapy for Complex Trauma (APA, 2nd edition, 2023) and the author of the Changing Emotion (APA, Dec 16, 2025). His work has been recognized with career and distinguished publication awards from international associations, including the American Psychological Association and the Society for Psychotherapy Research.
A certified trainer with the International Society for Emotion Focused Therapy, Dr. Pascual-Leone is international educator and speaker, known for his innovative approach to teaching psychotherapy skills. His TEDx talk on resolving relational trauma has been viewed over six million times.
'Principles of Emotion Change'; what works and when in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life door Antonio Pascual-Leone ISBN: 978-1-4338-3660-2. Vanaf december 2025 verkrijgbaar.
De studiebelasting bedraagt 12 uur aan lesuren.
Datum: 21 en 22 november 2025
Tijden: 09h30 - 17h00
Prijs: € 750 incl. cursusmateriaal, biologische lunch, koffie/thee
VPeP-leden en aspirant VPeP leden krijgen 10% korting, zie www.vpep.nl/scholing/kortingsregeling.
Locatie: Kloosterhotel Zin, Vught (www.kloosterhotelzin.nl)