Dealing With Your Feelings: The Art and Science of Emotion Regulation

About

One of life’s great challenges for each and every one of us is to learn how to deal with our emotions. Effective emotion regulation is linked to better mental and physical health, relationship satisfaction, and work performance. It is therefore vital to learn more about the psychology of emotion regulation. This summer course aims to provide students with a) knowledge regarding the state of the art of modern emotion regulation research; b) critical thinking and presentation skills; c) tools for developing new research and real-world applications of emotion regulation research. Among the topics covered in the course are: Emotion regulation strategies, emotion regulation flexibility, mindfulness, embodied emotion regulation, interpersonal emotion regulation, psychopathology and psychotherapy.

Course leader

Sander L. Koole, PhD.

Target group

The course is taught at an advanced bachelor's, with two different levels of testing for a) Master’s students and PhD students and b) Bachelor's students.
The course has an interdisciplinary nature, but is particularly suited for students with a background in behavioural sciences (e.g., psychology, cognitive science, sociology, education science) or neurosciences.

Course aim

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Know and understand the major modern theories of, and scientific research on, emotion regulation.
Generate and discuss new and critical questions about emotion regulation research.
Develop a proposal for new, theory-driven empirical research in the area of emotion regulation; and to provide feedback to research proposals by peers; and/or
Know how to apply insights from emotion regulation research to address individual problems.
Communicate effectively on these and other scientific topics.

Fee info

Student or PhD candidate: €1250, student or PhD candidate at any Dutch university or partner university of VU Amsterdam: €1125 Student, PhD candidate or employee of VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, or an Aurora Network Partner: €938, Non-student: €1500