{"id":668,"date":"2021-04-07T18:59:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T18:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmacdonald1960.co.uk\/?page_id=668"},"modified":"2021-04-07T18:59:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T18:59:55","slug":"alvs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thenewmaudsleyapproach.co.uk\/index.php\/skills\/alvs\/","title":{"rendered":"ALVS (Emotion focused therapy)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ALVS (attend, label, validate, soothe) <\/strong>is derived from the field of emotion focused therapy that encourages the processing of emotions and emotional coaching skills.&nbsp; The first four steps are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Attend \u2013 <\/strong>to feelings in the here and now (including physical sensations, thoughts, actions).&nbsp; Look and listen for signs of negative emotions and show that you have attended to this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g<em>. \u201cI\u2019m noticing that you look tense and wound up.&nbsp; You also looked very tearful earlier.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Labelling<\/strong> \u2013 Take a guess and put the emotional state into words (you don\u2019t have to be right).&nbsp; Encourage Edi to talk, or at least, to <em>try<\/em> and talk about their emotions.&nbsp; They may find this difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g. <em>\u201cYou seem sad\/angry\/confused.&nbsp; Would it be helpful to talk about this?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Validate<\/strong> \u2013 Make sense of the experience with empathy.&nbsp; The goal is to encourage Edi to talk about how they are feeling rather than brush those feelings under the carpet. &nbsp; Try to put yourself in their shoes in terms of feelings.&nbsp; The stem \u2018because\u2019 can be helpful in showing validation. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g. \u201cIt\u2019s<em> not surprising you feel anxious\/frightened\/confused because\u2026.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Soothe \u2013 <\/strong>Address the need signalled by the emotion (e.g. sadness\/solace, perhaps with a hug).&nbsp; Even if the emotion is not acknowledged, suggest that strong feelings of any sort can feel overwhelming and difficult to manage.&nbsp; Affirm with positive feedback any attempts to express their emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g. <em>\u201cIt must be frustrating for you to talk about this.&nbsp; We\u2019re so proud of how hard you\u2019re working with these challenges.&nbsp; Well done for agreeing to discuss this with us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember if emotions become overwhelming, take some time out.&nbsp; React with compassion and calmness.&nbsp; E.g.&nbsp; <em>I\u2019m tired now and you seem upset.&nbsp; Let\u2019s take some time out and come back to this later on.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALVS (attend, label, validate, soothe) is derived from the field of emotion focused therapy that encourages the processing of emotions and emotional coaching skills.&nbsp; The first four steps are as follows: Attend \u2013 to feelings in the here and now (including physical sensations, thoughts, actions).&nbsp; Look and listen for signs of negative emotions and show &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thenewmaudsleyapproach.co.uk\/index.php\/skills\/alvs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ALVS (Emotion focused therapy)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":630,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-668","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewmaudsleyapproach.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewmaudsleyapproach.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewmaudsleyapproach.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewmaudsleyapproach.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewmaudsleyapproach.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thenewmaudsleyapproach.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/668\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewmaudsleyapproach.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewmaudsleyapproach.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}