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Learn to make sense of emotions, feelings and moods — your own and others’ — to enhance your affective mentalizing skills and build deeper human connections. In this course you will explore the following six topics: 1. Understanding the impact of affect — emotions, feelings and moods — on mentalizing 2. How personality traits influence mentalizing 3. How affective style — emotional reactivity and regulation — and attachment style shape mentalizing 4. How emotional environments impact mentalizing 5. Interpreting emotional experiences through verbal and nonverbal behavior 6. Attributing causes to affective states By the end of this course, you will be able to: · Apply affective mentalizing skills in everyday situations · Explain how your personal experiences have influenced your attitude toward affective sharing · Develop deeper emotional self-awareness and strengthen your ability to reflect on your own emotional experiences · Identify how personality traits and attachment styles shape your mentalizing · Evaluate how emotional environments influence your affective mentalizing · Regulate and manage emotional reactions to sustain your mentalizing abilities, even under stress · Recognize and engage with a wide range of affective states with openness and curiosity · Interpret emotional cues — both verbal and nonverbal — to better understand the feelings of others · Explain emotional experiences by accurately identifying possible causes The components that guide your learning: 2 Videos 1 Theory exercise (learning retention) 2 Preparation exercises (establishing a baseline) 3 Observation exercises 3 Practice exercises 2 Evaluation exercises (assessing your learning progress) Your time commitment for the course: · The course takes about 8 hours to complete, but you can go at your own pace. · You will have access to the course for 12 months from the date you enroll, so there’s plenty of time to learn, practice, and revisit the material.