The ability to identify one’s own emotions and those of others is a skill that is related to emotional intelligence (Salovey & Mayer, 1990). People differ in the extent to which they are able to identify the degree of specificity of their experiences.

People high in differentiation are able to communicate more detailed emotional experiences on different occasions and use
different adjectives to represent different kinds of experiences. They are better able to distinguish the intensity of emotions and use a greater emotion vocabulary. In contrast, people low in differentiation use only a few general emotional states and often struggle to communicate their feelings in specific terms.

Goal
The goal of this tool is to train people to be more detailed in describing their feelings. The exercise
can help clients to learn to identify or recognize emotions with more accuracy.

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