Extraordinary Relationships: Chapter Analysis

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Chapters 17 and 18 in Extraordinary Relationships gave a good introduction into new concepts relating to Human Interactions and Relationships. These new concepts gave a better understanding on managing the emotional self in relationships, processing feelings, and dealing with crises. Two concepts that were discussed throughout the chapters were training in self-regulation and how to process feelings. One of the concepts discussed in chapter17 was the concept of training in self-regulation. In 1910 Johannes Schultz developed autogenic training which is a system of self-regulation. Autogenic training is self-willed training that consisted of six exercises. These exercises were induction of heaviness, peripheral wealth, heart rate regulation, respiratory control, abdominal warmth, and cooling of the …show more content…

Gilberts (1992) states that “With these exercises, he obtained a measure of control over changes in attention, consciousness, thought and emotion” (pg. 127). With technology today biofeedback was created. It offers a way of training so that automatic responses can be modified. The three major areas of biofeedback training are reduction of striated muscle tension, training to increase temperature in the skin, and increasing the percentage of alpha rhythm in the EGG record, which measures electrical wave patterns of the brain (Gilberts, 1992, pg. 128). The technology of biofeedback brings normally unavailable conscious monitoring to consciousness which makes it possible to learn to control automatic reactions. So bottom line biofeedback training allows for an individual to choose between emotions and feelings. The benefit of this development is it gives an individual the opportunity of self-control and allows an individual to create