Emotions are vital aspects of your cognition, your social skills, your ability to learn, and your ability to manage your behavior and your relationships. Emotions are necessary for everything you do, but because there is so much confusion about (and bias against) emotions, many of us grow up without a functional emotional education.
I wrote The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You to help people understand emotions and engage with their innate emotional and empathic abilities. Humans are empathic social primates, and emotions are our native language.
But even so, sometimes we need a little bit of help deciphering that language, which is why I’m offering consultations based on my book. These private sessions are conducted by phone or by Skype, and all of your information will remain confidential. These consultations are not a substitute for therapy or medical advice; rather, our focus will be on a deepening understanding of your unique emotional life.
Your initial hour-long session will be preceded by a questionnaire that will help us focus quickly on your questions and issues. After your consultation, you’ll receive a written follow-up that will detail the themes, ideas, and solutions we explored in your consultation. Subsequent sessions of an hour or half-hour, depending on your needs, are available.
What you can expect in your consultation
- A pre-session questionnaire to help you identify your issues and the emotional and self-care skills you already possess
- A focused inquiry into your specific situation, with the goal of creating personalized options and solutions that you can manage easily
- An approach that is equally personal, interactional, and sociological, because you and your emotional skills do not exist in isolation
- Support in strengthening your emotional awareness and utilizing the skills in The Language of Emotions
- A written follow-up detailing our session and the ideas and solutions we created for your unique situation
Cost: $95 for the initial one-hour session, with sliding scale as needed.
Inquire about a consultation with Karla McLaren
If you have general questions, come on over to our empathic community on Facebook. We’ve got a wonderful group of people who are excellent at what I call empathic crowd sourcing. Come visit us!
Thank you for bringing your empathy and your emotional awareness to our waiting world!
Karla McLaren
