How long
Emotional Logic began in the 1990’s as a lifelong learning approach to distress.
Using a unique Activity Pack it developed to offer a different response to
non-directional counselling for common mental health problems presenting in General
Practice. Since 2002 the method has increasingly been used outside healthcare as a powerful tool for personal development with improved relationships, so preventing
distress from building up into illness.
Where
Individual learning, training courses and small learning groups were all piloted in Devon, SW England, both rural and city-based. The office base is in Ivybridge, but telephone mentoring linked with Distance Learning materials now makes training available anywhere. Learning materials have started to be translated into other
languages.
Roots
The method is closer to systemic (Milan) family therapy than to individualistic counselling. It helps people to look afresh at their habits of emotional processing,
and at how these affect their patterns of communication during times of change. The founding GP added to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ work on grief, the concepts of hidden
losses during times of change, and of whirlpools of emotion that generate distress behaviour.
Shoots
Numerous other people have joined us and developed the way these principles are presented in different settings. In particular, Prof. Sylvia Downs added both the
card-sorting method for seeing emotional patterns, and the training method for our tutors, who come from a wide range of backgrounds, to ensure they all use
evidence-based life-long learning methods to teach Emotional Logic. Peter Stennett has developed our work in schools, Lynn Collins in pastoral care, and Peter
Sinclair has developed it for change management in business settings and student welfare.
Structure
In 2003 The Emotional Logic Centre became a Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee. We are a social enterprise working for the benefit of the wider
community. All trading profits are fed back into the charity. A bursary fund from donations and grants enables us to help those who are less able to pay. We have
three excellent and committed Trustees with wide business and teaching experience who guide our work to ensure we achieve our Mission Statement:
“The purpose of the Foundation is to provide learning opportunities that help a wide range of people to understand the effects of hidden loss reactions on their
health, well-being and social motivation. The project supports people as they use this understanding to help themselves and others resolve life difficulties.”
