The Research On Chinese Medical Emotion Theory And Adjustment

Modern clinical psychology thinks that psychological problem is caused by the imbalance of self-awareness,the aim of the therapy is to design and adopt certain logical and critical method,guide and lead the patient to change the wrong belief and perception,in order to be more objective and adaptability.The emotional disorder is one kind of the psychological problem;also,emotion is a main factor of causing the psychological disorder too.Western psychology has developed only for several hundreds year, though which can sum up the pathology and therapeutics systematically. It neglects a lot of important elements,including how body(internal organs) interacts with emotion,cultural difference and therapeutics difference.In this research,we generalize the characteristic and methodology of Chinese ancient documents,compare with modern western emotion adjusting method in clinical aspect.Western psychology suggests that every emotion is independent,no any interaction.Chinese medicinal psychology thinks that emotion is dynamical,and counteract with each other.According to the concept of the five elements(used in ancient,Chinese cosmology and later in herb medicine),emotion is mainly consisted of anger,happiness,contemplation, sadness,and feat,and it also explains how to apply its characteristics and theory on psychotherapy.It points out that each emotion will grow another emotion(happiness grows contemplation,contemplation grows sadness,sadness grows fear,fear grows anger and anger grows happiness), it also show that emotion will restrain other emotion(happiness restrains sadness,sadness restrains anger,anger restrains contemplation, contemplation restrains fear,fear restrains happiness).Realizing the transformation mechanisms of emotion,make us easier to understand our emotional problems.It can apply to difference kinds of psychotherapy, such as hypnotherapy,NLP and cognitive behavior therapy;it makes the treatment more maturate.In 1998,famous U.S.A.psychologist,Martin E.Seligman launched the positive psychology movement,thereafter introduced the positive psychotherapy.The positive psychotherapy treats patients who have depression by enhancing their personal happiness,and it makes a big success.According to China medicinal psychology,the principle of positive psychotherapy is highly related to emotional counterbalance therapy.This research explains with Chinese medicine psychology;analyze the relationship between positive psychotherapy and emotional counterbalance therapy.Merge the different between both kinds of treatment theory,combine with their characteristics and create a new psychotherapy method.Besides,the theme of this research is emotion adjustment.Not only can it be used at psychotherapy,but also can it be applied on mental health maintenance.