Emotional Control
Achieving emotional control and wellness during adult.scence can be most beneficial to adjustment in adult life. App]ying the problems, process helps us to see the cause-effect relations in behavior. Thi turn, enables the person to gain better control in expressing emotion An individual who maintains an appearance of calmness in the of anger- or fear-producing situations has taken the first step toy real calmness. Also, we can control an emotion by becoming adjusted to the stimulus that produces it. Since emotion is a nonadjm reaction, procedures that give a person more adjustive power over or her environment will lessen emotional reactions. Though emo inhibits clear thinking, it is also true that clear thinking inhibits emotion to some extent.
Many studies support the conclusion that counseling can help the adolescent objectify and think through his problems. Though guidance may not itself solve the problem it encourages problem solving behavior. Sharing problems makes the adolescent more aware that he or she is not alone with his or her problems. Learning that many emotional problems are "normal" aids understanding. Guided group discussions are most beneficial in this respect.
