Step 1 – Identify your partner’s emotion
Observe your partner’s verbal and body language to identify his or her feeling.
Then, try to identify and match an empathetic labeling of his or her emotion.
A. Is the emotion positive or negative?
B. What is the general type of emotion? You can use the following simple classification of emotions. Negative emotions: anxiety/confusion, guilt, anger or depression; Positive emotions: love, joy, realized, happy, or excited
C. Intensity of the feeling? (0-10) Which of the following is it: Extremely strong, strong, moderate, mild, extremely mild
D. Find an appropriate word or phrase to describe the feeling.