Welcome
The Emotional Health Institute (EHI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing emotional well-being through Emotional Resolution® (EmRes®)—a somatic approach that works with the body’s natural capacity for Viscero-Somatic Quieting.
We provide education, professional training, and access to highly trained Certified EmRes® Practitioners who help individuals resolve recurring emotional patterns that interfere with their well-being and daily lives.
Here, you can learn about EmRes®, find a Certified Practitioner, explore our courses and professional trainings, and discover the research being conducted to better understand and evaluate this approach.
What is Emotional Resolution® (EmRes®)
EmRes® is a somatic approach designed to resolve recurring painful or debilitating emotional reactions.
Our emotional responses are shaped by the brain and body’s ability to learn from experience and anticipate what may happen next. Sometimes, a protective response that developed in the past can be automatically reactivated in the present—even when the current situation is no longer threatening.
EmRes works directly with the physical sensations that accompany these emotional reactions. Through a process called Viscero-Somatic Quieting, individuals are gently guided to experience these sensations without trying to control, suppress, or interpret them, allowing the emotional response to naturally change.
The aim of EmRes is not to suppress emotions or to feel less.
It is to help us respond to what is actually happening now, rather than being overwhelmed by emotional reactions shaped by the past.
In other words: to feel the emotions that belong to the present, rather than repeatedly reacting to the past.
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What is Viscero-somatic quieting?
Every emotion we experience emerges from a unique combination of physical sensations in the body. EmRes works directly with these sensations as they arise during a difficult emotional reaction.
Rather than trying to understand, control, suppress, or dwell on the emotion, Viscero-Somatic Quieting invites us to experience the accompanying bodily sensations in a safe environment, allowing them to change naturally.
When given the space to unfold without interference, these sensations can move through a natural cycle of transformation and quieting. As this cycle completes, the emotional reaction associated with them can lose its intensity and no longer be triggered in the same way.
This process is what we call Viscero-Somatic Quieting. More Info here.
Advancing Emotional Health Through Research, Education & Access
The Emotional Health Institute (EHI) is working to expand the understanding, study, and accessibility of Emotional Resolution® (EmRes®) around the world.
What began as an effort to teach individuals how to resolve recurring emotional difficulties has grown into an international initiative bringing together researchers, healthcare professionals, educators, nonprofit organizations, and Certified EmRes® Practitioners.
RESEARCH
EHI collaborates with leading researchers and academic institutions to scientifically evaluate EmRes®, better understand its effects, and contribute to the growing study of emotional health and somatic approaches.
EDUCATION
Thousands of individuals have been introduced to EmRes®, while professionals in the United States and internationally have been trained to integrate this approach into their work. In the San Francisco Bay Area alone, more than 200 educators were trained to use EmRes® with children through collaborations with Dedication to Special Education and the Marin County Office of Education.
ACCESS
Through partnerships with nonprofit and community organizations, EHI works to bring EmRes® education, training, and support to people and communities who may otherwise have limited access to emotional health resources.
A GROWING GLOBAL COMMUNITY
EHI supports an international network of trained and Certified EmRes® Practitioners committed to helping people address recurring emotional patterns safely, respectfully, and without requiring them to relive or extensively discuss painful experiences.
Our vision is simple: a world in which people have the tools and support to resolve debilitating emotional patterns—not simply learn to live with them.
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Our Partners
We are grateful to collaborate with organizations that share our commitment to emotional health, education, research, and community well-being.
Through these partnerships, the Emotional Health Institute continues to expand awareness of Emotional Resolution® and support more individuals, professionals, and communities.
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