Emotion regulation as affective neoliberal governmentality.
Emotion regulation is central in many therapy models, including couple and family therapy models. This article draws on poststructuralist governmentality studies and processual affect theory to offer insight into how the therapeutic concept of emotion regulation may reflect and support neoliberal af...
| Published in: | Family Process Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 1 - 19 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2025
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