The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Speeding up Your Recovery

 

Healing isn’t a lateral experience that everyone who’s struggling goes through. Depending on the experiences of the individual, the experience of recovery can differ. How you think and feel about your thoughts and emotions significantly impacts how you experience them.

Emotional intelligence has been extensively studied as an important aspect of the mind in terms of mental health and illnesses. Emotional intelligence affects your emotional adaptation, empathy, self-control, and regulation of impulses.

When you’re able to understand your own and other people’s emotions, as well as effectively express them, you’re able to help yourself better. Emotional intelligence is often understood as the bridge that connects you with others.

A Forbes article stated that emotional intelligence is comprised of four core competencies; these are self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, and relationship management.

So how can emotional intelligence instill the coping skills you need to recover?

Motivation

Personal growth and recovery are significantly affected by how motivated you are to achieve your goals. When you set a speedy recovery as your goal, you’ll be able to find the drive to accomplish it.

With higher emotional intelligence, you’re better able to direct your energies to work on yourself.

Self-awareness

Emotional intelligence is all about processing and understanding your inner thoughts, emotions, and feelings. Individuals with high emotional intelligence are able to decipher their negative behavior patterns and understand the changes that are needed to improve their life.

When they aren’t constantly battling their inner selves to improve their quality of life, the harmony within their thoughts and actions will prove positive results.

Better social skills

Since social awareness is understood to be one of the tenets of emotional intelligence, it’s clear that higher emotional intelligence leads to better relationships with those around you.

Using empathy and social skills, individuals with higher emotional intelligence are able to make lasting relationships and seek comfort in them. Social support is an important part of the journey to recovery and, thus, emotional intelligence is a necessary component of healing.

Regulating your thoughts and emotions

When you’re in touch with your emotions, you’re able to recognize your needs and identify what you should be cautious of. People struggling with mental health concerns are often unable to see their negative habits, leading them to continue losing control of their lives.

With greater emotional intelligence, you’re better able to feel in control of your life and how you’ll be able to improve.

As a mental health counselor and psychologist, it’s imperative to focus on encouraging emotional intelligence in your clients. As times change, you should be able to stay abreast of the latest methods and techniques that are being used to provide effective relief.

E Care Behavioral Health Institute is a hub of information—live webinars, recorded webinars, workshops, and courses— that will help you on your CEU journey. Their training for social workers, professional counselors, psychologists, and peer support specialists polish your skills and add to your knowledge.

Head to their website to find out more about E Care Behavioral Health Institute’s popular courses or call them at 704 883 6615.