Dr. Bettelheim has decades of experience as a psychotherapist and executive/life coach. In addition to her successful private practice, she has held numerous consulting and academic positions.She is a writer and lecturer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, USA Today, The Atlantic, Family Mediation Quarterly, and Greater Good.Her personal interests are varied. Among them are art, architecture, media, music, theater, understanding cultures around the world, neuroscience, social policy and social sciences.
Emotional contagion can turn a child’s bad mood into a family-wide melt-down. Science can explain these dynamics and teach us how to stop destructive spirals and spread joy instead of anger.
During pandemics, personal choices determine whether we contain or spread the virus. Our decisions also govern something even more contagious – our emotions. When they’re out of control, one person’s irritability can poison the whole family’s happiness. But, if we understand and harness transmissible emotions, they can (like a vaccine) protect family wellbeing.
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