Provides coherent guidelines to help clinicians, researchers, and students identify, conceptualize, and treat problems in emotional behavior. They show that expression and nonexpression come in many different forms, with a wide range of personal and relational consequences. Expression can lead to self-knowledge and fuller intimacy, but it can also result in embarrassment or rejection. Conversely, nonexpression can involve a lack of opportunity to express, or problems in articulating feelings, but it can also reflect cultural values or effective coping efforts. The authors illuminate a range of problems related to both expression and nonexpression, and provide insight into how these can be addressed in individual and couple therapy.