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Theemotional thought method (Spanish:Pensamiento emocional) is a technique for increasingemotional intelligence using a group of activities that can be used in a personal or group-oriented way.
The emotional thought method was created by Carlos Hué, a Spanishpsychologist who is a teacher at theUniversity of Zaragoza. It is explained in the bookPensamiento emocional. Un método para el desarrollo de la autoestima y el liderazgo (Hué, 2007). This book has not yet been translated into English. Carlos Hué gathers a lot of exercises in this method in order to develop emotional skills.
Emotional intelligence is based on severalcompetencies intended to enhance success in their personal, professional, and social lives. These kinds of competencies develop throughout life, but they are not explicitly taught.
Training actions are offered by companies, public administrations, entities, institutions, and social agents to develop such competencies. However, thesemethods are not complete.
The emotional thought method proposes seven competencies. Four pertain to the self:self-knowledge, self-evaluation, emotional control, and personalmotivation; and three pertain to others: knowledge of others, appreciation of others, and control of them.
The last competence is control of others. This competence has been criticized as not respectful of others, even to persuade others to pursue their interests. This involves the capacity to have relations, the capacity to organizegroups, the capacity to solveconflicts, andleadership.
These seven competencies are developed through exercises, as much as in Hué's book, as in the TREIN project.
