In this fascinating article scientists have demonstrated how apes can read human expressions despite 6 million years of evolutionary separation. What’s more their their skill at inferring how people will act on their emotions, conclude the scientists, suggests that they “understand facial expressions as expressing internal states that cause certain [human] actions”.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy tends to think that emotions are driven by your behaviour. So, change your behaviour you can change your emotions. Cognitive Hypnotherapy has the view that our behaviour is a response of our emotions so both need to be given attention . Which is why CBT can tend to be hard work, it is also is trying to change conscious behaviour whereas your unconscious drives over 99% of your behaviour.
