{"id":1027,"date":"2026-01-25T11:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T10:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalia.pl\/english\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2026-01-25T11:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T10:38:24","slug":"interview-with-barbara-slawik-in-newsweek-psychologia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalia.pl\/english\/blog\/2026\/01\/25\/interview-with-barbara-slawik-in-newsweek-psychologia\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Barbara S\u0142awik in\u00a0Newsweek Psychologia\u00a0\u2013 now available in the latest print issue \ud83e\udde0\ud83d\uddde\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cEvery emotion is information. Emotions whose alarm signal is too strong or too difficult are often described as \u2018bad.\u2019 They are so unpleasant and \u2018negative\u2019 that they overwhelm us, paralyze us, and frighten us. But emotions are neither good nor bad. This is a story about how such distortions arise in our thinking about emotions \u2014 and why we need all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the latest issue of\u00a0Newsweek Psychologia<\/em>\u00a0(1\/2026), an in-depth interview with\u00a0Barbara S\u0142awik, psychotherapist and supervisor, has been published. The conversation, titled\u00a0\u201cNeither Bad Nor Good,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0explores emotions that are often labeled as \u201cbad\u201d or \u201cnegative,\u201d as well as the mechanisms behind this way of thinking \ud83d\udcad. It is a reflection on why every emotion carries information, how emotional distortions develop, and why healthy functioning requires the full spectrum of emotions \u2014 including those that are difficult and uncomfortable. The interview was conducted by journalist \u270d\ufe0f \u0141ukasz Pilip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccd The current issue of Newsweek Psychologia<\/em> is available at newsstands, gas stations, press outlets, and Empik, and can also be ordered online \ud83d\uddde\ufe0f\ud83d\udcbb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interview with Barbara S\u0142awik in\u00a0Newsweek Psychologia\u00a0\u2013 now available in the latest print issue \ud83e\udde0\ud83d\uddde\ufe0f . \u201cEvery emotion is information. Emotions whose alarm signal is too strong or too difficult are often described as \u2018bad.\u2019 They are so unpleasant and \u2018negative\u2019 that they overwhelm us, paralyze us, and frighten us. But emotions are neither good nor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalia.pl\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalia.pl\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalia.pl\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalia.pl\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalia.pl\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1027"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mentalia.pl\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1031,"href":"https:\/\/mentalia.pl\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027\/revisions\/1031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalia.pl\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalia.pl\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalia.pl\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalia.pl\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}