1. theoretical maps are crucial
it may be more helpful to think of humans as having many ‘minds’ rather than just one
john teasdale:
cambridge psychologist
these different mind-body states are linked to
different emotions, different body landscapes,
different ways of thinking, different access to
memories, and different behaviours

2. ‘body-mind as house’ model
humans are like houses with different rooms which represent our different mind-body states
it’s easiest to recognize the different ‘rooms’ by noticing the different characteristic emotions they are linked to
all human beings have much the same set of emotional mind-body ‘rooms’ in our ‘houses’
all the rooms are there because, in the appropriate situation, being in the room promotes survival
when we’re in one room, it’s hard to remember there are any other rooms in the house – feelings/thoughts/memories
problems arise when we get stuck in inappropriate rooms