It may be very valid, Pat S. Many of us just don't know what it means, so it loses something in a short list like this with no explanation.

Pat,
Thanks for giving an explanation of what confronting your emotions means to you and your husband. I'm so glad counseling is working for you both and making your relationship stronger.
Robin

A note about jargon:

Part of my professional role is to be a translator or interpreter between people who speak business jargon and people who speak technical jargon, so that the technical people have some hope of providing what the business people need. I'm a consultant and one of the first things I have to do at a new client site is learn the local jargon.

Every field of human activity has its own jargon. I decorate cakes. My decorating buddies know what I mean when I say I'm going to torte the layers, level and crumb coat the cake, and stack the tiers. Do you? Some fields seem to take pride in a large body of esoteric terms that mystify the unitiated.

Certain types of counselors, people who have seen those counselors or read books by them speak about "validating your emotions" and "confronting my emotions." That's fine. But people outside of that select circle may need a few clues before they can really follow that kind of jargon.

Writers need to be careful not to lock readers out or turn them off by using jargon they might not be familiar with, without explanation. This list from Home Instead is good, but I wouldn't give the authors an A on that particular aspect. I think we are poking gentle fun at the special term, not at what it means.

I agree, Leone. And I have always liked to poke fun at pop-psych jargon. I love the Geico commercial about the psychiatrist.

Jeanne, you make a good point. Jargon can get in the way of complete communication and create problems. So can all those shortcut letter names we tend to give phrases we often repeat.
When I first came to this forum, I could not for the life of me figure out what "LO" meant. Finally, the light bulb went on and I knew it was Loved One.
The same thing happened with "SNF". I finally went and googled it to find out what kind of nursing facility it stood for. Now I have forgotten again, because it is a term I am not having to deal with yet on my journey.
We all tend to do it. I was an educator, and they are prolific with jargon.
Clarification is always a good thing. If you are questioning something, you can bet that a lot of others are doing the same thing. So we should just ask when we are unsure.

Leone, with all of us dealing with Sir Lewy, Lots of Luck is more appropriate. Bernie