Emotion-Focused Coping

Coping through emotional approaches [that] might carry adaptive potential. An approach to coping that motivates movement toward, rather than away from a stressful encounter. Comprises attempts to understand and freely express (instead of suppressing) one’s emotions.

Reference:

Stanton, A. L., Parsa, A., & Austenfeld, J. L. (2002). The adaptive potential of coping through emotional approach. Handbook of Positive Psychology, 148-158.