I'd posit that emotional expression and emotional reaction are two different things. The controlling of emotions first needs acknowledgement of that emotion and choosing not to react in a way that would be detrimental. Bottling up emotions speaks to me more of blocking them off and not acknowledging them, which isn't a good way to deal with them either.

Admittedly, in the past we never really talked about emotions, so I guess that led to bottling up. Now we are learning that emotions need acknowledgment in order to be handled better in the heat of the emotion. A psychologist can not fix us, but they can guide us in seeing what triggers those emotions and how we can learn to handle them.

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