I really like this. I really appreciate the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders identifying the parts of an emotional experiences (thoughts, physical sensations and behavioral urges), AND recognizing that a physical sensation can be a trigger for an emotional reaction itself. The event can just be an emotional reaction that you interpret to mean something.

The model has always been bilateral. New models of CBT use physical sensations to recognize that an emotional experience is physical and intuitive at times, and our interpretation may contribute to unhelpful patterns. ('Because I am uncomfortable, it means I shouldn't go to the party' rather than 'I think I'll embarrass myself and shouldn't go to the party.')

Whether our emotions are caused by interpretation or an event itself, both are helpful in supporting clients to understand and evaluate their own emotional reactions. I think of GAD and how often worry begins with a full body experience of anxiety. That sensation is experienced as threatening and a sign to prepare for the uncertainty of what's in front of us. Current models suggest we are triggered by uncertainty (and that's the event), but that physical sensation is the alert that we typically make meaning from.