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Pearl E
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It is such a relief, such a blessed relaxation of defenses, to find oneself understood, that the individual wishes to create this atmosphere for others. To find, in the therapeutic relationship that one's most awful thoughts, one's most bizarre and abnormal feelings, one's most ridiculous dreams and hopes, one's most evil behaviors, can all be understood by another, is a tremendously releasing experience.
— Feb 08, 2025 05:48PM
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Pearl E
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This tendency may become deeply buried unav. layer after layer of encrusted psychological defenses; it may be hidden behind elaborate façades which deny its existence; it is my belief however, based on my experience, that it exists in every in-dividual, and awaits only the proper conditions to be released and expressed.
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Pearl E
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In individual and family life the same picture holds true. In the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the books we read, and the ideas we nold, there is a strong tendency toward conformity, toward seotypy. To be original, or different, is felt to be "dangerous."
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Pearl E
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The incongruence is between awareness and coromuni-cation. Thus it might be noted that when there is an incongruence between experience and awareness, it is usually spoken of as defen-siveness, or denial to awareness. When the incongruence is between awareness and communication it is usually thought of as falseness or deceit.
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Pearl E
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It is as though the client discovers in therapy that it is possible to drop the mask he has been wearing, and become more genuinely himself.
— Feb 02, 2025 03:26PM
Pearl E
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But this was like life, flowing on like a river, seemingly futile, with never the same water there, flowing on, with no one knowing what would happen the next moment.
— Feb 02, 2025 03:13PM
Pearl E
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FIFTH CONDITION
A fifth condition for significant learning in therapy is that the client should experience or perceive something of the therapist's congruence, acceptance, and empathy. it is not enough that these conditions exist in the therapist. They must, to some degree, have been successfully communicated to the client.
— Feb 02, 2025 07:47AM
A fifth condition for significant learning in therapy is that the client should experience or perceive something of the therapist's congruence, acceptance, and empathy. it is not enough that these conditions exist in the therapist. They must, to some degree, have been successfully communicated to the client.
Pearl E
is on page 283 of 420
We tend to feel comfortable and secure in such a relationship. With another person we recognize that what he is saying is almost certainly a front or a façade. We wonder what he really feels…. We .. wonder if he knows what he really feels
With such a person we tend to be cautious and wary. It is not the kind of relationship in which defenses can be dropped
— Feb 02, 2025 07:46AM
With such a person we tend to be cautious and wary. It is not the kind of relationship in which defenses can be dropped
