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Medard Boss on the highest aim of therapy

“We as psychotherapists ought to refrain completely from the vainglorious practice of preaching any kind of maxims or dogmas to our patients. We have to content ourselves with clearing away a little stone here and there, an obstacle, so that … Continue reading

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Jason Hine on feeling the pain of the world

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30282864810/permalink/10153124827924811/ A post of Jason’s to the Facebook page for The Work That Reconnects (Joanna Macy). The writer feels a personal resonance with this, and it is also a theme that comes up in therapy sessions/other contexts. As Rogers identified … Continue reading

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