Posted by sunnydays on November 8, 2006, at 7:41:18
In reply to Re: Okay, okay, posted by annierose on November 8, 2006, at 7:22:44
We were just studying this in a class I'm taking, and my teacher said that unconditional acceptance is completely possible in therapy. You can accept and prize the experience of someone, how they are experiencing the world and interpreting what goes on around them, no matter what that experience is. That is different from unconditional acceptance of behavior, which shouldn't even be practiced. It is possible to say to an angry child that you understand they are angry, and that is perfectly alright, and still say that they can't hit people. The goal is to give someone tools to express their experience differently if it leads to maladaptive behavior.
Anyway, that's just a different perspective. He's a pretty well-known psychologist, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. I just thought I'd throw that into the discussion.
sunnydays
p.s. (((((((annierose))))) I think you deserve unconditional acceptance. Ask your T.
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