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What does it mean?
Therapeutic experiencing is the core process of personal change.
In plain terms
Experiencing deeply helps change happen in therapy.
What can you take from it?
Engage fully in experience to change.

Where it applies

  • therapy sessions
  • personal growth
  • mental health

Putting it to work

  • focus on experience
  • engage in therapy
  • embrace change

Questions to consider

  • How do you experience change?
  • What helps you grow?

Another view

Change requires active participation which not everyone is ready for.

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