partners cannot authentically negotiate between one another (intersubjectively), that which “That, they have not negotiated within themselves (intrasubjectively).” This brings us to Step Five takes up the recognition and negotiation of conflicts between each partner’s which have not been reckoned with. We might refer multiple self-states to this as the intrapsychic, or illumination of the treatment model. This step “intrasubjective” entails the enrichment of each partner’s capacity for through enhanced self-actualization introspection into their conflicts. And, what is especially compelling, is that they do so in the actual presence of the other. This work involves transforming self-states” into “dissociated ones” (Pizer, 1998) or what I have referred to as the work of illuminating multiple “distributed evolves into something of a committee of the mind”. An analogous space self-states “’working’ in which the conflicts between are finally recognized, making space for their self-states positions representative of something resembling a composite collaborating and negotiating of the multiple self-states. “voice” It is through each partner’s increased sense of ownership of the multiplicity of their personality, as well as in facing certain conflicted aspects of their sense of self, that they become fortified to pursue more authentic engagements with one another. Furthermore, that through this, they are vastly better equipped to including reckoning with aspects of collaborate and negotiate themselves that cannot be negotiated and therefore may require assuming a place of “surrender” as elaborated in the third theme, the relationship having a mind of its own. As progress is made in the work of the conflictual aspects of each partner’s mind, we begin to see each one’s capacity to attune to and support one another’s introspection and personal growth. This movement in Step Five, is the precursor to Step Six, the setting of the stage for greater intersubjective collaboration and negotiation of their conflicts.
“That, partners cannot authentically negotiate between one another (intersubjectively), that which they have not negotiated within themselves (intrasubjectively).” This brings us to Step Five takes up the recognition and negotiation of conflicts between each partner’s multiple self-states which have not been reckoned with. We might refer to this as the intrapsychic, or “intrasubjective” illumination of the treatment model. This step entails the enrichment of each partner’s capacity for self-actualization through enhanced introspection into their conflicts. And, what is especially compelling, is that they do so in the actual presence of the other. This work involves transforming “dissociated self-states” into “distributed ones” (Pizer, 1998) or what I have referred to as the work of illuminating multiple self-states evolves into something of a “’working’ committee of the mind”. An analogous space in which the conflicts between self-states are finally recognized, making space for their collaborating and negotiating positions representative of something resembling a composite “voice” of the multiple self-states. It is through each partner’s increased sense of ownership of the multiplicity of their personality, as well as in facing certain conflicted aspects of their sense of self, that they become fortified to pursue more authentic engagements with one another. Furthermore, that through this, they are vastly better equipped to collaborate and negotiate including reckoning with aspects of themselves that cannot be negotiated and therefore may require assuming a place of “surrender” as elaborated in the third theme, the relationship having a mind of its own. As progress is made in the work of the conflictual aspects of each partner’s mind, we begin to see each one’s capacity to attune to and support one another’s introspection and personal growth. This movement in Step Five, is the precursor to Step Six, the setting of the stage for greater intersubjective collaboration and negotiation of their conflicts.
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