can be directly deduced from the reactions of the participants, as related in the previous paragraph. In the longer term therapists that they —especially make a habit of pausing at the beginning of a day on which they do not feel so good— to assess the multi-coloured palette making up their experience and more consciously setting their own personal concerns aside before they see their clients. In this way they heighten their chances of being more alert and functioning effectively in the therapeutic encounter without being burdened by the interference of their own problems. Many find it useful as well to admit that there are periods when one can be very enthusiastic about something particular; yet these things can easily slip into one’s practice in the form of advice or subtle hints regarding what the client should attempt to do or focus his or her attention on. Even one’s enthusiasm with the exercise can have repercussions on subsequent sessions with clients. The threshold at which one is prepared to take initiative on the basis of one’s own felt sense is perceptibly lowered after one has discovered that there is a considerable amount of meaningful information hidden in one’s felt sense, and when one has been able to try out how feedback can be brought over to the
can be directly deduced from the reactions of the participants, as related in the previous paragraph. In the longer term therapists that they make a habit of pausing —especially at the beginning of a day on which they do not feel so good— to assess the multi-coloured palette making up their experience and more consciously setting their own personal concerns aside before they see their clients. In this way they heighten their chances of being more alert and functioning effectively in the therapeutic encounter without being burdened by the interference of their own problems. Many find it useful as well to admit that there are periods when one can be very enthusiastic about something particular; yet these things can easily slip into one’s practice in the form of advice or subtle hints regarding what the client should attempt to do or focus his or her attention on. Even one’s enthusiasm with the exercise can have repercussions on subsequent sessions with clients. The threshold at which one is prepared to take initiative on the basis of one’s own felt sense is perceptibly lowered after one has discovered that there is a considerable amount of meaningful information hidden in one’s felt sense, and when one has been able to try out how feedback can be brought over to the
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