Love does not heal. Understanding heals.
So, I was reading this awesome paper called A Counter-Theory of Transference which basically challenges the Freudian notion of transference and how the feelings that a client develops towards the therapist are over-attributed to a transference of feelings from some earlier person that the client knew, such as their mother or father.
However, that is not what the most important part of this paper was to me. It was its concluding statements, which, in summation, make the following two propositions:
1. Understanding is a form of love-making
2. It is understanding, not love, that is healing…
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Hope to see ya on the inside!
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