« Having theoretical knowledge is important. However, the theory should not have a depressive function for the therapist. It must not become the successor of the severe parents who want to control everything. »
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Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child |
Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child
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« It is not uncommon for the therapist to allow himself to protect his own superiority by hiding behind theories in the face of a patient's contemptuous attitude. However, the true Self of the patient will not visit him in this installment. He will hide from him as he once hid from the horrified glances of his mother. »
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Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child |
Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child
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« A mother cannot respect her child until she feels how humiliating a simple ironic remark, intended to mask her own lack of self-confidence, can be for him. But she cannot feel how humiliated, despised and devalued her child feels before her if she herself has never consciously experienced these feelings and has sought to defend herself by irony. »
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Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child |
Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child
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