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| Personnel and Guidance Journal | 1 |
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| Bassoff, Evelyn Silten | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBassoff, Evelyn Silten – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1984
Describes healthy aspects of passivity and explores Gendlin's focusing, emphasizing its usefulness in cultivating receptive passivity. Focusing teaches clients to assume a nonjudgmental attitude toward themselves and allow for deepening self-awareness. (JAC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Counseling Techniques, Psychotherapy
