"There is no single 'correct' or 'valid' way to live one's life. We have to come to understand that what is unacceptable behavior in one family or for one person is desirable bheavior in another. Therefore, clitns, not therapists, identify the goals to be accomplished in therapy." - Solution Focused, Nichol.
I took this to mean that you can only be an expert for yourself. You cannot be an expert on knowing about someone elses life. Only that person knows the depths of his/her own psyche. It would be highly judegemental to presume that we know better about a persons life than he/she does. People are experts on their own lives, in my practice as a therapist, I just want to help them reach clarity so they can began to trust what they already know. That's a hard and brave thing to do - to trust what you know. Especially when there are so many forces acting against your ability to be true to yourself.
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