Here’s your paradoxical tip of the day!
Few therapists can recognize, or acknowledge, the patient’s anger. Most therapists appear to have a fairly intense “anger / conflict phobia.”
This is true of non-therapists as well. The attempt to avoid anger will cause it to mushroom.
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David
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