Experiencing something can have a physical effect, research shows. Dwelling in nature has a salutary effect while news and images of the war give a dip at the experiential level. Many small things which you experience ‘move’ you. This ‘moving’ is an experiential effect; this is more fine, more specific and more fundamental than an emotion. We try to understand the intermediate steps from an experiential effect toward a physical healing or harming effect. The person undergoes this process but he also can actively cope with it. How can he cope with it in a fruitful and therapeutic way?
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The tPeP (Journal Person-centered experiential Psychotherapy) is the scientific journal for Dutch and Flemish psychotherapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists, that work from, or are interested in a client-centered perspective.
