In experiential psychotherapy the inner work of the client is essential. It is crucial that the client, with the help of the therapist, can come from manipulating an experiencing (unfree reflecting) to letting speak freely all aspects of that experiencing (free reflecting). The free reflecting is the space where aspects of the client's problematic way of being, as these revealed themselves for example in the relationship with the therapist, are worked through and integrated, eventually after a focusing- and symbolization-moment. In this way it becomes the drive shaft of the whole change process, and the place where the self finds its basis (again). This hypothesis is elaborated theoretically and practically.
therapeutic change, working through, integration into experiencing
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.
