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Psychotherapeutic Interaction

Two competing languages, grounded on different nuclear operations of the mind, are used for the description of psychotherapeutic interaction: the scientific and the humanistic. Therapists must be educated in both, or their understanding and interpretation capacities will be impaired. Processes described by these complementary languages are not chronologically equivalent in psychotherapy; serious amateur errors occur if this is not comprehended.

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