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A psychotherapist's reflection:  The quote is from The Search for Existential Identity by J. F. T. Bugental (1976, pp. 287-288.)
 

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In practice, effective counsellors and psychologists also pay attention to feelings, and effective psychotherapists are also interested in your thinking.  If your emotions are out of control, you need practice in regulating strong feelings so that you can think.  If your friends and family consider you distant and overly rational, then you may need help learning to feel(Much of the self-help literature takes this approach, e.g. "change your thoughts and change your life", but professionals know that it's not as simple as inspirational literature suggests.)

(Trying to identify the "best" person may begin to seem quite difficult, and you might never do it at all.)

(for example, Time Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy in my case)

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