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ENCOUNTER
The relationship person to person
© Peter F. Schmid
ENCOUNTER
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en-counter | ren-contre | Be-geg(e)n-ung
‘an amazing meeting
with the reality of the Other’
R. Guardini, 1955
‘to be touched
by the essence of the opposite’
‘the person emerges
from the resistance
in the encounter of the Other’
P. Tillich, 1956
‘being counter
is the foundation
for meeting face to face’
M. Buber, 1923
‘encounter is the immediacy
of the I-Thou-relationship,
an event in which one
becomes presence to the Other’
M. Buber, 1923
‚The I becomes through the Thou all real life is encounter‘
‘The self is born in the relationship
to another person‘
E. Levinas, 1961
‚The movement goes
from the Thou to the I‘
‘Encountering a human being means
being kept awake by an enigma.’
E. Levinas
2. The client comes first
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Traditional (objectifying) approach:
what do I (the therapist) see? what can I observe?
what is over there? what can I do? how can I help?
I  Thou
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Rogers’ (phenomenological) approach:
what does (s)he (the client) show, reveal, want to be understood?
I  Thou
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the client comes first (‘client-centered’)
the therapist responds to a call
The client comes first
‘phenomenon’
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active: fainein
‘show, bring to light, make appear, announce’
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passive: fainesqai
‘be shown, come to light, appear, come into being’
The client comes first
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epistemologically the movement goes from the
client to the therapist
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Thou-I-relationship, not ‘egology’ (Levinas)
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person: to reveal oneself to the Other and
oneself (‘co-experiencing’)
 The client is the expert
3 possible positions on expertism
 therapist is expert for
contents & process
 client is expert for contents,
therapist is expert for process
 client is expert for
contents & process
CBT
Gestalt,
ET
PCT
The client is the expert
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In PCT the client comes first
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phenomenologically (Thou - I)
in terms of the contents (knowledge)
in terms of the means and the process
The therapist responds existentially
(i.e. as a person)
ENCOUNTER
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person to person (the personal way of relationship)
to meet the unexpected
the otherness of the Other
Thou-I-relationship
therapy is the art of not-knowing
counselling is response out of respons-ability
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