Where Does Resistance to Change Come from and How Can

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Where does resistance to change come from and how can one reduce this resistance to change?

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Definitions:

Group Therapy

is a form of psychotherapy in which a therapist works with a group of patients simultaneously, leveraging group dynamics to foster healing and personal growth.

Person-centered Therapist

A therapist who practices a form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the client's self-discovery and actualization, and involves creating a non-judgmental, empathic, and accepting therapy environment, as developed by Carl Rogers.

Transference

In psychotherapy, the process by which emotions originally associated with one person, typically from early life, are unconsciously shifted onto the therapist.

Psychosurgery

Surgical procedures that alter brain tissue to treat mental disorders; a form of neuroscience treatment.