Encounter (psychology)

Encounter (psychology)

An encounter, when the term is used in certain contexts, can be understood as an authentic, congruent meetings between individuals.Vague|date=March 2008

References

Some uses of the concept of encountering:

* Carl Rogers, in encounter groups and person-centered psychotherapy.
* Jerzy Grotowski's notion of a poor theatre - "The core of the theatre is an encounter".
* R D Laing contrasts encounter with collusion in much of his work, especially "Self and Other".


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