We say that empathy creates change, but it’s really synchrony that does it.

“The term neural synchrony… refers to how the brains of people carrying out an activity together will start to behave in the same way.” — Morten Pedersen, technologist

How people change is central to psychotherapy. It’s often said that you cannot change another person. I often point this out to my clients. The truth is that you can, but it’s not done using any formula and it’s unpredictable…

A change in personality involves a complete rearrangement affecting intellect, emotions, and neurology. The process is chaotic, and there is no more a proper therapeutic structure than there is a proper shape of a cloud or a volcano’s eruption.

Mysteries

The Keys in Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy’s Mystery

Empathy

Synchrony

Becoming Synchronized

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