Positive regard is a way of treating someone without judgement or conditions, one of the core principles in Motivational Interviewing, CBT, DBT, and other person-centered interventions.....
Healing is often imagined as a straight path forward, step-by-step, progress neatly measured, pain left behind. But in truth, healing rarely unfolds in a straight line. It moves in spirals, cycles, and layers. Sometimes it feels like climbing, sometimes like circling, and often like standing still.
