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Insight

The moment you understand something about yourself anew — the beginning of change, not the change itself.

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How it shows up in daily life

Suddenly you see why you keep getting caught in the same thing. The feeling is a relief and often also bitter. Then a week passes and you do the same thing — and it seems the insight was worth nothing.

What we do with it in therapy

It was worth something. It is just that understanding changes behaviour only through repetition in real situations. So the work isn’t finished after an insight; that is when the most concrete part begins.

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