" She recognizes that psychotherapy is limited mostly to a verbal interchange requiring introspective ability sufficient to appreciate conflicts in intrapsychic terms and to translate and express it in words. ... Thus, the goal of therapeutic change is generally to make individuals more able to express emotions, wants, and needs, to help them to feel more 'in control;' and to experience a renewed sense of their value and importance as 'unique' individuals" (Kirmayer, 2007). American culture teaches to value someone who is able to speak out about his true feeling...

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