--- title: "2 Authentic self Quotes By Peg Streep" description: "2 Authentic self quotes by Peg Streep. Plus more from Peg Streep and more Authentic self sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/peg-streep-61778_authentic-self_as-louis-cozolino-ph-d-observes-a-consis_676184.jpg" --- > [“As Louis Cozolino Ph. D., observes, a consistent theme of adult psychotherapy clients is that they had parents who were not curious about who they were but, instead, told them who they should be. What Cozolino explains, is that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-streep/as-louis-cozolino-ph-d-observes-a-consistent-theme-of-adult/) [Peg Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/peg-streep-61778_authentic-self_as-louis-cozolino-ph-d-observes-a-consis_676184.jpg) > [“Relational disconnection is created when there is an absence of “mutual authenticity,…when either the daughter’s voice or the mother’s voice is dominant or silenced.” As Louis Cozolino, Ph.D., observes, “A consistent theme of adult psychotherapy clients is that they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-streep/relational-disconnection-is-created-when-there-is-an-absence-of/) [Peg Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/peg-streep-61778_authentic-self_relational-disconnection-is-created-when_1295769.jpg) ## Other authors on Authentic self - [Kristen Lee 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authentic-self/kristen-lee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sarah-ban-breathnach-83160.jpg) Sarah Ban Breathnach 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authentic-self/sarah-ban-breathnach/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-dr-kristen-lee-45488.jpg) Dr. Kristen Lee 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authentic-self/dr-kristen-lee/) - [Vironika Tugaleva 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authentic-self/vironika-tugaleva/) - [Shannon L. Alder 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authentic-self/shannon-l-alder/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-art-carney-14831.jpg) Jacob Nordby 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authentic-self/jacob-nordby/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-bradshaw-51026.jpg) John Bradshaw 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authentic-self/john-bradshaw/) ## More by Peg Streep > [“Seeing persistence as the key to success is also democratic. 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D., observes, a consistent theme of adult psychotherapy clients is that they had parents who were not curious about who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-streep/as-louis-cozolino-ph-d-observes-a-consistent-theme-of-adult/) [Peg Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-streep/) > [“Relational disconnection is created when there is an absence of “mutual authenticity,…when either the daughter’s voice or the mother’s voice is dominant or silenced.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-streep/relational-disconnection-is-created-when-there-is-an-absence-of/) [Peg Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-streep/) > [“What the person high in narcissistic traits doesn’t do constitutes a pattern of its own and, in many ways, makes him easier to identify.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-streep/what-the-person-high-in-narcissistic-traits-doesn-t-do-constitutes-a/) [Peg Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-streep/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authentic-self/peg-streep/#itemlist", "name": "2 Authentic self Quotes By Peg Streep", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As Louis Cozolino Ph. 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