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Eugene Gendlin

(1926–2017) Psychologist

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Eugene Gendlin was a psychologist.

Quick Facts About Eugene Gendlin

Born: December 25, 1926
Died: May 1, 2017
Profession: Psychologist

About Eugene Gendlin

[Wikidata] American psychologist (1926–2017)... | [Wikipedia] Eugene Tovio Gendlin was an American philosopher who developed ways of thinking about and working with living process, the bodily felt sense and the "philosophy of the implicit". Though he had no degree in the field of psychology, his advanced study with Carl Rogers, his longtime practice of psychot

Quotes by Eugene Gendlin

Most scary dreams bring something good which is not yet in a form the person can use.

Dream

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Most traditional methods of working on oneself are mostly pain centered. People get to repeat over and over their painful emotions without…

Body

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I will not let you (or me) make me dishonest, insincere, emotionally tied-up or constricted, or artificially nice and social, if I…

Helping

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Every bad feeling is potential energy toward a more right way of being if you give it space to move toward its…

Energy

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Philosophy begins with the understanding that you cannot just observe or experience and then report what you see, because how you conceptualize…

Learning

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If there is something hauntingly beautiful or impressive in your dream, just honor it, respect it, recall it, sense it with your…

Beautiful

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Enjoying the dream is more important than interpreting it. Therefore, don't work so hard that it stops being pleasant and exciting.

Dream

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You can have lots of feelings and have the same feelings over and over again. It isn't the recognizable feelings that make…

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