The Paradox of Change: Why Acceptance Comes First
The paradox of counselling is that often the best, longest-lasting change comes when we accept ourselves where we are now. But it’s tricky. Of course, most people come to counselling because there is something that they want to change. Accepting themselves feels like the opposite of change. But how do we do acceptance? In this article, I hope to show how and why acceptance is so fundamental to lasting change and what we can do to be more accepting of ourselves.