Theoretical analysis reveals core parallels between Rogerian therapy and Japanese spirituality, indicating that empathic understanding uniquely enables autonomous self-reflection.
There is an essential similarity between Rogers ' view of life and nature and the one that permeates the life of ordinary Japanese people. And according to Fhujio Tmoda, the essential meaning of person-centred counselling lies in the paradoxical relationship whereby a person becomes 'utterly alone' through another person's empathic understanding.
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