In turn the aim of giving this insight is to enable the patient to face what she (or he) really feels, to realize that it is not as painful or as dangerous as she fears, to work it through in a relationship, and finally to be able to make use of her real feelings within relationships in a constructive way, thus changing maladaptive into adaptive behaviour.
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