Regularly regarding one’s own knowledge and abilities as invalid or inadequate is a common form of low self-worth. Therapists are well acquainted with the great prevalence as well as the exceptional tenacity of low self-worth in its many forms. It is largely immune to conventional types of therapy, including counteractive or “positive” approaches, in which relapses of low self-worth often occur. As we will see, Coherence Therapy’s effectiveness in this area is due to its focus on finding the unique underlying emotional learnings according to which it is adaptively necessary to go into negative
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