Allowance of the freedom of choices in direction, either for the group or individuals particularly in the near future - Carl Rogers

Freedom from a desire to control the outcome, and respect for the capacity of the group, and skills in releasing individual expression

Small wonder that we prefer to approach therapy with many rigid preconceptions. We feel we must bring order to it. We can scarcely dare to hope that we can discover order in it.

Each person is an island unto himself, in a very real sense; and he can only build bridges to other islands if he is first of all willing to be himself and permitted to be himself. So I find that when I can accept another person, which means specifically accepting the feelings and attitudes and beliefs that he has as a real and vital part of him, then I am assisting him to become a person: and there seems to me great value in this.