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Validation and toxic positivity

Therapy Thoughts

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The Importance of Validation and Honesty

This chapter discusses the significance of validation and honesty in understanding and accepting emotions. It emphasizes the importance of acknowledging and accepting one's feelings as valid, and highlights the negative consequences of toxic positivity. The chapter provides examples of invalidation and offers suggestions for replacing invalidating statements with validating ones.

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