Validation vs Affirmation

10/05/2023 33 min Episodio 74
Validation vs Affirmation

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Episode Synopsis

One of the words we find ourselves, as therapists, using often is validation. We have realized that not everyone fully understands what we mean when we discuss validating feelings. Validating an emotion is accepting it as factual and understandable. Affirmation is encouraging and supporting someone. The two are different, and it is important to validate emotions before we affirm.