The Basic Premises of Self Relations Psychotherapy*

Premise 1 - "A tender soft spot exists within each person"

Premise 2 - "Life moves through you, except when it doesn’t"

Premise 3 - "Life is great, but sometimes it hurts like hell"

Premise 4 - "There are two of you: relationship is the basic unit"

Premise 5 - "An intelligence greater than you exists in the world"

Premise 6 - "Your path is yours alone: You are an incurable deviant"

* From: Gilligan, S.G., (1997). The courage to love: Principles and practices of self-relations psychotherapy. New York: Norton.