Encounter (psychology)

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An encounter, when the term is used in certain contexts, can be understood as an authentic, congruent meetings between individuals.^[vague]

[edit] References

Some uses of the concept of encountering:

• Carl Rogers, in encounter groups and person-centered psychotherapy.
• Jerzy Grotowski's notion of a poor theatre - "The core of the theatre is an encounter".
• R D Laing contrasts encounter with collusion in much of his work, especially Self and Other.