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Holding the stance of “the one who knows” with a student or client creates a polarity. The other person now has something to defend against.

Holding the stance of “the one who knows” with a student or client creates a polarity. The other person now has something to defend against.

In his book, POWER IN THE HELPING PROFESSIONS, Jungian psychiatrist Adolf Guggenbuhl discusses how therapists, teachers, and medical practitioners create polarities with clients and students when they take on the role of “knower.” Jungian analyst John R. Haule calls this polarization a “split archetype.” A split archetype happens whenever we know “what is best” for…

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