Insight & Action: Being and Becoming

Managing the tension of acceptance and change

We often hear that we need to “accept” things as they are or that we need to “embrace change” to grow. But what if these two ideas aren’t opposites? As a clinician, I constantly hold this dialectic for my clients. When I work with someone, I accept them fully as they are, and I hold hope for the potential of who they can become—a better version of thems…