Term
Validation
The second step of the dialogue: acknowledging that the partner's words have their own logic. Acknowledging the logic does not mean agreeing.
Getting the Love You Want, Harville Hendrix
Explained in
- Getting the Love You Want, Harville Hendrix
- Stop Checking Your Likes, Susie Moore
The need for outside confirmation of your own worth. When it takes over, a person lives with one eye always on how others judge them.
- Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder, Paul Mason and Randi Kreger
Naming another person's feeling aloud, without judging whether it is fair. It does not mean agreeing with an accusation.