Active Passivity and Apparent Competence: The Dialectical Dilemma of Helplessness and Competence
Key Points
- In active passivity vs. apparent competence, the patient fluctuates between appearing able to handle life issues and being completely incapable or unwilling to do so.
- Be alert to the risk of over- or underestimating the patient’s true capacities in order to avoid invalidation.
- Synthesizing the idea of helplessness and competence (being capable and incapable) is the task of therapy in this dilemma.
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