Showing posts with label reactiveness vs. responsiveness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reactiveness vs. responsiveness. Show all posts

Sunday, December 18, 2022

Reactive or responsive?

 


The idea of being responsive and not reactive is a common topic in my counseling sessions.

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

How to assess your level of emotional maturity.

 


I often share with clients Murry Bowen's ideas of "reactivity" vs. responsiveness." 

Being emotionally reactive usually creates problems for the individual and the people they are in relationship with. By contrast being responsive, meaning that the individual has developed purposeful and deliberate ways of handling distressing emotions in their interactions with others, usually results in more satisfying and fulfilling ways to functioning.