Helping a client resolve her third-degree impasse can be most difficult if she has little energy available in her Free Child. Renurturing is a process of growth that. concentrates on activating the client's Nurturing Parent, which then gives the necessary permissions and provides the protection needed for the Free Child to feel safe in expressing herself. When sufficient energy re experienced in the Free Child, healthy resolution of a third-degree impasse can take place.
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