Considers reactivity to include such behaviors and actions as awareness of feelings, thinking about feelings, and responding to feelings, and emphasizes that reactivity avoids passivity, symbiosis, games and rackets, and enhances closeness in relationships. Includes descriptions of, and suggestions for employing reactivity in therapeutic relationships and for incorporating it in family counseling. An example of a reactivity contract for couples is included.
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