Schwartz is not saying the key to healing is building yourself up in a prideful way, but rather truly understanding who is our real self. He believes that we when we fully face our destructive tendencies and ask why they are making us do what we do we are “able to tap into something at the very core of our being that provides a deep keel for our sailboat in the storm, so we can ride the roiling waves without being submerged by them.”4 Perhaps the most profound way Dr. Schwartz helps caregivers is in his honesty about how his true self responds to care seekers. Instead of pretending that nothing fazes him, he acknowledges his feelings, asks them to step back so that he can be fully present with his client. He says that clients “trigger key wounds and defenses that I need to heal.”5 All of our true self-identities need to be healed by Jesus. Only Jesus can help us become who we really
Schwartz is not saying the key to healing is building yourself up in a prideful way, but rather truly understanding who is our real self. He believes that we when we fully face our destructive tendencies and ask why they are making us do what we do we are “able to tap into something at the very core of our being that provides a deep keel for our sailboat in the storm, so we can ride the roiling waves without being submerged by them.”4 Perhaps the most profound way Dr. Schwartz helps caregivers is in his honesty about how his true self responds to care seekers. Instead of pretending that nothing fazes him, he acknowledges his feelings, asks them to step back so that he can be fully present with his client. He says that clients “trigger key wounds and defenses that I need to heal.”5 All of our true self-identities need to be healed by Jesus. Only Jesus can help us become who we really