Validation is simply affirming someone’s feelings, thoughts, beliefs and experiences, and holds a profound psychological impact. Even when many of us long to receive this, we find ourselves rejecting it. Why is this?

Resentment is an anger, or indignation around being treated unfairly, or in the absence of care. Yet when it cannot be named or expressed, it is harbored and eats at the person carrying it on their own.

Trying to Be the “Good Client”? The Fawn Response and People-Pleasing in Therapy