A korrentour readingWhat is a korrent?
Telling a patient "your feelings are valid" is not therapy: it is the mirror image of "get a grip", and it makes the therapist a judge of feelings instead of a companion in them.
Drawn from what Jonathan Shedler said
Psychotherapy Treatment by conversation between a therapist and a patient, and the arguments about what in it actually does the work.
On the topicWhat makes psychotherapy work?under our view: The person delivering the therapy matters more than the method, and what they do is a skill that can be seen and trained