{"id":15895,"date":"2024-06-19T07:59:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T07:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=15895"},"modified":"2024-06-19T07:59:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T07:59:10","slug":"the-role-of-belief-in-mental-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/cognitive-insights\/the-role-of-belief-in-mental-change","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Belief in Mental Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Belief and expectations seem to play a crucial role in mental transformations, especially in mental coaching and psychotherapy, though they may merely be enablers.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In this text, \u2018belief\u2019 refers to the act of believing rather than the content of what is believed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Toward the belief that belief is crucial.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When seeking the causes of mental change, conceptual understandings or methods add little value. The true essence of mental change lies beyond conceptual frameworks, rooted in the non-conscious mind. This has led researchers such as Jerome Frank to conclude that the belief itself (in any methodology) is the active ingredient \u2015 turning psychotherapy into what some call a placebo phenomenon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, is it really all about belief?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Absence of disbelief<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disbelief prevents overly easy mental change. If change happens too quickly, a person may lose stability. Thus, disbelief serves as a protective measure, but it can be either excessive or insufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excessive protection leads to inner resistance<\/a> also when proper change is needed. Conversely, disbelief can result in active denial<\/a> \u2014 an unwillingness to confront challenging issues or even an overt effort to ignore, dismiss, or crush the challenge or challenger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any case, the absence of disbelief is necessary to \u2018open the door.\u2019 Disbelief is a firmly locked door. Note that this disbelief can be overt (in conscious awareness) or covert. Addressing covert disbelief may require subtle and patient approaches to unlock deeper potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belief is not needed in the absence of disbelief.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not the belief by itself plays a crucial role, but what occurs next at the pattern level. The active ingredient here is the overlap of patterns \u2014 pattern recognition and completion<\/a>. Recognizing and completing patterns can lead to profound insights and personal breakthroughs. Essentially, the way we think privately is also how we think jointly, thus determining how we are influenced by someone who wants to help us change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even so, real change (the \u2018pattern completion\u2019) normally comes from the inside out. [Abnormally, it falls into the realm of brainwashing.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If belief isn\u2019t needed, then perhaps something else is more crucial, even at the primary stage?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A suspension of disbelief<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, what is needed is not so much the absence of disbelief but ensuring the doors aren\u2019t closed. If the doors are firmly locked (by disbelief), nothing comes through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, in a therapeutic or other mental change relationship, the primary aim is to keep the doors open. Charisma and trust are crucial in this, creating a safe space for genuine transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otherwise, nothing else will be effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The role of an excellent coach\/therapist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is twofold. First, a setting of \u2018suspension of disbelief\u2019 is needed. This can be achieved through a specific framework, ranging from plain voodoo to \u2018science,\u2019 depending on the social context. However, an excellent coach achieves his clients\u2019 suspension of disbelief in a truthful way, evident in profound charisma or Compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coach\u2019s second role lies in this, as opening the doors isn\u2019t enough if nothing comes through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compassion: the royal road to wizardry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not sorcery, of course, although it might look like such from the outside. From the inside, it\u2019s much more interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compassion, basically,<\/a> is all about complexity<\/a> in a deeply ethical sense<\/a>, navigating the complexities of human emotions and experiences with empathy and ethical consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Effectively realizing this, a coach may be seen as an enlightened wizard, also if this wizard is Lisa.<\/a><\/p>\n

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