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the internal resources she needs in both a reorientation of her rules and the
development of new behaviors, new interactions, and even new rituals.
In this case, we are presented with a woman who has accomplished good
breeding from humble beginnings, who has enjoyed the support of others and
has come rather optimistically to expect it to continue, and who has an early
memory of triumphing over adversity. It is a picture that does not fit with
voiceless-ness in the face of her son and his partner. The weaving of re-discovered
strengths into the practice of new behaviors creates a closing experience that can
serve as a launching of a new sense of self into the world.
Still, real change happens between sessions, not in therapy, itself. It is one
thing to arrive together at a strategy for change. It is another to enact it. It takes
courage (and encouragement) to bring what one learns in therapy to daily life.
Further, almost nothing enacted in the real world goes exactly the way it is role-
played in therapy. Adlerian brief therapists seek to establish in their clients a
renewed faith in self as well as optimism and hope for their immediate and long-
term futures. It is caring, however, that guarantees the client support and a safe
return in a future session, no matter how the real world enactment has gone
(Mosak & Maniacci, 1998).