We are all unique manifestations of the same Life Force and connect through this Life Force.

我们都是同一生命力的明证，透过这股生命力相联结。

Human processes are universal and, therefore, applicable in different settings, cultures and circumstances.

人类的历程是普遍性的，因此适用于任何情况、文化及环境。

People connect on the basis of sameness and grow through their differences.

人们因相同而有所联结，因相异而有所成长。

Parents often repeat the familiar patterns from their growing up times, even if the patterns are dysfunctional.

父母常重复在其成长过程中熟悉的模式，即使那些型式是功能不良的。

Most people do the best they can at any given time.

大多数的人在任何时候都是尽其所能而为。

People are basically good. They need to find their own treasure to connect and validate their own self-worth.

人性本善。人们需要寻找自己的宝藏，以便去联结并肯定其自我价值。

Healthy human relationships are built on equality of value.

健康的人际关系是建立在价值的平等上。

Feelings belong to us; we all have them and can learn to be in charge of them.

感受是属于我们的；我们都拥有它们，而且可以学习如何驾驭它们。

We all have the internal resources we need in order to cope successfully and to grow.

我们拥有所需的一切内在资源，以便成功地应对和成长。

People’s coping is often their way of surviving a painful experience and should be acknowledged as such.

人们的应对通常是在其痛苦的经验中求生存的方式，而且这一点应该被承认。

The problem is not the problem; coping is the problem. How seriously one takes the problem impacts on how great a problem it becomes to that person.

问题并不是问题；如何应对问题才是问题。个人受到问题冲击的大小，在于此人看待这个问题的认真程度。

Coping is the manifestation of the level of self-worth. The higher one’s self-worth, the more wholesome the coping.

应对乃是自我价值层次的展现：自我价值愈高，则应对的方式愈统整。

Change is always possible; even if external change is limited, internal change is possible.

改变永远是有可能的；即使外在的改变有限，内在的改变仍是可能的。

We cannot change past events, but we can change the impact they have on us.

我们无法改变过去已发生的事件，但可以改变那些事件对我们所造成的冲击。

Hope is a significant component or ingredient for change.

[希望]是[改变]的重要成分。

Process is the avenue of change. Content forms the context in which change can take place.

过程是[改变]的途径。故事内容形成情境，而[改变]即在其中发生。

Most people choose familiarity over the discomfort of change, especially during times of stress.

大多数的人选择他所熟悉的，更甚于[改变]所带来的不适，尤其是在承受压力当下。

Appreciating and accepting the past increases our ability to manage our future.

欣赏并接纳[过去]可以增加我们管理[现在]的能力。

One goal in moving towards wholeness is to accept parental figures as people and meet them at their level of personhood rather than only in their roles.

迈向完整的目标之一即是接受父母也是人，并在人性的层次而非角色的层次上与他们相遇。

Therapy needs to focus on health and possibilities instead of pathology.

治疗需把焦点放在健康及可能性的部分，而非病理负面的部分。

Therapy needs to move towards positively directional goals.

治疗需往正向导向的目标迈进。

The symptom is a subconscious solution to the problem. Check how the presenting problem is a problem for the client. Take the problem seriously, but not necessarily as the area on which the therapeutic work needs to take place.

症状是潜意识对问题的解决之道。核对现有的问题如何成为案主的难题，认真看待问题，但治疗工作却未必要局限在此范围内发生。

The therapist’s use of the Self is the greatest therapeutic tool he/she has.

[运用自己]是治疗师最有力的治疗工具。