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SOME COMMONLY OBSERVED RELATIONAL DIALECTICS

DIALECTIC                                                                          DESCRIPTION
Openness vs. closedness                                       Ambivalence about revealing information or
                                                                              keeping it private

Vulnerability vs. protectedness                            Competing needs to reveal the self and
                                                                              shield the self from hurt

Interdependence vs. autonomy                            Wanting to collaborate and wanting to act
                                                                              with freedom from constraint

Novelty vs. predictability                                     Wanting predictability and comfort as well
                                                                              as uncertainty and new experiences

Real vs. ideal                                                        Pragmatic relational concerns are
                                                                              considered against romanticized views

Sunil Kumar                                Jayasudha Kamaraj
Clinical Psychologist                   Counseling Psychologist
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