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    Validation involves acknowledging and understanding another person's emotional experience, behavior, thoughts, or physical response as justified or reasonable given the circumstances. Validating others helps reduce emotional arousal and builds healthy relationships. There are different types and levels of validation, from implicit actions to explicitly stating understanding, with the goal of showing that the other person's experience makes sense without judgment.

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    Validation involves acknowledging and understanding another person's emotional experience, behavior, thoughts, or physical response as justified or reasonable given the circumstances. Validating others helps reduce emotional arousal and builds healthy relationships. There are different types and levels of validation, from implicit actions to explicitly stating understanding, with the goal of showing that the other person's experience makes sense without judgment.

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    Validation involves acknowledging and understanding another person's emotional experience, behavior, thoughts, or physical response as justified or reasonable given the circumstances. Validating others helps reduce emotional arousal and builds healthy relationships. There are different types and levels of validation, from implicit actions to explicitly stating understanding, with the goal of showing that the other person's experience makes sense without judgment.

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    Validation

    What is validation?
    Establishing or substantiating an
    emotional experience, behavior,
    cognition, or physiological experience as
    justifiable or well grounded.
    Acknowledgement (observing and
    describing non-judgmentally)

    Why validate?
    Validation brings down emotional arousal, communicates
    understanding that a behavior or emotional experience
    makes sense given a circumstance. Validation shows that
    you are listening and is good for relationships.
    Who do we validate? What do we validate?
    We can validate emotions, actions, cognitions (thoughts, beliefs,
    values and assumptions), and physiological responses that are
    justified, relevant, or effective in light of stated/agreed upon
    goals or facts existing at the time of the behavior
    Validate the valid! Validation is acknowledging understanding of
    an experience as valid - validation does not indicate agreement!
    You don't have to like what the other person is saying, doing or
    feeling.

    Self-validation vs. Validation of others

    Types of Validation
    Implicit Functional Validation and Explicit
    Verbal Validation with words
    When to use which?
    Example: Grandma carrying bag of heavy
    groceries. Would stating, "Wow those groceries
    look heavy!" be validating? Or would it be more
    validating to help her carry the groceries?

    Implicit Validation
    Validation through behavior
    Example: Giving someone a box of tissues when
    they are crying or giving someone an umbrella
    when they are in the rain

    Levels of Validation
    Level 1: Pay attention: Look interested (Being mindful of the other person,
    demonstrating that you are listening one-mindfully! No texting while
    talking!)
    Level 2: Accurate reflection: No judgmental language, say back what you
    have heard to ensure that you understand
    Level 3: Read Minds: Be sensitive to what is not being said, check in
    Example: It's finals week and your child says that they have three papers to write and
    two finals. You respond by saying, "Wow - you must be really overwhelmed"

    Level 4: Normalize given historical events: Validate based on the person's


    history, past experiences
    Example: "Given what happened, it makes sense that you are hesitant to adopt a dog"

    Level 5: Normalize given current circumstances: Explain how the individual's


    thinking is valid because they fit the current facts or are understandable
    because it is a logical response to an event
    Example: "It's normal to be nervous before a job interview"

    Level 6: Radical Genuineness: Be genuine. How you would respond to an


    equal
    Example: "That sounds horribly awkward."

    "The Validation Game"

    One participant chooses a scenario to be


    validated on and another participant
    validates using one of the six levels of
    validation. The other participants guess
    which level of validation was used!

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