Main Meta-Category	A. Appreciating experiences of self
Meta-Categories	2. Appreciating vulnerability
Primary Studies Findings	Permission to feel the pain (Rodgers, 2002); transparency (dropping barriers and defenses) (Rodgers, 2002); honest with self (Elliott, 2002; Rodgers, 2002); open to change (Elliott, 2002); awareness of being old, process of grieving, grieving is undoing problematic anger/anxiety (Elliott, 2002); self-acceptance of existential isolation (Dale et al., 1998) more tolerant of difficulties and setbacks (Elliott et al., 2009) (4/8)

 

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Note: From “Qualitative Meta-Analysis of Outcomes of Person-Centred/Experiential Therapies,” by L. Timulak & M. Creaner, 2010, in M. Cooper, J. C. Watson, & D. Hölledampf (Eds.), Person-centred and experiential psychotherapies wor, Ross-on-Wye, United Kingdom: PCCS Books, pp. 75–76. Copyright Ladislav Timulak and Mary Creaner, 2010. Adapted with permission.