Feedback as Art

Every specialist that we interviewed spoke, in one form or another, about the art of feedback-giving. One described the feedback session as a very intricate dance, a tango of sorts, where the specialist and the participant are engaged in this very intricate and subtle exchange to the rhythm of the psychological data. This dance has both its relaxed and intense aspects. The relaxed part comes from the psychological comfort created for the participant to accept the invitation to dance. The intense part comes from the pressing issues that surface during the sessions and the willingness of the participants to face up to them and to take control of their own development.