Editing Experiential knowledge (section)

==Therapy==
[[Carl Rogers]] stressed the importance of experiential knowledge both for the therapist formulating his or her theories, and for the client in therapy<ref>Carl Rogers, ''On Becoming a Person'' (1961) p. 184 and p. 103</ref> – both things with which most [[Licensed professional counselor|counsellors]] would agree.<ref>Burnard, p. 64-5 and p. 78</ref>

As defined by Thomasina Borkman (Emeritus Professor of Sociology, George Mason University) experiential knowledge is the cornerstone of therapy in self-help groups,<ref>K. Humphries, ''Circles of Recovery'' (2003) p. 15</ref> as opposed to both lay (general) and professional knowledge. Sharing in such groups is the narration of significant life experiences in a process through which the knowledge derived thereof is validated by the group and transformed into a corpus that becomes their fundamental resource and product.

[[Neville Symington]] has argued that one of the central features of the narcissist is a shying away from experiential knowledge, in favour of adopting wholesale a ready-made way of living drawn from other people's experience.<ref>N. Symington, ''Narcissism'' (1993) p. 88</ref>