ABSTRACT
Confluence will be seen in a radically different way within a communal culture. Where such confluence is present even a relatively mild challenge is likely to threaten the existence of those involved. With a complete lack of friction there is a lack of vibrant contact in this low energy way of being. A person who seeks a dysfunctional closeness in relationship demonstrates an unwillingness to discover his own resources; a person who invests in confluence’s polar opposite, isolation, demonstrates an unwillingness to engage in healthy dependence. The therapist needs to be aware of their reactions to this presentation, with the low-energy field created one can become confluent with the confluence!.
