Therapeutic Communication Vocabulary

verb to free someone from a mistaken belief or idea

• It is important to disabuse yourself of any misconceptions before making a decision.
• I had to disabuse my friend of the idea that all cats are mean.
• I had to disabuse him of the notion that he could get away with cheating on the test.
• She had to disabuse him of the belief that success comes without hard work.

noun the act or process of mediating between two parties in order to resolve a dispute or come to an agreement

• Mediation is often used as a method to resolve disputes outside of court.
• I heard they're going through mediation to settle their differences.
• Let's just mediation this and move on.
• The sunset served as a beautiful mediation between day and night.