Moreover, in the clinic, if we are able to access a pluralistic resourcefulness then we are able to maneuver with in the clinical situation with greater ease and benefit - being able to meet the patient in their own biases, speak in their language, and then if necessary perhaps entice other possibilities.

this is well said, 
by consciously calibrating our behavior, language, and mental heuristics towards a state of confluence with our patients we gain a much deeper understanding of their state of being, as well as the personal experience of deconstructing ones own state of existence.  this is the highest level of rapport.  Like attracts like, 

meeting our patients on the same playing field can lead to tremendous possibilities.  consciously allowing a willingness to understand how it is to exist as another (in this case our client), matching their behaviors, thought processes, and attitudes, large amounts of information can be revealed to myself about their condition.  from here identification of "blocks" or habitual patterns can be noted and brought to their attention.  Further more, through behavioral modeling, mirroring, and entrainment while acting at the highest level of ethical judgment and moral integrity, if i the practitioner is willing to be like the client, if the practitioner begins to alter their personal behavior, cognition, and process with the intention of breaking free from those previously acknowledged blocks or patterns modeling new existence beyond the clients normal functioning state ,  then the practitioner has facilitated a way out of those patterns, expanding state and allowing for  greater potential and flexibility.

In the past year i have been studying neurolinguistical  programming presented thru the coyote teachings of the medicine wheel.  the native american medicine wheel provides a method of exploring what it is to be a human being that is capable of reflecting all potential states.  balance is derived and potential is teased out of life.  this system can be correlated with the five elemental cosmological sequence bring us back to pulse content with the application of the compass model.

how about this:
while using the system of spirits, shen diagnosis we are able to have a glimpse of how the individual is processing thru life.  what aspects of their shen are active, inactive, blocked, or compensating.   with this diagnostic information , the willing practitioner may enter into a state of rapport and then model out new patterns for which the clients shen may follow.  this seems to follow suit with the treatment methods using the 7 emotions.  it also appears to be in line  with  tao te ching  methods of leadership, leading while not leading.
this thought just came to me,  any takers?


dan