Mar 23, 2026 · Revised Oct 13, 2026
Ideas I’ve encountered along the way
Reflection Partner grew out of things I found helpful in my own life and questions that emerged while building it. Along the way, I encountered ideas that helped me put parts of the work into words.
Some were familiar, particularly Carl Rogers’s writing. Others were new to me. I’m still exploring those connections, rather than building the app around a particular school of thought.
Rogers’s attention to understanding someone from within their own frame of reference connects with something central to the app: a response should stay close to the experience the person brings, leaving room for their own understanding to develop.
After I had started working on the app, someone recommended Motivational Interviewing to me. I’ve read part of it since then. Its attention to a person’s own language and reasons for change offers another connection I’m exploring as the work develops.