Working experientially means clients are encouraged to get a sense of what is happening to them emotionally and rationally. Experiential theory is part of the Humanistic School of Therapy. It starts with the assumption that growth and change happen naturally, when not impeded. The therapist's role is to uncover what is getting in the way of this process, which is often fear. 

 

Fear, worry or concern (or variants thereof) about the expression, experience or articulation of something negative (like anger, grief or sexuality) is something that Experiential Therapists encourage. It is a kind of desensitisation. If fear is allowed, the negativity is usually more easily acknowledged and blockages as well as knots can be undone.