s'en deprendre

English translation: to move further away from

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French term or phrase:	s'en deprendre
English translation:	to move further away from
Entered by:	Julie Barber

01:08 May 27, 2006

French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology / Gestalt Psychotherapy

French term or phrase: s'en deprendre

Context: "Le materiel apporte en psychotherappie fait l'objet de reprises. Pris et repris, parfois pour mieux **s'en deprendre.** Avoir prise, lacher prise..."

Does this refer to the giving up of the old, unproductive style of thinking about one's life in relation to circumstances and other people? This article has to do with the idea of psychological reparation.

Merci beaucoup.

femme

Barbara Cochran, MFA KudoZ activity Questions: 1895 (7 open) (3 without valid answers) (234 closed without grading) Answers: 3899 United States
Local time: 11:13

to move further away from

Explanation:
I agree with Jennifer,although this is another suggestion...

or

for further detachment / a deeper sense of freedom

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Julie Barber
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:13

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Thank you, juliebarba and everyone else who shared their ideas. I ended up translating this particular term as "distancing oneself from" which is really what you said, juliebarba, using more terms. In the same paragraph, I did use the phrase "to let go" for "laisser prise."
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Summary of answers provided

3 +4

to let go of / liberate oneself from

Jennifer Gal

to divest oneself from it

Najib Aloui

to move further away from

Julie Barber

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

to let go of / liberate oneself from

Explanation:
I think you are right. I have come across this terminology (s'en deprendre) in books about addiction. I just flipped through three books, and couldn't find a sentence with it. But I think I would translate it like this:

"Le materiel apporte en psychotherappie fait l'objet de reprises. Pris et repris, parfois pour mieux **s'en deprendre.** Avoir prise, lacher prise..."

"The topics brought up in therapy are often revisited. Visited, and revisited - sometimes to further let go of it [or "to further liberate oneself from it"]. "

As to the next sentence, I'm not sure I have a good translation. Maybe "Hold on, let go" or "Contract, release" or "Constrict, release". I realize that "lâcher prise" is a passive phrase, so it would be like "let yourself be taken". That's the sense it has in meditation, to let oneself be taken over by God/the universe/nothingness - whatever. You probably already knew this part anyway.

Hope this helps. If not, sorry. I'm open to clarification of my thinking (contextual pun). Best of luck with your work.

Jennifer Gal
Hungary
Native speaker of: English

6 hrs confidence:

to divest oneself from it

Explanation:
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Najib Aloui
Local time: 16:13
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French

7 hrs confidence:

to move further away from

Explanation:
I agree with Jennifer,although this is another suggestion...

or

for further detachment / a deeper sense of freedom

Julie Barber
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:13
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3

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