Using Paradoxical Interventions in Therapy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ค. 2024
- Sometimes the unexpected approach, the opposite of what seems to be best, is the very thing that helps people crack open the painful shell of limited thoughts and feelings. I'll share a few examples of some paradoxical approaches I have used to help clients, and how 'succeeding in failure' can sometimes help break down resistance and help someone see an issue in a paradoxically different light.
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Video highlights:
00:00 Introduction: Using paradoxical intervention in therapy
00:19 If you try to fail and succeed....
00:57 For fear of falling
03:53 Experience is the best teacher
06:11 Stop being pushed and pulled around
07:06 Paradoxical principals in therapy
07:16 Tip 1. Stop what isn't working
09:33 Tip 2. Change a part to change the whole
11:44 Tip 3. Encourage the problem
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as a new therapist I prescribed failing a test for a college student who was so afraid to fail a test....she was so shocked but I think it helped her :)
Wow actually this what I have been doing my whole life. When I am worried about something, I will assume the worst outcome and try to imagine how I will deal with it and suddenly my worries are a lot less and I am able to move on.
Shame experiments are hard to do but very powerful and used frequently in CBT for social anxiety.
I'm a young 56 and this video was ideal for me. I've been struggling with a pathology as early as my conscious memories allow me to observe and understand.
This was refreshing to start the day.
I really like the way the therapist have time to listen effectively to the client.
Nice prescribing the problem!
10:55 _"Laziness can be a great motivator"_ - that is a wonderful paradoxical gem in itself 😂 It is very true that by making a client's problem into a chore, you can gently persuade the client that the problem really isn't really worth the effort in the first place.
Great video!
It was very insightful and useful!
I love this thank you!
I read a book that talks about provocative therapy techniques.
Thank you Mark. The video was helpful. It reminds me of course of Ellis' and Glasser's techniques. Warning for viewers though, how we implement these techniques is important. The technique can create liability. For instance telling someone to practice falling you are now libel if they get hurt while doing so. In many of Ellis' examples, screaming at the top of your lungs that you are crazy and like mash potatoes in a crowded mall might seem benign, until you loose a job or a relationship is harmed when someone who knows you sees the odd behavior. Paradoxical techniques have boundaries and precautions. Thanks again.
Mark’s skills are amazing. His book “new ways of seeing” is very similar to “my voice will go with you” by Erickson.
Great advise; however, it won’t work if there’s not a strong therapeutic relationship first.
Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you Mark , as always another brilliant learning video. I have learned more from you than in 2 1/2 years of studying RTT therapist and have now switched to your teachings. Do you still give private therapy sessions? Your delivery is always calm, relaxed, genuine and healing. I really appreciate all of your help.
I agree! Mark is a brilliant and concise trainer. So helpful!!
from being afraid people would notice to being offended they didn’t. hilarious work around
Another brilliant lesson here, thank you
Thank you Mark. Really interesting.
Thank you, that was very useful!
Genius!
I have been in one bad situation , psychology and psychiatry issue,to others I have stuck my self on others history and that have demage me so much ,how I can get out of it.......please say me one strong answer and one exercise to do .thank you diti.
It is actually a process a lot of people go through, intentionally or unintentionally, with better and worse periods. Some people have stronger shamanic genes, and some weaker - and there's a bunch of other factors that contribute to "fixing" the shared awareness space. And depending on where one is at different points, different things might work; getting stuck in the head can collapse one's own awareness to attending only its own goals. But it kinda boils down to letting the body do good things and let go of the "trauma-conditioned" goals that the mind chases. I found that a trusting touch and shared positive awareness works the best, but that can also be cultivated from the inside (for example, with brahmavihara practices). But this is no advice by any means, we wait for Dr. Tyrrell's answer. Basically, in this video, the direct shock given to patients is what expanded their awareness.
reminds of my recent visit in the medical centre, whereas I’d been somewhat willing to receive a vaccine, the more the Dr attempted to convince me to do it, I started to feel less confident in doing so.
broke: being afraid I'll fall and people will laugh
woke: being afraid I'll fall and no one will notice or care