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Explain why you are suggesting this
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Connect a proposed way of working to the person’s own difficulty and ask whether that connection makes sense.
What it might sound like
“Given what you want to change, here is why I thought this might help. How does that fit for you?”
A common slip
Explaining a model before understanding what the person wants.
Across approaches
The purpose and timing depend on the formulation, relationship, and model. Follow a guide for its particular use rather than treating the wording as a universal script.
- Psychodynamic
- CBT
- Emotion-Focused
- Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
- Family Systems
- Behavioral Parent Training
Sources and review scope
Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond, 3rd ed. (opens in a new tab)
The standard introduction to Beckian cognitive therapy, from the cognitive model through session structure and belief work.
cognitive model, automatic thoughts, beliefs, session structure
Purchase or library access.
Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Basic Text, 3rd ed. (opens in a new tab)
A compact training text organized around core competencies. The publisher lists chapters on key concepts; assessment, indications, and formulation; getting started; therapist interventions; goals and therapeutic action; resistance; dreams and fantasies; countertransference; working through and termination; supervision; and evaluating competencies.
assessment, formulation, frame, interventions, resistance
Purchase or institutional access through Psychiatry Online. ISBN 9781615370535.