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17 techniques · 5 approaches
Bruges
Exception-Finding, Bruges Adaptation
Exception-Finding, Bruges Adaptation
The search for periods when problem use was absent or less pronounced, and a detailed inquiry into what the client did differently in those …
Bruges
Harm Reduction within Solution-Focused Framework
Harm Reduction within Solution-Focused Framework
The Bruges Model does not require abstinence as a mandatory condition of treatment. Harm reduction is organically built into the SF approach…
Bruges
Self-Monitoring Diary
Self-Monitoring Diary
The client keeps a use diary between sessions, recording not only the facts of use but also the context — the situation, emotions, preceding…
Bruges
Social Network Activation
Social Network Activation
In the Bruges Model significant others (partner, family, friends) are seen as part of the system of changes, not only as those affected or a…
Bruges
Solution-Focused Relapse Conversation
Solution-Focused Relapse Conversation
A key difference of the Bruges Model from traditional programs: relapse is not seen as a failure requiring prevention, but as part of the pr…
Bruges
Therapeutic Contract Negotiation
Therapeutic Contract Negotiation
Unlike directive approaches, the goal of treatment — including the choice between abstinence and controlled use — is formulated together wit…
Bruges
Working with Uncommitted Clients
Working with Uncommitted Clients
A specific adaptation for clients referred under pressure (court, employer, family) or coming under duress. The therapist does not try to im…
Frankl
Freedom of Will Exploration
Freedom of Will Exploration
A therapeutic inquiry into the degree of freedom that still remains for the client in any, even the most limited, situation. The aim is to h…
IFS
Working with a Firefighter Part
Working with a Firefighter Part
Firefighters are reactive Protectors who activate when the Exile has "broken through" and the pain is already being felt. The aim of a Firef…
MI
A Day in the Life (Explore a Typical Day)
A Day in the Life (Explore a Typical Day)
A technique for the detailed exploration of the client's usual day, most often connected with the problem behavior. The client describes how…
MI
Decisional Balance
Decisional Balance
A technique for the structured exploration of ambivalence: client and therapist together study the pros and cons of changing and not changin…
MI
Elicit-Provide-Elicit (EPE)
Elicit-Provide-Elicit (EPE)
A technique for exchanging information in the spirit of MI. Instead of lecturing, the therapist first finds out what the client already know…
MI
Looking Back
Looking Back
A technique for evoking change talk by exploring the past, when the client felt better or things were different. It lets them recall who the…
MI
Looking Forward
Looking Forward
A technique for evoking change talk by imagining a better future. The client projects themselves into a future where the change has happened…
MI
Querying Extremes
Querying Extremes
A technique for evoking change talk through the exploration of extreme scenarios: the worst (if nothing changes) and the best (if the change…
MI
Working with Sustain Talk
Working with Sustain Talk
Sustain talk — the client's statements in favor of keeping the current behavior. In MI, sustain talk is a normal part of ambivalence, not an…
REBT
High Frustration Tolerance Training / Disputing LFT
High Frustration Tolerance Training / Disputing LFT
Low frustration tolerance (LFT) — the belief that discomfort is unbearable and impossible. It sustains avoidance, procrastination, addiction…
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