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Attention

10 techniques · 9 approaches
Adlerian
Mistaken Goals Analysis
Mistaken Goals Analysis
Rudolf Dreikurs's technique for identifying the unconscious goal behind problem behavior. Four goals: attention, power, revenge, display of …
BA
Attention to Experience
Attention to Experience
A Behavioral Activation technique focused on attention to experience. It helps the therapist and client move from depressive withdrawal, avo…
CFT
Compassionate Attention Training
Compassionate Attention Training
A specific form of attention training in CFT: the threat system automatically draws attention to the dangerous and the negative. Compassiona…
CoLeC
Generous Listening
Generous Listening
Generous listening is listening "with the best intent": hearing what the person wants to say, not what you expect to hear. It is an active p…
Gestalt
Process Tracking
Process Tracking
The therapist closely follows the micro-changes in the client: a slight tremor, a shift in breathing, a glance, a change of tone. Instead of…
MBCT
Pleasant Events Calendar
Pleasant Events Calendar
Over the course of one week the client records each day one pleasant event: what happened, what thoughts, feelings, and body sensations were…
MCT
Attention Training Technique (ATT)
Attention Training Technique (ATT)
A structured auditory exercise (~12 minutes) developed by Wells (1990). The client actively switches attention between various external soun…
MCT
Situational Attentional Refocusing (SAR)
Situational Attentional Refocusing (SAR)
A strategy of transferring attention from internal self-monitoring and threat-oriented scanning to external tasks in specific situations. Un…
Morita
Attention Redirection
Attention Redirection
Shifting the focus of attention from symptoms onto purposeful action. Breaking the vicious cycle: attention to symptom → amplification → eve…
STPP
Selective Attention and Neglect
Selective Attention and Neglect
A focus-maintaining technique: attend to material linked to the central conflict and gently neglect material that pulls therapy away from it…
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