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23 techniques · 9 approaches
ACT
ACT Matrix
ACT Matrix
Kevin Polk's four-quadrant model that makes the client's movements visible. The horizontal axis is toward values versus away from discomfort…
ACT
Choice Point
Choice Point
A model by Russ Harris. At any moment there is a choice point: move toward values or move away from discomfort. The technique helps the clie…
Adlerian
Logical Consequences
Logical Consequences
Unlike punishment (which is arbitrary and often humiliating), logical consequences are the natural outcome of a choice. The therapist helps …
DBT
Commitment Strategies
Commitment Strategies
A set of tactics for strengthening the client's commitment to therapy and to change. Commitment is not a one-off signature, but a recurring …
Deurzen
Anxiety as Existential Signal
Anxiety as Existential Signal
Van Deurzen sees anxiety not as a symptom to be removed but as a signal pointing to an important life choice or the need for change. Anxiety…
Deurzen
Values and Meaning Clarification
Values and Meaning Clarification
Van Deurzen places central importance on work with values as the foundation of life's meaning. Meaning is not given in advance — it is const…
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…
Gestalt
Working with Introjects
Working with Introjects
An introject is an idea, belief, or voice the client has swallowed from others without digesting. "I have to be the perfect mother" (mother'…
Längle
Will-Strengthening Method / Working with Will and Decision
Will-Strengthening Method / Working with Will and Decision
A method for working with situations in which the client "knows what to do", but cannot decide. Längle distinguishes wish (Wunsch), will (Wi…
Längle
Working with Inner Consent
Working with Inner Consent
The central aim of existential analysis — to help the client come to "inner consent" with what they do and how they live. This is a felt "ye…
Reality
Action Planning (SAMIC³)
Action Planning (SAMIC³)
A structured Reality Therapy technique focused on action planning (samic³). It gives the therapist a concrete way to translate the approach'…
Reality
Basic Needs Assessment
Basic Needs Assessment
A structured Reality Therapy technique focused on basic needs assessment. It gives the therapist a concrete way to translate the approach's …
Reality
Caring Habits Practice
Caring Habits Practice
A structured Reality Therapy technique focused on caring habits practice. It gives the therapist a concrete way to translate the approach's …
Reality
Choice Awareness
Choice Awareness
A structured Reality Therapy technique focused on choice awareness. It gives the therapist a concrete way to translate the approach's model …
Reality
No-Excuses Commitment
No-Excuses Commitment
A structured Reality Therapy technique focused on no-excuses commitment. It gives the therapist a concrete way to translate the approach's m…
Reality
Quality World Exploration
Quality World Exploration
A structured Reality Therapy technique focused on quality world exploration. It gives the therapist a concrete way to translate the approach…
Reality
Self-Evaluation
Self-Evaluation
A structured Reality Therapy technique focused on self-evaluation. It gives the therapist a concrete way to translate the approach's model i…
Reality
Total Behavior Analysis
Total Behavior Analysis
A structured Reality Therapy technique focused on total behavior analysis. It gives the therapist a concrete way to translate the approach's…
Reality
WDEP System
WDEP System
A structured Reality Therapy technique focused on wdep system. It gives the therapist a concrete way to translate the approach's model into …
Reality
Wants Exploration
Wants Exploration
A structured Reality Therapy technique focused on wants exploration. It gives the therapist a concrete way to translate the approach's model…
Yalom
Freedom and Responsibility
Freedom and Responsibility
Awareness and acceptance that the client is the author of their own life. A shift from "I am forced", "I have no choice", "that's how it tur…
Yalom
Paradoxes and Polarities (van Deurzen)
Paradoxes and Polarities (van Deurzen)
Life is arranged through unresolvable paradoxes: life–death, freedom–limits, loneliness–closeness, meaning–meaninglessness. Van Deurzen show…
Yalom
Socratic Dialogue
Socratic Dialogue
A chain of open, deepening questions that helps the client reach their own values, meanings, and choices. Unlike in CBT, the aim is not the …
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