Curiosity — psychotherapy techniques

Questions in collaborative therapy are asked not to gather information and not to direct the client to the "right" answer, but to open a spa…

CoLeC

Not-Knowing Stance

The therapist enters the conversation without prepared hypotheses, diagnoses, or "correct" interpretations. Not-knowing is not pretended ign…

Gestalt

Working with Resistance through Curiosity

Instead of overcoming resistance — curiosity toward it. "Resistance is information, it is a defense." The therapist comes with interest: "Wh…

MBT

Mentalizing Stance (Not-Knowing Stance)

A fundamental therapeutic stance of MBT — not a technique in the narrow sense, but the basic position of the therapist that runs through the…

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