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De-escalation

4 techniques · 4 approaches
EFT for Couples
Blamer Softening
Blamer Softening
The culmination of EFT: helping the pursuing partner move from demands and criticism to a request for closeness from a position of vulnerabi…
Gottman
Repair Attempts
Repair Attempts
Teaching the skill of stopping conflict escalation through repair actions, and the skill of accepting repair attempts from the partner.
MBT
Stop and Stand
Stop and Stand
An emergency intervention in which the therapist interrupts the course of the session at a moment when the client's mentalization is collaps…
REBT
Anti-Awfulizing / De-Catastrophizing
Anti-Awfulizing / De-Catastrophizing
A specialized form of disputing aimed at the belief "this is awful" (awfulizing). Ellis argued that "awful" logically means "worse than 100%…
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