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Detachment

5 techniques · 2 approaches
IBCT
Unified Detachment
Unified Detachment
Helping the couple look at their conflict from the outside — as observers. The pattern gets a name and is discussed as a "third", not as the…
MCT
Detached Mindfulness (DM)
Detached Mindfulness (DM)
The key stance of MCT — meta-awareness of thoughts without reaction to them. The client notices a thought, recognizes it as a thought (not a…
MCT
Free Association Task
Free Association Task
The client is asked to allow thoughts to flow freely for several minutes, not trying to direct or stop them. The exercise demonstrates that …
MCT
Metacognitive Guidance
Metacognitive Guidance
Verbal instructions from the therapist that help the client enter the state of detached mindfulness right in the session. Used as a bridge b…
MCT
Tiger Task
Tiger Task
A short imaginal exercise to demonstrate detached mindfulness. The client closes their eyes, creates an image of a tiger and observes it wit…
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