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Dialogue

10 techniques · 5 approaches
CoLeC
Conversational / Generative Questions
Conversational / Generative Questions
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
Dialogical Conversation
Dialogical Conversation
Dialogue, for Anderson, is not just an exchange of lines (those are monologues taking turns). A real dialogue is a space in which something …
CoLeC
Mutual Inquiry
Mutual Inquiry
Therapy is not what the therapist "does to" the client, but a mutual inquiry that both lead together. Both partners are "in the conversation…
CoLeC
Not-Knowing Stance
Not-Knowing Stance
The therapist enters the conversation without prepared hypotheses, diagnoses, or "correct" interpretations. Not-knowing is not pretended ign…
CoLeC
Reflecting Processes
Reflecting Processes
Tom Andersen developed the "reflecting team" practice, which Anderson integrated into collaborative therapy. The essence: a group (or the th…
CoLeC
Relational Expertise
Relational Expertise
In collaborative therapy the notion of "expertise" is redefined. The therapist is not an expert on the client's life, on diagnostics, or on …
IFS
Writing Practice with Parts
Writing Practice with Parts
A practice of written inner dialogue with parts. The client writes from the Self to a part (or the other way around) in a journal. It lets t…
Längle
Phenomenological Dialogue
Phenomenological Dialogue
The base stance and method of conducting a therapeutic conversation in existential analysis. The therapist does not interpret but follows th…
Sandplay
Post-Creation Dialogue
Post-Creation Dialogue
Gentle inquiry into the created world through open questions. Not interpretation, but an invitation for the client to speak about what they …
Schema
Mode Dialogues / Chairwork
Mode Dialogues / Chairwork
The client physically moves between chairs, each representing a specific mode (Vulnerable Child, Punitive Parent, Healthy Adult, etc.). Spea…
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