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7 techniques · 4 approaches
BRIEF
Pretend Technique
Pretend Technique
The client is invited to act as if the desired change had already happened, in a playful experimental way. Pretending reduces perfectionisti…
Gestalt
Gestalt Experiment
Gestalt Experiment
A spontaneous, creative, unpredictable activity that therapist and client co-create in the session to explore something. Not a technique wit…
Hakomi
Little Experiments
Little Experiments
Simple bodily or verbal experiments in mindfulness: try a posture, a movement, a phrase — and observe the reaction. A safe way of exploring.
MCT
Controlled Worry Experiment
Controlled Worry Experiment
The client is asked to deliberately worry as intensely as possible for 5–10 minutes, and then to stop. The experiment demonstrates: worry is…
MCT
Rumination Postponement
Rumination Postponement
An analog of worry postponement for depressive rumination. When the client notices the start of the cycle of "why am I like this / what is w…
MCT
Thought Suppression Experiment
Thought Suppression Experiment
A behavioral experiment that demonstrates the paradox of suppression. The client is asked not to think of a particular object for several mi…
MCT
Worry Postponement
Worry Postponement
The client makes an agreement with themselves: when worry begins, they consciously postpone it to a fixed "time for worry" (for example, 30 …
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