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28 techniques · 12 approaches
Adlerian
Task Setting
Task Setting
The Adlerian therapist gives concrete tasks linked to the client's life tasks. The task must be small, concrete, and achievable — not 'becom…
Bruges
Compliments and End-of-Session Feedback
Compliments and End-of-Session Feedback
A structured feedback at the end of the session: the therapist gives compliments (recognition of the client's efforts and resources) and off…
Bruges
Self-Monitoring Diary
Self-Monitoring Diary
The client keeps a use diary between sessions, recording not only the facts of use but also the context — the situation, emotions, preceding…
CBT
Homework Assignments
Homework Assignments
Between-session practice that turns insight into skill. In CBT, homework is not schoolwork; it is where the client tests ideas, practices ne…
CBT
Thought Record
Thought Record
A written tool for structured analysis of automatic thoughts. It moves cognitive restructuring into homework. It can be used as a simple thr…
CFT
Compassionate Letter Writing
Compassionate Letter Writing
A written practice in which the client writes a letter to themselves from the position of the compassionate self or an imagined wise, kind f…
CFT
Loving Kindness / Compassionate Wishes Practice (Metta)
Loving Kindness / Compassionate Wishes Practice (Metta)
An adaptation of the Buddhist practice of metta in the CFT version of Gilbert & Choden. The three flows of compassion are used together with…
Coherence
Daily Rereading Practice
Daily Rereading Practice
A home practice: the client rereads the pro-symptom-position card daily, tracking changes in the emotional response and the "still true?" ra…
Coherence
Symptom Card
Symptom Card
Writing the discovered pro-symptom knowledge on a card, which the client rereads daily to maintain awareness between sessions.
Gottman
Couples Homework Assignments
Couples Homework Assignments
Selecting and assigning concrete paired exercises between sessions: rituals, love map, gratitude, tracking bids.
IFS
Parts Mapping
Parts Mapping
A visual technique for creating a "map" of the client's inner system. The client draws or writes down the parts, their relationships, polari…
IFS
Path Exercise
Path Exercise
A structured guided meditation, developed by Schwartz, for the direct experience of the state of the Self. The client imagines a path and as…
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…
MBCT
Body Scan
Body Scan
Lying or sitting, the participant slowly moves attention through the whole body from the crown to the toes, noticing sensations without tryi…
MBCT
Pleasant Events Calendar
Pleasant Events Calendar
Over the course of one week the client records each day one pleasant event: what happened, what thoughts, feelings, and body sensations were…
MBCT
Unpleasant Events Calendar
Unpleasant Events Calendar
Like the Pleasant Events Calendar, but aimed at difficult experience: one unpleasant event a day, with thoughts, feelings, body sensations r…
MBSR
Pleasant Events Calendar
Pleasant Events Calendar
Homework for week 2 of MBSR: each day record one pleasant event — with a description of the body sensations, thoughts, and feelings right at…
MBSR
Unpleasant Events Calendar
Unpleasant Events Calendar
Homework for week 3 of MBSR: each day record one unpleasant, difficult, or stressful event. The same structure as the pleasant-events diary.…
PE
Imaginal Exposure Homework (Audio Recording Listening)
Imaginal Exposure Homework (Audio Recording Listening)
A core PE technique in which the client revisits the trauma memory aloud in the present tense so that the fear structure can activate and up…
PE
In Vivo Exposure
In Vivo Exposure
A PE technique for approaching safe real-life trauma reminders step by step, using a hierarchy and SUDS ratings to reverse avoidance.
REBT
Bibliotherapy and Audio-Visual Therapy
Bibliotherapy and Audio-Visual Therapy
Reading recommended books and workbooks on REBT for independent study of the rational philosophy between sessions. Audio therapy — listening…
REBT
Cognitive Homework / Disputing Irrational Beliefs Sheet (DIBS)
Cognitive Homework / Disputing Irrational Beliefs Sheet (DIBS)
A structured worksheet for the independent disputing of irrational beliefs between sessions. The client writes down: the IB, the empirical q…
REBT
Doing REBT with Others / Teaching REBT to Others
Doing REBT with Others / Teaching REBT to Others
A unique home practice proposed by Ellis: the client applies the REBT method to the problems of their friends, relatives, or colleagues. Whe…
REBT
Rational Emotive Imagery (REI)
Rational Emotive Imagery (REI)
An emotive technique developed by Maxie Maultsby and adapted by Ellis. The client vividly imagines the distressing situation, lets themselve…
Schema
Behavioral Experiments
Behavioral Experiments
The client plans and carries out real behavior that contradicts their schema or coping mechanism. The aim is to gain direct experience that …
Schema
Letter Writing
Letter Writing
The client writes a letter — to a parent, to their little self, to a mode, or from one mode to another. Letters are rarely sent; they serve …
Schema
Schema Diary
Schema Diary
A structured worksheet the client fills in between sessions when a schema activates. It has seven steps: situation → trigger → belief → emot…
Schema
Schema Flashcards
Schema Flashcards
Small cards with short statements voiced by the Healthy Adult that counter the client's main schema. Therapist and client compose 5–8 statem…
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