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15 techniques · 11 approaches
ACT
Continuous You
Continuous You
A self-as-context exercise. The client recalls different life stages and notices that thoughts, roles, body and circumstances have changed, …
CFT
Compassionate Self
Compassionate Self
The central CFT technique — identifying with the "best version of self", the part that holds wisdom, strength, and warmth. It draws on the "…
CoLeC
Co-Constructing Narratives
Co-Constructing Narratives
Meaning and understanding are constructed in conversation together — they are not pre-existing inside the client and not brought in by the t…
Deurzen
Authentic vs Inauthentic Living Exploration
Authentic vs Inauthentic Living Exploration
Drawing on Heidegger, van Deurzen distinguishes authentic from inauthentic existence. Inauthenticity is "das Man" ("people say so", "everyon…
Deurzen
Being-in-the-World Analysis (Dasein-Analysis)
Being-in-the-World Analysis (Dasein-Analysis)
Drawing on Heidegger ("Dasein" = being-in-the-world), van Deurzen sees the human not as an isolated subject but as a being inseparable from …
Deurzen
Values and Meaning Clarification
Values and Meaning Clarification
Van Deurzen places central importance on work with values as the foundation of life's meaning. Meaning is not given in advance — it is const…
Focusing
Dis-identification
Dis-identification
Separating the "I" from problems, feelings, body sensations. The client comes to know: I am not my problems, not my emotions, not my thought…
Frankl
Your Life in the Movies
Your Life in the Movies
The client is invited to imagine that their life is a film they are watching from the outside as a viewer. The exercise activates self-dista…
Gestalt
Working with Introjects
Working with Introjects
An introject is an idea, belief, or voice the client has swallowed from others without digesting. "I have to be the perfect mother" (mother'…
Jung
Persona Work / Persona Dissolution
Persona Work / Persona Dissolution
The Persona is the "mask", the social face of the person, the archetype of adaptation to societal expectations. The pathology is identificat…
MBT
Mentalizing Narratives
Mentalizing Narratives
A technique of joint creation of a coherent, meaningful narrative about the client's life with a focus on mental states. In MBT the case for…
MI
Exploring Values and Goals
Exploring Values and Goals
A technique of directly exploring what matters to the client. Values are the compass of change in MI: when behavior diverges from values, in…
MI
Looking Back
Looking Back
A technique for evoking change talk by exploring the past, when the client felt better or things were different. It lets them recall who the…
Yalom
Authenticity Work (Heidegger / Bugental)
Authenticity Work (Heidegger / Bugental)
Distinguishing one's own voice from the voices absorbed from others (parents, culture, expectations). Heidegger describes inauthentic existe…
Yalom
Four Dimensions of Existence (van Deurzen)
Four Dimensions of Existence (van Deurzen)
A structure for exploring the client's life through four dimensions: physical (Umwelt — body, health, nature), social (Mitwelt — people, rel…
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