Intellectualization — psychotherapy techniques

A specific technique for moving the narration of the past into the present tense. The client says not "I was scared" but "I am scared". Not …

MBT

Challenge

A third-level MBT intervention in which the therapist gently but directly questions the client's habitual way of understanding themselves an…

MBT

Working with Pretend Mode

A technique for working with the non-mentalizing mode in which the client's thoughts and feelings are detached from reality. The client may …

Yalom

Searching (Bugental)

A joint movement from the story to the living experience. The story of events is a defense; the experience here-and-now is the place where h…

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