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13 techniques · 8 approaches
ACT
Bull's Eye
Bull's Eye
A visual values clarification tool. The client marks how close current behavior is to values in major life domains. The target makes the gap…
AEDP
Tracking Transformational Markers
Tracking Transformational Markers
Systematic observation of the signs of transformation in session: bodily shifts, new meanings, change in the relationship to self and others…
Adlerian
Anti-Suggestion Technique
Anti-Suggestion Technique
When a client systematically devalues their successes or sabotages progress, the therapist predicts that sabotage in advance. "I notice that…
BRIEF
EARS
EARS (Elicit, Amplify, Reinforce, Start Over)
A process framework for working with progress and instances: moments when the preferred future is already happening. Elicit means drawing ou…
BRIEF
Scaling Questions
Scaling Questions
The client rates state, progress or confidence on a scale from 0 to 10. The technique arose spontaneously when a client told de Shazer that …
BRIEF
What's Better?
What's Better?
The signature London BRIEF opening question for every follow-up session. It replaces neutral openings such as "How are you?" or "How was you…
Bruges
Progress Inquiry / "What's Better?" Opening
Progress Inquiry / "What's Better?" Opening
Every following session begins with the question of what has improved since the last meeting. This sets an orientation toward change rather …
Bruges
Scaling Questions — Motivation and Confidence
Scaling Questions — Motivation and Confidence
Two separate scales for two different parameters: motivation to change (how much I want) and confidence in success (how much I can). A gap b…
EMDR
Re-evaluation (Phase 8)
Re-evaluation (Phase 8)
The first step of every following EMDR session — checking the client's state, the result of the previous reprocessing, and identifying the n…
EMDR
Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale (SUD)
Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale (SUD)
A numeric scale from 0 to 10 measuring the emotional distress from the target image in the present moment. 0 — complete calm, 10 — unbearabl…
EMDR
Validity of Cognition Scale (VoC)
Validity of Cognition Scale (VoC)
A numeric scale from 1 to 7 measuring how much the client believes the positive cognition (PC) when recalling the target image. It is measur…
SFBT
Scaling Questions
Scaling Questions
A translation of abstract states into concrete numbers (0–10). It creates a "therapeutic tension" — a visible difference between "now" and "…
Sandplay
Series Review
Series Review
A joint viewing of the photographs of all sand pictures in chronological order. The client sees the whole inner path — from the first pictur…
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