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Resistance

13 techniques · 7 approaches
CFT
Fears, Blocks and Resistances to Compassion (FBR)
Fears, Blocks and Resistances to Compassion (FBR)
A diagnostic and therapeutic work with what stops the client from receiving compassion — to self, from others, to others. Gilbert distinguis…
CFT
Functional Analysis of Self-Criticism
Functional Analysis of Self-Criticism
A technique for exploring the functions of the self-critical inner voice through guided discovery. For most clients, self-criticism is not m…
DBT
Commitment Strategies
Commitment Strategies
A set of tactics for strengthening the client's commitment to therapy and to change. Commitment is not a one-off signature, but a recurring …
DBT
Validation (Levels 1–6)
Validation (Levels 1–6)
Six levels of validation — from basic listening to radical genuineness. Validation is the "wing of acceptance" in DBT. Without it, change st…
EMDR
Container Exercise
Container Exercise
The client visualizes a sturdy, securely sealable container — a safe, a chest, a locked room — and mentally places into it the disturbing th…
Gestalt
Working with Resistance through Curiosity
Working with Resistance through Curiosity
Instead of overcoming resistance — curiosity toward it. "Resistance is information, it is a defense." The therapist comes with interest: "Wh…
ISTDP
Challenge to Defenses
Challenge to Defenses
A respectful but direct invitation to see a defense, recognize its cost, and choose whether to keep using it.
ISTDP
Crystallization of Transference Resistance
Crystallization of Transference Resistance
Making the resistance visible as it appears in the relationship with the therapist so it can no longer remain vague or hidden.
ISTDP
Head-On Collision (HOC)
Head-On Collision (HOC)
A direct confrontation between the client's wish for help and the resistance that blocks help, used only when alliance and anxiety tolerance…
MI
Working with Discord
Working with Discord
Discord is the moment when therapist and client find themselves on different shores: the client feels pressured, misunderstood, or not heard…
MI
Working with Sustain Talk
Working with Sustain Talk
Sustain talk — the client's statements in favor of keeping the current behavior. In MI, sustain talk is a normal part of ambivalence, not an…
STPP
Head-On Collision
Head-On Collision
A direct confrontation with the contradiction between the client's wish to change and the defenses that maintain the problem; used more mode…
STPP
Working with Resistance: Pressure and Clarification
Working with Resistance: Pressure and Clarification
A focused sequence for noticing resistance, asking for concrete detail, and returning the client to the central conflict.
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