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Self-distancing

4 techniques · 2 approaches
Frankl
Paradoxical Intention
Paradoxical Intention
The client deliberately wishes for, or tries to bring on, precisely what they fear. The technique breaks the vicious circle of anticipatory …
Frankl
Self-Distancing through Humour
Self-Distancing through Humour
Humor is one of the modes of self-distancing — the human capacity to look at oneself from the outside. When the client can laugh at their sy…
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…
Längle
Self-Distancing and Self-Transcendence
Self-Distancing and Self-Transcendence
Two complementary capacities that form the "personal" pole of the Existence Scale (ESK). Self-distancing is the capacity to look at oneself …
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