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12 techniques · 6 approaches
CFT
Calm/Safe Place Imagery
Calm/Safe Place Imagery
A CFT imagery technique for building an inner "anchor" of safety and calm. Unlike the EMDR version, it includes multisensory filling (sounds…
CFT
Soothing Rhythm Breathing (SRB)
Soothing Rhythm Breathing (SRB)
The basic bodily practice of CFT, aimed at activating the parasympathetic nervous system and the soothing/affiliative system. Slow diaphragm…
CFT
Three Circles Model (Threat-Drive-Soothing)
Three Circles Model (Threat-Drive-Soothing)
A psychoeducational CFT model that describes three evolutionarily shaped emotion-regulation systems: threat, drive/incentive, and soothing/a…
Focusing
Clearing a Space
Clearing a Space
The first step of focusing and a stand-alone technique. The client turns inside, notices everything that is on their mind, and carefully "se…
IFS
Finding a Part via a Trailhead
Finding a Part via a Trailhead
A trailhead is the entry point into work with a part. It is any external or internal stimulus that activates a part: a situation, a person, …
IFS
Parts Mapping
Parts Mapping
A visual technique for creating a "map" of the client's inner system. The client draws or writes down the parts, their relationships, polari…
MCT
Metacognitive Profiling
Metacognitive Profiling
A structured assessment of the client's metacognitive beliefs before the start of therapy. Includes a clinical interview and the MCQ-30 (Met…
SFBT
Pre-session Change
Pre-session Change
A question that sets the tone for the whole therapy: the client realizes that change does not start in the office — it has already happened …
Schema
Diagnostic Imagery / Imagery Assessment
Diagnostic Imagery / Imagery Assessment
The client closes their eyes and recalls a difficult childhood experience — a concrete scene in full detail. The image activates the origina…
Schema
Safe Place Imagery
Safe Place Imagery
The client creates and develops in detail the image of a place where they feel completely safe, protected, and calm. The place can be real (…
Schema
Schema Psychoeducation
Schema Psychoeducation
A structured explanation to the client of the concept of early maladaptive schemas, the mechanisms of their formation in childhood, the thre…
Schema
Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ)
Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ)
A standardized self-report inventory of 75–232 items in which the client rates statements on a Likert scale (1–6). Each subscale corresponds…
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