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Symptom

6 techniques · 3 approaches
Adlerian
The Question
The Question
A classic diagnostic question: "If I could wave a magic wand and your symptom disappeared tomorrow morning — what would change in your life?…
Coherence
Imaginal Symptom Deprivation
Imaginal Symptom Deprivation
The client imagines that the symptom has completely vanished and explores the feelings that arise — in order to discover the hidden emotiona…
Coherence
Pro-Symptom Position Statement
Pro-Symptom Position Statement
A joint formulation with the client of a precise statement expressing the emotional knowledge behind the symptom, in the first person.
Coherence
Radical Inquiry into Symptom
Radical Inquiry into Symptom
A deep inquiry into the symptom from the stance of respect: not "why is this broken?" but "what is this made for? what problem does it solve…
Coherence
Symptom Card
Symptom Card
Writing the discovered pro-symptom knowledge on a card, which the client rereads daily to maintain awareness between sessions.
Yalom
Paradoxical Intention
Paradoxical Intention
The client deliberately intensifies the feared symptom instead of avoiding it: in panic — "I'll try to feel the maximum fear"; in insomnia —…
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