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Therapeutic alliance

6 techniques · 3 approaches
Bruges
Common Factors Assessment
Common Factors Assessment
A unique meta-frame of the Bruges Model: the therapist regularly assesses three blocks of factors that determine effectiveness. Client facto…
Bruges
Working with Uncommitted Clients
Working with Uncommitted Clients
A specific adaptation for clients referred under pressure (court, employer, family) or coming under duress. The therapist does not try to im…
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
Dialectical Strategies
Dialectical Strategies
The core of DBT: dialectics means that opposites can be true at the same time. The client is ill AND can change. Their pain is real AND life…
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…
Längle
Phenomenological Dialogue
Phenomenological Dialogue
The base stance and method of conducting a therapeutic conversation in existential analysis. The therapist does not interpret but follows th…
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