Two Approaches To Adlerian Brief Therapy - Buncombe County ...
Two Approaches To Adlerian Brief Therapy - Buncombe County ... Two Approaches To Adlerian Brief Therapy - Buncombe County ...
Adlerian Brief Therapy 14 Commentaries in brackets have been added to highlight various aspects of relational interventions and strategies. Forming A Relationship Therapist: We’ve met before. Do you remember where? Client: Butte, Montana, I believe. Therapist: Butte. Ah, yes. And I met you this morning coming out of my hotel room door, because you’re across the hall from me. (Pause) So what would you like to see going better in your life? I’m not going to go into it right now. I’m just going to get a picture of it so I have a focus. Client: That’s the problem. I was thinking as I was coming here: “Gosh, I don’t know if I should be coming to you, because I don’t know who I am and I don’t know what I want.” Therapist: Okay, so would one way of thinking about it be that there is some confusion in your life? Client: Yes. [A possible, but undisclosed, purpose for confusion is that it keeps the person from moving, from having to make a decision, or taking a stand.] Therapist: Are you at a point where you like the confusion or where you would like some clarity? Client: No, I’d like some clarity, and I’d like to get things settled.
Adlerian Brief Therapy 15 Therapist: Okay. Is there anything that among a number of things that you would most like some clarity about or is it just amorphous to you? Client: Well, it’s a lot of things. You know, . . . what am I going to do when I grow up? I have just retired from my job, and I want to start another one. I want to start a private practice; and I want to write a book; and I want to do all these things; and my family is falling apart, and I’d like to re-establish my relationships with my family. [There are probably a number of things in this list that the client is not ready to face, e.g., starting a private practice, writing a book. The most potent aspect, however, is her sense that the family is falling apart, a declaration that deserves therapeutic focus.] Therapist: Okay. So there are some specifics to all of that, but a lot of it Client: Yes, it is. seems overwhelming at the moment. Therapist: Now could you tell me a little about you? Help me know you. Client: Well, let’s see. I don’t know where to start. [There is something in her tone of voice and the way she seems to be searching several pictures in her head that suggests she is looking for “the perfect” way to present herself.]
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Therapist: Okay. Is there anything that among a number of things that<br />
you would most like some clarity about or is it just<br />
amorphous to you?<br />
Client: Well, it’s a lot of things. You know, . . . what am I going to<br />
do when I grow up? I have just retired from my job, and I<br />
want to start another one. I want to start a private practice;<br />
and I want to write a book; and I want to do all these things;<br />
and my family is falling apart, and I’d like to re-establish my<br />
relationships with my family. [There are probably a number of<br />
things in this list that the client is not ready to face, e.g., starting a<br />
private practice, writing a book. The most potent aspect, however,<br />
is her sense that the family is falling apart, a declaration that<br />
deserves therapeutic focus.]<br />
Therapist: Okay. So there are some specifics to all of that, but a lot of it<br />
Client: Yes, it is.<br />
seems overwhelming at the moment.<br />
Therapist: Now could you tell me a little about you? Help me know<br />
you.<br />
Client: Well, let’s see. I don’t know where to start. [There is<br />
something in her tone of voice and the way she seems to be<br />
searching several pictures in her head that suggests she is looking<br />
for “the perfect” way to present herself.]
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