Two Approaches To Adlerian Brief Therapy - Buncombe County ...

Two Approaches To Adlerian Brief Therapy - Buncombe County ... Two Approaches To Adlerian Brief Therapy - Buncombe County ...

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Client: I listened to him. Therapist: Did you disagree with him? Adlerian Brief Therapy 24 Client: Probably, I don’t really remember all that, but I just remember enjoying him. It made me feel important, and I liked that. Therapist: Ok. Now, did you ever have anyone who just hated you? Client: My son’s girlfriend. Therapist: Besides her. Client: No, I can’t think of anyone. Therapist: So this is a new experience for you. Client: Yeah, yeah I guess so. Therapist: So actually you don’t really have a lot of life experience on what to do with people who are really just obnoxious. Client: Right, but I’m getting it fast. Therapist: And fortunately you have a therapist that can help you with Client: Yeah. that, because I have a lot of experience being obnoxious. [Client laughs] Are you having fun yet? Therapist: Ok. I think you have something that you are going to have to decide. [The therapist moves from a playful interaction to a very serious discussion. The contrast focuses attention, heightens awareness, and augments the therapeutic contact.]

Client: Ok. Adlerian Brief Therapy 25 Therapist: You are going to have to decide whether you want to still live or you want to just die and walk around until your body catches up. Client: I don’t understand. Therapist: Which part? Client: The whole thing. Therapist: Ok, to live, you’re going to have to become a person. And if Client: Hmm. you just want to die and wait until your body catches up, you can just do exactly what you’re doing. Therapist: Got any feel for which way you want to go? Client: I’d like to live. Therapist: Would you? Client: Um, hmm. Therapist: As a real person? Client: Um, hmm. Therapist: Okay. Client: Yeah, because I just feel like I’ve been meeting everyone else’s needs. Therapist: That’s right. You know what happens to somebody who spends her life pleasing everyone else?

Client: I listened to him.<br />

Therapist: Did you disagree with him?<br />

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Client: Probably, I don’t really remember all that, but I just<br />

remember enjoying him. It made me feel important, and I<br />

liked that.<br />

Therapist: Ok. Now, did you ever have anyone who just hated you?<br />

Client: My son’s girlfriend.<br />

Therapist: Besides her.<br />

Client: No, I can’t think of anyone.<br />

Therapist: So this is a new experience for you.<br />

Client: Yeah, yeah I guess so.<br />

Therapist: So actually you don’t really have a lot of life experience on<br />

what to do with people who are really just obnoxious.<br />

Client: Right, but I’m getting it fast.<br />

Therapist: And fortunately you have a therapist that can help you with<br />

Client: Yeah.<br />

that, because I have a lot of experience being obnoxious.<br />

[Client laughs] Are you having fun yet?<br />

Therapist: Ok. I think you have something that you are going to have<br />

to decide. [The therapist moves from a playful interaction to a<br />

very serious discussion. The contrast focuses attention, heightens<br />

awareness, and augments the therapeutic contact.]

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