More Specific RC Techniques
- Frameworks
- Synopses
- Counselor contradicting the client's distress
- Client contradicting his or her own distress
- Contradicting different components of the distress (tone of voice, facial expression, posture)
- Taking a different role than usual in the recording
- Telling the story--early memories
- Making up stories, using fantasies for occluded material
- Scorning fear
- Over-exaggerating fear
- Expressing terror cheerfully
- "First thought"--flash answers Interrupting control patterns
- Checking for identifications
- Telling dreams
- Speaking to God or to one's "dear departed"
- Two people making lists of what each one wants in their relationship, etc.
- Early sexual memories
- Early memories about money
- Early memories of people with a different skin color, religion, gender, etc.
- Physical struggling with the counselor in an agreed-upon way
- Attention to the counselor (to the environment when client has little attention available)
- Random memories--factual memories, pleasant memories, little upsets
- Rapid review of related experiences Re-telling an incident of powerlessness in a powerful role
- Aware physical contact and closeness Appearing to "over-meet" a "frozen need"
- Taking just a small step out of a heavy negative feeling ("I'm not the worst person who has ever lived.")
- Standing guard
- For stutterers: have them repeat the one word they never stutter to enthusiastic applause over and over
- Exaggerated overagreeing with the content of the client's distress with a tone of great seriousness
- "I wish" for... (stating goals)
- "The generalized understatement"
- The exchange of roles
- The Reality Agreement
- "You and me, counselor, completely close forever."
- "I can."
- "I will."
- "I can and I will."
- "Why do you love me, counselor?"
- "All for one and one for all."
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