Reverse psychology
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Closely associated with reverse psychology in [[psychotherapy]] is the technique of "the ''Paradoxical intervention''....This technique has also been called 'prescribing the symptom' and 'antisuggestion{{Single double}}.Gerald Corey, ''Theory and Practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy'' (1991) p. 155 The therapist frames their message so that [[Psychological resistance|resistance]] to it promotes change.R. F. Baumeister/B. J. Bushman, ''Social Psychology and Human Nature'' <2007) p. 467 |
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Such interventions "can have a similar impact as humour in helping clients cast their problems in a new light....By going ''with'', not against, the client's resistance, the therapist makes the behaviour less attractive".Corey, p. 385 and p. 155 This is referred to as reframing. This means pretending to agree with clients' thoughts and beliefs; reaffirming them out loud to make them realize their fallibility.[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/201302/when-all-else-failstry-reverse-psychology?amp When All Else Fails, Try Reverse Psychology!]. Psychology Today. Retrieved on 2018-09-30. |
Such interventions "can have a similar impact as humour in helping clients cast their problems in a new light....By going ''with'', not against, the client's resistance, the therapist makes the behaviour less attractive".Corey, p. 385 and p. 155 This is referred to as reframing. This means pretending to agree with clients' thoughts and beliefs; reaffirming them out loud to make them realize their fallibility.[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/201302/when-all-else-failstry-reverse-psychology?amp When All Else Fails, Try Reverse Psychology!]. Psychology Today. Retrieved on 2018-09-30. |
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