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Psychodynamic approaches to working in groups
Published in Chambers Mary, Psychiatric and mental health nursing, 2017
Antony Froggett, Steve Delaney
Response: We might wonder what this person is expressing for the group as a whole. What transference drama might be being played out in the group? For example, is he unconsciously expecting to be rejected by the group? It can sometimes be helpful to find reasons to praise the difficult group member (e.g. for how active he is in the group). This paradoxical intervention can prevent him becoming isolated, and re-frame the difficulty as belonging to the group. There are occasions, however, when the group is not the right place for someone. The group member may need to be helped to leave the group in a way that does not feel humiliating.
New Perspectives on Schizophrenia and Families
Published in Froma Walsh, Carol Anderson, Chronic Disorders and the Family, 2014
Structural-strategic and systemic approaches to family intervention have been reported to be highly effective in treating a range of problems, including schizophrenia, although there is little empirical evidence, to date, to support claims of the efficacy of these models with schizophrenia (Gurman, Kniskern & Pinsof, 1986; Selvini Palazzoli, 1986; Anderson, 1986). These models have emphasized the use of indirect methods of change, including paradoxical intervention techniques, to modify rigid transactional patterns in which schizophrenic systems appear to be embedded (Haley, 1980; Selvini Palazzoli, Boscolo, Cecchin & Prata, 1978).
Thinking about Thinking in Family Therapy*
Published in Phoebe S. Prosky, David V. Keith, Family Therapy as an Alternative to Medication, 2004
In the second response, the session in the priest's office, the thought system immanent in my paradoxical intervention was the communications paradigm, which evolved this technique. My intervention “cured” Rose's symptomatic behavior (which probably would not have recurred, anyway) and forced the family to act on its own behalf. A promise was extracted from Joe, which he could not keep. No structural change took place in the family. Joe simply promised to change his ways. What was needed was a quid pro quo agreement between Joe and Rose. This agreement did not occur because I did not complete my exploration of the event-shape in timespace. I did not “see” the need. While this thought paradigm fits into the new epistemology, the ecosystem I was looking at was too constricted. I looked only at the family.
HYPNOTIC SUGGESTIONS GIVEN BEFORE NIGHTTIME SLEEP EXTEND SLOW-WAVE SLEEP AS COMPARED TO A CONTROL TEXT IN HIGHLY HYPNOTIZABLE SUBJECTS
Published in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 2020
Maren Jasmin Cordi, Laurent Rossier, Björn Rasch
Also similar to our two previous reports, we found no or even opposite effects of hypnotic suggestions on SWS in low hypnotizable subjects. As discussed previously (Cordi et al., 2015), opposite result patterns for low as compared to highly hypnotizable subjects have been observed also for other type of hypnotic suggestions (see, e.g., Jones & Spanos, 1982; Lynn, Stafford, & Kirsch, 1998, p. 273). The reasons are not entirely clear, but it might be possible that at least some low hypnotizable subjects actively counteract the intended direction of the hypnotic suggestions, possibly due to a fear of being hypnotized and/or losing self-control (Lynn et al., 1998, p. 272). This could in turn act like a paradoxical intervention for this subgroup.
Existential positive psychology and integrative meaning therapy
Published in International Review of Psychiatry, 2020
Contrary to the popular belief that we should avoid painful emotions, all our efforts to protect ourselves against suffering actually make us more vulnerable to life’s problems and mental illness. Running away from what we fear only make it scarier. Paradoxically, according to Frankl’s strategy of paradoxical intervention, to confront and exaggerate our worst fear to the point of being laughable actually reduces our fear. That is why I advocate the radical acceptance of personal responsibility to face suffering with courage.