PSY 410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Learned Helplessness
21 Jan 2019
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A way of reframing or shining new light. Focus is on the implicit message rather than the explicit message. Ideally we want clients to interpret their own stories. However, often times they need it modeled for them. We each have minimal insight into our own stories especially when we feel "stuck an insightful interpretation can often shift the "stuck" feelings. There can be more than one so you have the power to direct the session. Present the implicit message in a manner that the client can consider it a. This should be based on what the counselor decides is causing or contributing to th client"s difficulties. Provide client with a broader perspective or understanding. The client may reject your interpretaion which doesn"t mean it"s wrong necessarily but will require more digging deeper. Interpreting responses illicit client cooperation yet doesn"t provide excuses for the client to reject responsibility a. Poor timing can illicit defensiveness or negative response.
