PSYC 205 Lecture 10: Skills of the Insight Stage

• School: Towson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 205
• Professor: Mary Rosekrans

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Challenges: points out maladaptive thoughts, discrepancies, or contradictions of which the client is unaware, unwilling or unable to change. If clients can become aware, they can decide whether to change them: examples of challenges of discrepancies. Between two verbal statements, feelings or behaviors. Bet(cid:449)ee(cid:374) o(cid:374)e"s pe(cid:396)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) of self a(cid:374)d e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e. Bet(cid:449)ee(cid:374) o(cid:374)e"s ideal a(cid:374)d (cid:396)eal self: rationale for using challenges. Help clients recognize feelings, motives, and desires of which they are not aware. Help clients become aware of ambivalent (mixed) feelings: how to use challenges. Empathically point of discrepancies, encourage to examine oneself more deeply. Follow challenges with reflections of feelings and open questions. Use as soo(cid:374) as possi(cid:271)le afte(cid:396) (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t"s i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:374)siste(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) What stage of change the client is in. Observe reactions: examples of challenge formatting. (cid:862)o(cid:374)e the o(cid:374)e ha(cid:374)d _____, (cid:271)ut o(cid:374) the othe(cid:396) ha(cid:374)d ______(cid:863) (cid:862)you sa(cid:455) _____, (cid:271)ut (cid:455)ou also sa(cid:455) _____(cid:863) (cid:862)you sa(cid:455) ______, (cid:271)ut (cid:374)o(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:271)all(cid:455) (cid:455)ou see(cid:373) ______(cid:863)