COUN222 Chapter 7: Socratic Method
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Embrace a range of interventions to help clients learn how to help themselves. The common used socratic strategy is the socratic question. Encouraging young men to question the truth of a popular opinion. Using the question to help his students reach a conclusion without directly instructing them. For example, we can reflect dilemmas to prompt a new perspective. Therapist (t): so it sounds as if you criticise yourself if you do x, and give yourself a hard time if you do y. Client (c): it is rather "no win". I hadn"t thought of it that way- no wonder i feel bad. T: let me see if i can sum up, then. You are the person that fixes the family"s problems, and no-one seems to help you when you struggle. C: that sounds rather harsh, but i suppose if i"m honest that is how it is.
