Getting to “Yes”: Overcoming Client Reluctance to Engage in Chair Work

Frontiers in Psychology

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Peter Muntigl¹  Adam O. Horvath¹  Lynda Chubak²  Lynne Angus³ 

[1] Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University;Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto;Department of Psychology, York University

关键词: affiliation;    chair work;    conversation analysis;    directives;    deontics;    emotion-focused therapy;    recruitment;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.582856

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Goals Securing clients’ active and enthusiastic collaboration to participate in activities therapists would like to implement in therapy (e.g., free association, in vivo exposure, or the engagement in chair work) is a core mission in therapy. However, from the clients’ perspective, these tasks frequently represent novel challenges that can trigger anxiety and reluctance. Thus, a key element in therapy is the negotiation between therapist and client to move beyond such reluctance to potentially effective therapy activities and, at the same time, maintain positive relational affiliation between therapist and client. In this research we examined (1) a collection of therapist proposal/client response sequences that were geared toward recruiting participation in chair work and (2) sequences containing hesitation or instances where decisions to engage in chair work were deferred and related relational disaffiliation. Our goal was to identify the conversational resources (both verbal and non-verbal) that worked to reject a proposed activity (or convey impending rejection) and examine the interactional practices directed at resolving client reluctance.

【 授权许可】

CC BY