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Marital and Family Therapy

Category - Treatment

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A man of fifty is in your office, a regular client. Today, he is more distressed than usual. He talks about wishing he could tell his mother exactly how he felt about some of the things that she used to say. One of the best ways you think of to give him the opportunity is:
  1. Thought blocking
  2. Invariant prescription
  3. Variant prescription
  4. Empty chair
Explanation
Answer - D - You would want to use the empty chair, which would give him an opportunity to address any unresolved feelings, give you the opportunity to comfort him as necessary, and allow him to forge a necessary connection with someone not long gone. Thought blocking is actually something that is witnessed in individuals with stronger psychoses or is symptomatic with regard to memory and cognition and is not something to be achieved.
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