Marital and Family Therapy

Category - Treatment

When clients are having a very difficult time articulating what is going on for them, which of the following narrative techniques is designed to make it easier for them?
  1. Emotional regulation
  2. Invisible separation
  3. Externalizing conversation
  4. Internalizing conversation
Explanation
Answer - C - Externalizing conversation is just that-a conversation that allows the client to externalize whatever feeling or situation is bothering him or her. You are able to take the issue and move it outside of you, talk to it, address it, and confront it. This is much like the Gestalt technique of the empty chair, but is used with situations instead of people. In fact, clients need to work very hard not to re-internalize the conversation once it is happening and narrative therapists should be on the lookout for any sudden changes in language that might indicate this.
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